{"items":[{"article_id":"d149ae3b-111e-4d31-b4d3-7f31b47ea59f","slug":"pera-wallet-ships-quantum-accounts-as-falcon-signed-transactions-top","title":"Pera Wallet ships Quantum Accounts as Falcon-signed transactions top 1.19M","summary":"Pera puts Algorand v5's native Falcon-1024 accounts in users' hands — create one or rekey an existing address — and its Explorer counter now reads 1.19M quantum-resilient transactions, with tiered NFT claims live on-chain.","tags":["wallet","post-quantum","security","nft","discovery","web","algorand"],"published_at_epoch":1788656618,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/pera-wallet-ships-quantum-accounts-as-falcon-signed-transactions-top"},{"article_id":"a74e9a07-ce56-494e-87f8-425a7c3907b6","slug":"awesome-algorand-curates-algorands-tools-from-algokit-to-live-relay","title":"Awesome Algorand repo adds 2026 tools as its site still lists closed marketplaces","summary":"Profile: the volunteer-run Awesome Algorand index has cataloged the ecosystem since 2022. Its GitHub repo gained new tools on Sept. 3, but its website lags behind, still listing marketplaces the project itself archived as dead.","tags":["market","ecosystem","developer-tools","community","podcast","open-source","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1788615933,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/awesome-algorand-curates-algorands-tools-from-algokit-to-live-relay"},{"article_id":"f7f69706-1e7a-4c39-9738-1b140b54d64b","slug":"algorand-ships-ac2-an-open-protocol-that-keeps-ai-agents-off-users","title":"Algorand ships AC2, an open protocol that keeps AI agents off users' keys","summary":"Algorand Foundation's AC2 protocol lets users approve AI agent actions — payments, code commits, API calls — with a passkey while private keys never leave their device.","tags":["ai-agents","security","wallet","agentic-commerce","x402","discovery","web"],"published_at_epoch":1788267305,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorand-ships-ac2-an-open-protocol-that-keeps-ai-agents-off-users"},{"article_id":"a9f69ca7-97b1-4380-8393-29493f323354","slug":"algorand-team-goplausible-donates-universal-did-resolver-to-standards","title":"Algorand team GoPlausible donates universal DID resolver to standards body DIF","summary":"GoPlausible built thisDID, a universal resolver that turns any W3C decentralized identifier into one conformant document, and donated it to the Decentralized Identity Foundation. Algorand's did:algo and did:nfd get an Algorand-native first hop. It is live; traffic is modest.","tags":["identity","did","infrastructure","standards","discovery","web","algorand"],"published_at_epoch":1788216908,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorand-team-goplausible-donates-universal-did-resolver-to-standards"},{"article_id":"d73cce6c-b5dd-44d1-8941-55f219f8b74c","slug":"kaafila-promised-free-courses-for-100-million-users-five-years-on","title":"Kaafila promised free courses for 100 million users — five years on, none have shipped","summary":"Kaafila launched an Algorand token in 2021 to fund free education for 100 million users. Five years on, its courses are unshipped, its DEX pool holds about $30, and its own status reads 'Prototype/MVP.'","tags":["recap","education","token","metaverse","community","update","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1788171864,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/kaafila-promised-free-courses-for-100-million-users-five-years-on"},{"article_id":"8e6bd665-0a36-44cd-9ea0-2b96d3f7a59f","slug":"two-algorand-nft-marketplaces-remain-active-after-randgallery-shutdown","title":"Algorand's NFT marketplace field shrinks to three venues after RandGallery freezes","summary":"After RandGallery wound down, Downbad, Dartroom and AlgoSeas remain active Algorand NFT marketplaces; Shufl, ALGOxNFT and EXA Market are defunct. This guide covers ARC standards, fees, and self-custody.","tags":["market","nft","marketplace","downbad","dartroom","discovery","chain-only","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787934339,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/two-algorand-nft-marketplaces-remain-active-after-randgallery-shutdown"},{"article_id":"9f0a5e92-0220-486c-8c50-3d25d1d19b96","slug":"al-goanna-launches-nft-backed-loans-and-40-000-algo-staking-battles","title":"Al Goanna's Bank of Goanna issues 145 NFT-backed loans totaling 34.92k ALGO","summary":"Al Goanna, the Algorand NFT project that planted ~200,000 trees, now runs a DAO-funded NFT lending platform and an MvZ battle game. The lending platform has processed 145 loans, with interest funding the community treasury.","tags":["nft","defi","dao","environment","gaming","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787842384,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/al-goanna-launches-nft-backed-loans-and-40-000-algo-staking-battles"},{"article_id":"afeeec91-dc1a-4cba-88b3-7447ac3ee2c3","slug":"algorank-debuts-1k-project-algorand-directory-driven-by-11-8k","title":"AlgoRank Passes 1,000 Listings on 12,300 Community Votes","summary":"AlgoRank's community-voted directory ranks 1,000+ Algorand tokens, NFTs, dApps and people by ~12,300 wallet votes — free daily voting, paid premium votes, tallies kept off-chain.","tags":["directory","community","voting","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787742155,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorank-debuts-1k-project-algorand-directory-driven-by-11-8k"},{"article_id":"a1435315-f3f1-4b5d-ae6a-17b733bac1c8","slug":"pera-docs-the-developer-portal-for-algorand-integration","title":"Pera Connect SDK 1.6.0 ships experimental ARC-27 browser-extension signing","summary":"Profile of Pera's developer hub: @perawallet/connect 1.6.0 adds opt-in ARC-27 extension signing, alongside Pera's public ASA data API, NFT parsing specs, and mobile deep links.","tags":["sdk","wallet","api","nft","developer-tools","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787525972,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/pera-docs-the-developer-portal-for-algorand-integration"},{"article_id":"adf0ceb4-f551-4eed-bf6d-8e1de05a866f","slug":"algorand-2025-how-core-upgrades-and-real-time-staking-drove-ecosystem","title":"Genfinity's recaps chart Algorand's staking surge — from 1,398 nodes to 3,894","summary":"Genfinity is the Web3 media brand whose monthly Algorand recaps turned the 4.0 upgrade, real-time staking, and AlgoKit 3.0 into a year of sourced, intermediate-friendly coverage.","tags":["media","ecosystem","staking","journalism","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787522785,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorand-2025-how-core-upgrades-and-real-time-staking-drove-ecosystem"},{"article_id":"dd90e8ba-708a-4117-9a3d-91aed995df89","slug":"algoseas-brings-pirate-themed-staking-to-algorand-ecosystem","title":"AlgoSeas' idle pirate game tops 38,090 minted NFTs; marketplace charts all of Algorand","summary":"AlgoSeas, Algorand's pirate idle-staking game, has minted 38,090 pirate NFTs since 2022 and now runs a marketplace tracking network-wide sales — while its DUB currency remains nearly untradeable off-platform.","tags":["market","gaming","nft","marketplace","playtoearn","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787520622,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algoseas-brings-pirate-themed-staking-to-algorand-ecosystem"},{"article_id":"e9e09a31-bcf7-44e7-81dd-b8f2cc70afbc","slug":"akita-subscriptions-launches-nodely-unlimited-for-algorand-developers","title":"Nodely puts its Unlimited Algorand API tier on Akita's on-chain subscription marketplace","summary":"Nodely, the team behind Algorand's default free node API, now sells its Unlimited tier on Akita Subscriptions for 249 USDC a month — escrow-based recurring billing anyone can trigger. The whole marketplace lists four offerings.","tags":["market","subscriptions","payments","infrastructure","api","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787518385,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/akita-subscriptions-launches-nodely-unlimited-for-algorand-developers"},{"article_id":"51621750-cdc1-47ed-83af-75422e954b35","slug":"algorand-launches-13-week-gamified-rewards-campaign-to-attract-retail","title":"Algoland drew 55,000 questers — then Algorand's activity spike faded","summary":"The Algorand Foundation's 13-week on-chain quest campaign drew 1.7M site visits and 55,000 participants, closed with a 79,000-wallet VRF draw — and the activity lift faded within 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KPI.","tags":["infrastructure","api","indexer","node","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787237565,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/nodely-expands-infrastructure-with-voi-support-light-indexer-and"},{"article_id":"82761ff1-519f-4fb8-8a35-5cae143f2e00","slug":"biatec-wallet-open-source-algorand-tools-for-direct-payments-and","title":"Biatec Wallet's published AI audits caught a critical swap-signing flaw","summary":"Biatec Wallet, the open-source browser wallet for Algorand, publishes AI-run security audits in its GitHub repo. An August 2026 audit found a critical blind-signing flaw in swaps; the fix now ships in the deployed wallet.","tags":["wallet","security","open-source","defi","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787236186,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/biatec-wallet-open-source-algorand-tools-for-direct-payments-and"},{"article_id":"23c4fc7c-8e0a-4946-82b8-38e2875e051d","slug":"confio-delivers-5-500-web2-users-to-algorand-with-zero-gas-onboarding","title":"Algorand xGov-funded wallet Confío now settles on BNB Smart Chain","summary":"Confío pitched xGov as Web2-to-Algorand onboarding, missed quorum, won 250,000 ALGO on resubmission — and now settles on BNB Smart Chain. Inside the votes, the on-chain numbers, and the migration trail.","tags":["xgov","governance","wallet","stablecoin","latam","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787235170,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/confio-delivers-5-500-web2-users-to-algorand-with-zero-gas-onboarding"},{"article_id":"80c7bc5a-324c-449e-b288-f7375482cc85","slug":"stabilitas-deploys-national-stablecoin-framework-on-algorand-testnet","title":"Stabilitas halted in 2023; its testnet oracle still posted rates in August 2026","summary":"Biatec's national-stablecoin framework reached Algorand testnet in 2023, then was shelved pending an e-money licence. Its front end froze — but the ECB rate oracle kept updating hourly until August 1, 2026.","tags":["stablecoin","oracle","testnet","open-source","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787234237,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/stabilitas-deploys-national-stablecoin-framework-on-algorand-testnet"},{"article_id":"353c11f5-4848-4a7a-8609-474d67688abe","slug":"algorands-xgov-program-funds-118-projects-as-staking-replaces","title":"Community-built AlgorandStats charted ten governance periods, then stopped updating","summary":"Launched in 2021 by a Redditor who could not see his own reward percentage, AlgorandStats.com tracked ten incentivized governance periods in granular detail before falling quiet — a free archive of the rewards era Algorand ended in 2025.","tags":["governance","analytics","dashboard","defi","community","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787231366,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorands-xgov-program-funds-118-projects-as-staking-replaces"},{"article_id":"185531a4-7f75-4d42-8698-2f3640b991c2","slug":"alpha-arcade-goes-live-with-daily-algorand-price-prediction-markets","title":"Algorand's first prediction market Alpha Arcade opens to MetaMask via xChain Accounts","summary":"Alpha Arcade is Algorand's first prediction market: on-chain order books in USDC, a fee-sharing ALPHA token, an open-source trading SDK, and the first dApp on the Foundation's xChain Accounts for MetaMask users.","tags":["market","prediction-markets","defi","token","sdk","xchain","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787226549,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/alpha-arcade-goes-live-with-daily-algorand-price-prediction-markets"},{"article_id":"0e50a9fe-0013-47ea-ab3f-4a3c0e741138","slug":"valar-cuts-out-middlemen-in-algorand-staking-with-peer-to-peer","title":"Valar's no-custody staking marketplace shows 83.38M ALGO staked on Algorand","summary":"Valar's peer-to-peer staking marketplace keeps ALGO in holders' wallets while node runners operate consensus keys; its live counter reads 83.38M ALGO at a 5.00% yearly rate.","tags":["market","staking","governance","open-source","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787223708,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/valar-cuts-out-middlemen-in-algorand-staking-with-peer-to-peer"},{"article_id":"065d286b-cefc-4bf1-9708-2314765dd997","slug":"reti-open-pooling-caps-validator-stake-at-15-of-algorands-online","title":"Réti Open Pooling now holds 725M ALGO staked by 8,693 users across 225 validators","summary":"Réti, Algorand's permissionless staking protocol, now locks 725M ALGO from 8,693 stakers across 225 validators — more than double all of the chain's other core DeFi — while its Foundation-hosted contracts sit outside Foundation governance.","tags":["staking","pooling","consensus","governance","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787221967,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/reti-open-pooling-caps-validator-stake-at-15-of-algorands-online"},{"article_id":"7d663785-9db7-4b6c-bd4f-ed9c29fd9bf7","slug":"compx-launches-canix402-api-for-algorand-defi-yield-data","title":"CompX's x402 agent APIs are live on mainnet — and its own bots are the main payers","summary":"CompX, the Algorand DeFi suite that grew out of xBacked's xUSD stablecoin, now sells pay-per-request data to AI agents via two x402 APIs — Canix402 and Amarok — with its own bots accounting for nearly all paid traffic so far.","tags":["defi","x402","agents","lending","stablecoin","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787202540,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/compx-launches-canix402-api-for-algorand-defi-yield-data"},{"article_id":"7badf908-d019-47f7-aa8f-2a80924374f7","slug":"tlp-token-algorands-multi-chain-payment-layer-for-online-businesses","title":"TLP Projects burned 41.6% of token supply in multi-chain empire pitch","summary":"TLP Projects markets a free 'online empire' blueprint on top of an Algorand token that is 58% vaulted and 41.6% burned, with a few hundred dollars of liquidity and an unverified Solana listing.","tags":["asa","token","liquidity","network-marketing","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787183818,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/tlp-token-algorands-multi-chain-payment-layer-for-online-businesses"},{"article_id":"78eb1c99-e3fb-4a97-8409-9958bc03ab39","slug":"folks-finance-academy-launches-three-step-learning-path-for-defi","title":"Folks Finance Academy teaches crypto from zero with quizzes in three languages","summary":"Folks Finance's free educational hub pairs short video lessons on blockchain and DeFi with four-question quizzes, in English, Italian and Spanish. Live since May 2023, its real reach remains unverified.","tags":["education","defi","tutorials","onboarding","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787179691,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/folks-finance-academy-launches-three-step-learning-path-for-defi"},{"article_id":"76dffa6c-05a6-46c7-aecb-c43e6ae13f05","slug":"algogazer-launches-nft-verification-for-25-algo-fee-as-algorand","title":"AlgoGazer stakes out everyday Algorand browsing with one-click opt-ins and NFT discovery","summary":"Profile of AlgoGazer, the mobile-first Algorand block explorer from Philadelphia's GlassWave: NFD lookups, one-click opt-ins and a paid 25-ALGO NFT directory — running on listing fees after two rejected xGov grants.","tags":["explorer","nft","xgov","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787178542,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algogazer-launches-nft-verification-for-25-algo-fee-as-algorand"},{"article_id":"75f95383-7055-4ca3-9beb-605f50610b94","slug":"sealed-wallet-to-wallet-messaging-with-post-quantum-privacy-on","title":"Sealed's Android messenger is live, but its Algorand contract remains Testnet-only","summary":"Sealed, an early Android messenger, encrypts on-device and files each padded 1KB blob as an Algorand transaction. Despite 'multi-chain' branding its docs cover only Algorand; it runs on Testnet so far and seeks 400,000 ALGO from xGov.","tags":["messaging","privacy","post-quantum","xgov","testnet","discovery","chain-only","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787176557,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/sealed-wallet-to-wallet-messaging-with-post-quantum-privacy-on"},{"article_id":"73a1c5f0-f201-4597-922f-2bf09288b279","slug":"algorai-finance-upgrades-vaults-to-v1-1-adds-goeth-gobtc-strategies","title":"AlgoRai's options vaults shed 99.98% of peak deposits on Algorand","summary":"AlgoRai automated options vaults on Algorand with $1.7M seed backing and a $6.4M TVL peak. Its homepage still advertises a 2022 upgrade while deposits now total about $1,419.","tags":["defi","options","vaults","structured-products","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787174470,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorai-finance-upgrades-vaults-to-v1-1-adds-goeth-gobtc-strategies"},{"article_id":"71a704d4-6dd8-4946-9718-125221b760eb","slug":"algorands-defi-paradox-rwa-tokenization-leads-as-traditional-defi-lags","title":"DefiLlama's Algorand page reads $27.4M TVL as one RWA app holds $100M","summary":"DefiLlama headlines Algorand's core DeFi TVL at $27.4M, yet its own page lists a $100M tokenized real-estate app, a $42.9M lending protocol and $22.5M in liquid staking — a definitional gap, not a bug.","tags":["defi","tvl","rwa","analytics","defillama","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787172205,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorands-defi-paradox-rwa-tokenization-leads-as-traditional-defi-lags"},{"article_id":"6a1dfe2e-449b-47d7-86c2-3bfdab1c2c72","slug":"basketbalgo-sports-management-meets-true-digital-ownership-on-algorand","title":"BasketbAlgo pays TINY to HOOP/ALGO voters in its push for a Tinyman farm slot","summary":"BasketbAlgo, Algorand's NFT basketball management game running since 2022, paid TINY to voters backing its HOOP/ALGO pool — ranked ninth in Tinyman cycle 26 — while its on-chain economy keeps turning.","tags":["nft","gaming","defi","tinyman","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787170524,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/basketbalgo-sports-management-meets-true-digital-ownership-on-algorand"},{"article_id":"677959f5-dad4-44dd-aa5c-9a1f9029c654","slug":"vestige-fi-adds-trending-tokens-as-algorand-defi-swaps-climb-to-1-47m","title":"Vestige's swap router passes 1.48M Algorand swaps and $207M in routed volume","summary":"Vestige — the Algorand swap aggregator and explorer born as TinyChart — has routed 1.48M swaps and $207M in volume via atomic multi-DEX routing, alongside vaults, a launchpad, fair-launch coins and an on-chain asset metadata registry.","tags":["swap-aggregator","defi","explorer","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787170274,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/vestige-fi-adds-trending-tokens-as-algorand-defi-swaps-climb-to-1-47m"},{"article_id":"61572932-5071-4b89-b4b0-ec5db33ab6fb","slug":"algorand-the-blockchain-built-for-real-world-finance","title":"Algorand Foundation ships xChain Accounts, letting MetaMask users run Algorand dApps","summary":"xChain Accounts, live since April 2026, derive a native Algorand account from any EVM wallet — no new install, no seed phrase — with Alpha Arcade as the first integration and mainnet traffic verified.","tags":["xchain","evm","wallet","interoperability","foundation","discovery","web","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787170273,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorand-the-blockchain-built-for-real-world-finance"},{"article_id":"60384010-e82f-41d7-9580-f06c7c7d39b8","slug":"algorand-advances-quantum-resilience-roadmap-as-ecosystem","title":"Algorand Foundation absorbs builder Algorand Technologies, pledges $15M for protocol work","summary":"The company that built Algorand has been folded into its Foundation: IP, protocol development and staff moved in March, and algorandtechnologies.com now serves the unified homepage built around the 2027 post-quantum roadmap.","tags":["foundation","post-quantum","x402","reorganization","discovery","web","algorand","updated"],"published_at_epoch":1787170272,"url":"https://algorand.pxke.me/news/articles/algorand-advances-quantum-resilience-roadmap-as-ecosystem"}]}