Infrastructure news

07:31 Infrastructure

CT3 moves new ct-3.cloud uploads to dedicated storage contracts as usage grows

CT3 shifts decentralized storage to dedicated Storage Contracts CT3 said it is moving new ct-3.cloud uploads from a single main contract to dedicated Storage Contracts, with each contract tied to fixed capacity and its own on-chain utilization stats. The company said the change is aimed at scaling after more than 180,000 users and 500,000 uploads, while letting participants finance new capacity and share in profit from its use.

21:04 Infrastructure

Aave selects Chainlink CCIP as core cross-chain infrastructure for its mobile app

Aave Labs adopts Chainlink CCIP for cross-chain app infrastructure Aave Labs said it has made Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, the main cross-chain infrastructure for its new mobile app and broader multichain ecosystem after an updated LlamaRisk review found CCIP to be the most secure option. Aave said security was the deciding factor, and that CCIP adds no new trust assumptions beyond the Chainlink systems it already uses for oracles, GHO transfers, and governance.

12:48 Infrastructure

CleanSpark signs 20-year Sandersville data center lease worth $6.6 billion

CleanSpark signs $6.6B Sandersville data center lease with unnamed tech tenant CleanSpark signed a 20-year triple-net lease worth $6.6 billion in contracted revenue for its Sandersville, Georgia, data center with an unnamed high-investment-grade global technology company. The tenant will deploy 175 MW of critical IT load, with deliveries starting in Q4 2027, and gained exclusivity over CleanSpark’s Texas portfolio spanning 718 acres and up to 885 MW of secured and planned power capacity.

20:01 Infrastructure

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default layer for cross-chain activity

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default cross-chain infrastructure Aave has expanded Chainlink’s CCIP to become the default cross-chain layer across its ecosystem, adding deposits, withdrawals, Stable Vaults, asset transfers, and vault rebalancing to infrastructure that already handled GHO transfers and governance messaging. The change puts one interoperability system behind activity across the Aave App, including Stable Vault operations between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

18:20 Infrastructure

Hedera deploys v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking and USDC withdrawals

Hedera rolls out v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking Hedera deployed network upgrade v0.74, briefly halting exchange trading before services returned within hours, while Binance US launched HBAR staking and native USDC withdrawals. HBAR traded around $0.0702 after the updates, holding in a $0.0696-$0.0712 range on roughly $46-$48 million in volume as analysts tracked staking flows, token unlocks and RWA-related adoption for the next directional move.

18:20 Infrastructure

BNB Chain Releases Haber Hard Fork Node Specs Focused on Performance and Finality

BNB Chain publishes Haber hard fork node specs BNB Chain has released node details for its Haber hard fork, with changes aimed at improving performance, transaction state validation, and finality. The update gives validators and infrastructure providers time to prepare, and marks another step in BNB Chain’s effort to keep developers and users active with faster, more competitive network infrastructure.

18:20 Infrastructure

Solana Advances SIMD-0097 as Fee Design Debate Moves to Center Stage

Solana advances SIMD-0097 fee proposal Solana governance has advanced SIMD-0097, a proposal to change how priority fees are handled and how validators are incentivized when users compete for blockspace. The update does not remake the network on its own, but it pushes fee design further into the center of Solana’s economic debate as the chain works on congestion, validator payouts, and transaction costs.