TezQuest is designed as an interactive layer to TezDev, turning the event into a hands-on experience rather than a series of talks. Attendees are encouraged to explore projects across the ecosystem, complete challenges, and directly interact with teams building on Tezos.
The integration allows developers to build goal-oriented workflows where agents plan and execute swaps across the 1inch network using the Swap Application Programming Interface (API). This update provides rapid access to a suite of 15 APIs, including Portfolio and Gas Price tools, reducing integration time from days to minutes.
The Open Wallet Standard (OWS) is designed to solve fragmentation in the agent economy by allowing artificial intelligence (AI) agents to hold value and sign transactions without exposing private keys. This initiative is backed by over 15 major organizations, including the Ethereum Foundation and Paypal, and is available on platforms like Github and npm.
Ryan, who had worked for seven years at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), Ethereum's de facto governing body, suggested that Ethereum could be on the cusp of an era-defining shift. Since its founding in 2014, the foundation had prioritized technical upgrades and had avoided centralizing power while its user base was growing, but Ethereum had now grown up, and the cryptocurrency world around it had grown up, too.
"That's how people create flash USDT BEP-20 using Remix and MetaMask" is a tutorial video claiming to show how to create a USDT-like BEP-20 token on the BNB Smart Chain using Remix (a smart contract IDE) and MetaMask (a crypto wallet). It walks through writing and deploying a smart contract that purportedly generates a custom token called flash USDT, demonstrating the process of compiling, deploying, and interacting with the contract in MetaMaskhttps://youtu.be/HlptFM3zbTQ?si=iy9u8PYBGBPM2zZs https://youtu.be/HlptFM3zbTQ?si=Dw2pPzdGd3RUAIiX
On most modern blockchains, transaction data is publicly viewable in the mempool before it is sequenced, executed and confirmed in a block. This transparency creates avenues for sophisticated parties to engage in extractive practices known as Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). MEV exploits the block proposer's ability to reorder, include or omit transactions for financial gain.
Success in this space is no longer about being the first to launch. It is about being the most reliable and the most compliant. In the first half of 2025, trading volumes on exchanges reached a staggering $9.36 trillion. That is a lot of liquidity moving around. However, it also means the competition is fierce. To win, you need a platform that does not crash when the market gets wild.
Sentiment among DeFi users remains positive heading into 2026, with 72% of respondents globally expressing optimism about the sector's future. U.S. users reported one of the highest confidence levels at 83%, while sentiment across Asian markets was comparatively more muted, with respondents in Singapore (64%), Taiwan (63%) and in Hong Kong (56%).
