ICANN has published 1,615 applications for new top-level domains, and AI terms such as .agi, sought by seven bidders, drew the most competition. Companies that filed nothing still need to check the list for clashes with their own names and decide how their network filters will handle the new suffixes.
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- Adoption15
- Hype gap+20
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Cardano Foundation spun out Veridian with shares issued as Swiss DLT Act securities, the first asset on Cardano's CIP-0113 token standard. No price for the shares has been disclosed, and the first test of equity changing hands under the standard's transfer checks is the outside raise Veridian plans for 2027.
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Cardano Foundation put CIP-0113 live on mainnet Oct. 7, letting stablecoin, fund and bond issuers freeze, seize or block token transfers without a hard fork. Depending on an issuer's rules, holders accept that an authorized party can move their tokens without consent.
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Cardano's CIP-113 lets one issuer's freeze lock every asset sharing its output
Cardano's CIP-113 token standard, merged on Sept. 29, lets an issuer's freeze on one asset block unrelated tokens and ADA held in the same output. Wallets and lenders have to decide how they bundle assets before a freeze, since the issuer's rules can forbid splitting them afterward.
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Petrobras is testing the Cardano blockchain in two research projects that track emissions claims on sustainable jet fuel and renewable diesel. With no fuel volumes or timeline attached, the test cannot yet be sized against Shell's Avelia registry, credited with more than 84 million gallons since 2022.
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Cardano turns HTTP's reserved 402 code into a per-call payment prompt for AI agents
Cardano's integration has landed in the x402 toolkit, so an autonomous agent can buy a single API call without an account, an API key or a subscription plan behind it. Whether anyone sells that way is a separate question.
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- Evidence45
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives65
- Confidence45