Cloudflare said it has integrated the X402 protocol, allowing AI agents to process bitcoin-based micropayments directly. X402 is a lightweight HTTP payment protocol designed for automated, small-value settlement between services. The protocol supports atomic payments without requiring on-chain transaction confirmations. The integration does not involve a new token launch, exchange listings, or an on-chain upgrade, instead adding protocol-level support through Cloudflare’s edge network.

The XRP Ledger is set to natively support atomic batch transactions, enabling multiple settlement actions to be executed as a single on-chain operation. The upgrade is designed to support institution-grade OTC trading and trustless cross-asset swaps involving issued debt, money market funds and national currencies. All of these functions would run directly on the XRP Ledger without relying on third-party bridges or smart-contract workarounds. The change broadens the network’s settlement capabilities and reliability for real-world financial use cases.

Bitcoin formally activated Segregated Witness (SegWit) on 2017-08-24. The soft-fork upgrade moved signature data out of the transaction body, increasing effective block capacity and fixing transaction malleability. The change laid groundwork for the Lightning Network, atomic swaps and more complex smart-contract designs as part of Bitcoin’s base-layer evolution. Despite the word “Today” in the headline, the piece is a historical review and does not describe any new trigger, fund flows, or regulatory or market-structure shifts.

Solami said its getMultipleAccounts endpoint now supports reading 1,000 accounts in a single call, up from Solana’s standard limit of 100. The change is designed to cut network round trips and speed up on-chain reads. It also reduces the amount of integration code developers need by allowing larger batch requests.

Ripple said its four-phase roadmap to make the XRP Ledger quantum-resistant has moved into Phase 2, which is now live. The initiative targets full network-wide quantum resistance by 2028 to address potential risks to existing cryptographic signature algorithms such as ECDSA. Ripple framed the effort as proactive infrastructure hardening rather than an emergency response and did not disclose specific technical details or a mainnet upgrade timeline. No announcements were cited of other public blockchains taking similar steps, and XRP was the only explicitly referenced asset in the statement.

SoFi Technologies is leveraging AI-automated investing and fee-free small business lending to fuel its next leg of capital-light growth. While record $12.2 billion loan originations and aggressive buying from Cathie Wood validate the bull case, a 27% contraction in its technology segment keeps Wall Street divided.

The article outlines a concept it calls “Realtime Ethereum,” arguing that tighter execution-layer performance could support millisecond-level price updates, deterministic quotes, and real-time payment confirmations. It frames this as a direction for optimizing the protocol stack rather than a feature that is already live. The focus is on reducing end-user applications’ dependence on roughly 12-second block times and enabling new real-time design patterns for wallets and DEXs. No specific technical path, timeline, or mainnet upgrade plan is provided.

UiPath (PATH) shares crept up 1.78% to $10.87, continuing to trail the broader tech sector after UBS lowered its price target to $12. While a projected step-down in Q2 net new Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) keeps valuation multiples compressed, an inflection into GAAP profitability and a remaining $414 million buyback pool establish a high-margin floor.