Vana has rolled out VRC-20, a new token standard for data-backed assets, aiming to bring more trust to the data monetization space. Hashgraph is planning a Q3 2025 launch for HashSphere, its private blockchain geared toward enterprises, while ASIC manufacturers are adopting server rack designs, and Gensyn’s CEO, Ben Fielding, discusses decentralized AI.
Vana’s VRC-20 token standard is designed to ensure compatibility and interaction among tokens created on its EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain. This standard includes criteria like fixed supply, governance, and liquidity rules, and it ties tokens to actual data utility.
According to Vana, the VRC-20 standard promotes continuous liquidity through rewards to ensure market stability, emphasizing the “real financialization of data.” Since launching its mainnet in December, Vana has onboarded over 12 million data points through DataDAOs.
Hashgraph’s HashSphere aims to bridge private and public distributed ledgers for enterprises wanting to use blockchain technology. It will use Hedera’s technology to ensure regulatory compliance and interoperability.
HashSphere integrates Hedera’s Token Service and Consensus Service and is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible, enabling developers to use Solidity and other EVM languages. Hashgraph aims to provide services to asset managers, banks, and payment providers seeking secure, low-cost cross-border transactions with stablecoins.
ASIC manufacturers are shifting towards hydro-cooled server rack designs for bitcoin mining, with companies like Bitmain, MicroBT, and Auradine releasing server rack models. Auradine’s AH3880, a U2 design, packs 600 TH/s (300 TH/s per slot), while Bitmain’s 860 TH/s equates to 286.66 TH/s per slot.
Data center developer Cyrus One projects that the data center industry could see 40% adoption of direct liquid-to-chip cooling by 2026. Adoption of server rack ASIC designs could allow miners to optimize their supply chains by converging on designs becoming best practice in the data center sector.
Gensyn, co-founded by Ben Fielding, recently released its “RL Swarms” protocol and Testnet, integrating blockchain into the fold. Fielding’s work explores how clusters of AI models can communicate and learn from each other. He believes that all innovators should have the right to build machine learning technologies.