Scoop AI is bringing its next global hackathon stop to Seoul with Seoul Bowl, a two-day build event taking place December 20–21. Co-hosted alongside Neo, the Layer-1 blockchain, and SpoonOS, the chain-agnostic agentic operating system powered by Neo.

SQD.ai’s latest upgrade did something very few infrastructure projects ever manage. It stepped out of the purely technical world and landed directly into internet culture when Carbot Animations created an entire video around it.

Decentralized intelligence is becoming a core layer of blockchain infrastructure. Allora’s Predictive Intelligence network is now live on TRON, bringing onchain AI-powered forecasts to one of Web3’s most active ecosystems.

The UAE is doubling down on digital asset infrastructure. Sirius International Holding, the technology investment arm of International Holding Company (IHC), has entered a strategic partnership with Crypto.com to accelerate blockchain adoption.

Real Finance is positioning itself at the center of the institutional real-world asset (RWA) shift. The Layer-1 blockchain focused on regulated asset tokenization has secured $29 million in total funding.

Blockchain is beginning to move beyond theory and into public infrastructure. In Indonesia, that shift is now happening inside the education system.