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ConsenSys postponed its planned US public offering to at least fall 2026, having originally targeted a confidential S-1 filing with the SEC by February 2026, citing a prolonged…
May 14, 2026 — ConsenSys postponed its planned US public offering to at least fall 2026, having originally targeted a confidential S-1 filing with the SEC by February 2026, citing a prolonged cryptocurrency market decline and macroeconomic uncertainty. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs remain engaged as lead underwriters.

SpruceID published a post on digital credential resilience: "What Happens to Your Digital ID If You Lose Your Phone?", exploring how well-designed credential systems preserve user…
May 13, 2026 — SpruceID published a post on digital credential resilience: "What Happens to Your Digital ID If You Lose Your Phone?", exploring how well-designed credential systems preserve user identity control even when devices are lost — part of an ongoing thought-leadership series on government digital identity infrastructure.

The Spritely Institute released Hoot 0.9.0, its Scheme-to-WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile.
May 13, 2026 — The Spritely Institute released Hoot 0.9.0, its Scheme-to-WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile. Highlights include switching to standard Wasm exceptions (adopted July 2025), DWARF debug-info support, a new `hoot compile` CLI replacing the deprecated `guild compile-wasm`, and compatibility with Safari 26. The release also coincides with the Spring Lisp Game Jam (starting May 15), for which the Hoot game-jam template now includes gamepad input support.

Numbers Protocol published a tech overview on "Blockchain Secures Content: Building Trust in the AI Era," highlighting their ProofSnap tools, C2PA credentials, and ERC-7053…
May 13, 2026 — Numbers Protocol published a tech overview on "Blockchain Secures Content: Building Trust in the AI Era," highlighting their ProofSnap tools, C2PA credentials, and ERC-7053 standard for verifiable media provenance in the age of AI-generated content.

MuckRock published an analysis of how 2026 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists used public records in their reporting, highlighting investigations by The Washington Post (federal…
May 13, 2026 — MuckRock published an analysis of how 2026 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists used public records in their reporting, highlighting investigations by The Washington Post (federal agency overhaul), AP (US Border Patrol surveillance), and ProPublica (FDA drug safety). The piece spotlights ongoing challenges to government transparency—including DOGE's resistance to FOIA requests—and notes MuckRock/DocumentCloud tools supporting reporters in accessing and preserving public records.

Lotus v1.36.0 released — a mandatory stable release delivering Filecoin network version 28 ("Fire Horse"), which includes FIP-0112 (Export Sector Status to FEVM), FIP-0113…
May 13, 2026 — Lotus v1.36.0 released — a mandatory stable release delivering Filecoin network version 28 ("Fire Horse"), which includes FIP-0112 (Export Sector Status to FEVM), FIP-0113 (secp256r1 P256VERIFY precompile), FIP-0114 (EIP-7939 CLZ opcode support), and FIP-0115 (Premium Percentile Base Fee Target). All Lotus node and storage provider operators must upgrade before the mainnet activation at epoch 6052800 (scheduled for 2026-05-27T14:00:00Z).
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