u/algerstmehn

They will be delivering talks and workshops live from the conference!

Algorand is the only blockchain recognized alongside industry giants like FedEx, United Airlines, Cargill, and Ecolab!

https://www.worldfinance.com/awards/world-finance-sustainability-awards-2026

Mark your calendar! 🗓️

This Tuesday, June 30, an Algorand Community AMA will take place right here on this subreddit, featuring four members of the Algorand Foundation's leadership team.

Marc Vanlerberghe (CSMO), Camilo Molano (Head of Developer Marketing), Alexa Carr (VP of Marketing), and Will Beaumont (CPO) will be answering your questions throughout the day!

If you have any questions, this will be the perfect opportunity! 🔥

Seven years of reliability, technical excellence, and real-world utility.

Algorand was ready in 2019, and it's just as ready in 2026.

Here's to the next seven!

So many exciting updates yesterday alone, Algorand ecosystem is REALLY cooking!

👉 Sealed, a privacy-focused and post-quantum messenger, is now live on Algorand mainnet! The APK is already available on their website, and the app should be available on the App Store and Google Play by the end of the month.

👉 Akita's social app beta is now open to more users! You can join the waitlist to get access and start testing it.

👉 Pact just opened the beta of its new website to all users, the UI is really clean!

Let's give them a try and feel free to share any feedback you have!

Support from the community is super important!

Algorand just announced the Global x402 Challenge, with a $100K USD + 500K ALGO prize pool for developers anywhere in the world!

x402 lets AI agents pay per API call with no keys, no billing, and no checkout, and Algorand is built to settle those payments instantly.

Opens mid-July, register your interest today: https://algorand.co/global-x402-challenge

62 million blocks later, Algorand is still running. No hitches, no downtime, not once.

Here's to the next 7!

You can join the waitlist on their website: sealed.channel

They were also featured in the latest Algorand Community Call (from 12 min).

Really excited about this one!

There has never been more USDC transaction activity on Algorand than there is right now!

In 2025, USDC activity on Algorand hit an ATH and was already more than 4x higher than in 2022.

And 2026 is now shaping up to be another record year, with more and more real-world USDC use cases across the ecosystem, from Alpha Arcade and Lofty to HesabPay.

The United Nations Development Programme has launched the Blockchain Advisory Group, a body of 26 organisations from across the blockchain ecosystem.

Algorand, through the Algorand Foundation, is a founding member alongside the Ethereum Foundation, Stellar Development Foundation, Cardano Foundation, and others.

The group will meet twice a year, each time with a different development theme.

https://www.undp.org/digital-innovation/news/undp-launches-blockchain-advisory-group-explore-blockchain-public-good

1M transactions.

On Algorand: ~$190

By far one of the cheapest blockchains on the market! 🤯

As usage scales, transaction costs start to matter fast.

And for AI agents, payments, gaming, and high-volume consumer apps, infrastructure efficiency can become a real differentiator.

RWAs really feel at home on Algorand!

🏠 Real estate on-chain

🏦 Stocks on-chain

🥇 Gold & silver on-chain

🌱 Carbon credits on-chain

💧 Water credits on-chain

☕ Coffee on-chain

☀️ Solar panels on-chain

💨 Wind turbines on-chain

📚 Books on-chain

🧀 Cheese on-chain

🎵 Music royalties on-chain

🏛️ Bank deposits on-chain

💡 Copyrights on-chain

🍷 Wine on-chain

🎨 Fine art on-chain

🪑 Furniture on-chain

🚜 Agricultural fields on-chain

🛰️ Aerospace manufacturing on-chain

🎓 Academic credentials on-chain

💶 Euros on-chain

💵 Dollars on-chain

📜 Historical events on-chain

📦 Agri-food passports on-chain

👕 Clothes on-chain

🫒 Olive oil on-chain

🎟️ Event tickets on-chain

🩻 Medical imaging data on-chain

🐄 Cows on-chain

All on Algorand. All on-chain.

April was another busy month for Algorand, here's a recap ICYMI!

🟢 A few weeks after Google, Coinbase also highlighted Algorand's work on post quantum cryptography in its latest paper!

🟢 Massive news as EVM users can now access Algorand dApps with their existing EVM wallets!

👉 With xChain Accounts now live, starting with Alpha Arcade, millions of EVM users can connect to Algorand dApps without creating a new wallet or seed phrase!

👉 Just connect MetaMask, Rabby, or any EVM wallet!

🟢 Algorand is now fully supported across the entire x402 stack, powering programmable payments for AI agents, apps, and internet commerce!

🟢 ALGO was added to Japan's JVCEA Green List, a major regulatory milestone enabling fast-track exchange listings under FSA overseen approval! 🇯🇵

🟢 This month, Algorand surpassed both 3.5B transactions and 60M blocks generated since launch.

🟢 Algorand also crossed 140K quantum resistant transactions on mainnet via State Proofs in Q1 2026!

🟢 For World Quantum Day, Algorand CEO Staci Warden sat down with CSO and leading cryptographer Chris Peikert to discuss the quantum threat to blockchain and why Algorand has been preparing for years.

A must watch! 🔥

🟢 Chris Peikert also spoke with IEEE Spectrum this month about why post quantum security matters now, and why Algorand has been preparing since 2021.

🟢 Charles Hoskinson, Cardano founder, praised Algorand's post quantum work as "some of the best in the space"

🟢 Multisig wallets are now live on Algorand thanks to Shared Accounts on Pera Wallet!

👉 A game changer for shared asset security, combining native Layer 1 multisig, full Ledger support, and flexible signer setups.

👉 Algorand Foundation's Head of Product Marketing, Joseph Cecala, joined Genfinity to break it all down! 🔐

🟢 WBTC and WETH are now live on Algorand via Folks Finance and Wormhole NTT, bringing cross chain Bitcoin and Ethereum directly into Algorand DeFi!

🟢 Over $1M in USDC has now been bridged to and from Algorand via Allbridge!

🟢 U.S. users can now buy $ALGO directly in Pera Wallet via Meld!

🟢 Algorand grew from ~250 validators in 2023 to 1,500+ in 2026, a major leap in network decentralization!

🟢 Algorand was highlighted in UNDP's latest report on its blockchain practice, powering real world pilots with Wholechain!

🟢 For Earth Day 2026, Algorand highlighted 10 ecosystem projects driving real world sustainability! 🌱

🟢 Fresh on-chain activity from Lavazza in April showed continued real world use of Algorand to power traceability across one of its coffee ranges! ☕️

🟢 Beyond hotels, flights, and activities, Travala has now added ALGO and USDC on Algorand as payment options for car rentals in 50,000+ locations worldwide! 🚗

🟢 Algorand CSMO Marc Vanlerberghe joined BlockHash Podcast to break down how Algorand is approaching agentic AI and quantum.

👉 He also touched on ALGO's recent SEC digital commodity classification and teased AlgoKit 4.0! 👀

🟢 Following Google's latest Quantum AI paper citing Algorand 32 times, CEO Staci Warden joined Scott Melker to break down what it means for crypto's post quantum future.

🟢 Algorand Foundation CLO/COO, Jennie Levin, broke down the SEC's latest DeFi guidance and ALGO's digital commodity advantage.

🟢 SEWA and Mann Deshi were both featured in Solutions That Scale video episodes ! 🇮🇳

🟢 S3:E14 of the Verifiably Random podcast, the season finale, featured Marc Vanlerberghe and Brian Whippo exploring how AI is reshaping the developer experience on Algorand! 🎙️

🟢 April Algorand community call replay is available here

🟢 Haystack rolled out a full app redesign!

🟢 Alpha Arcade launched a new Real Estate Dashboard, expanding prediction markets into home prices and mortgage rates to deliver deeper market insight for everyday buyers!

🟢 April also marked 4 years of Folks Finance on Algorand mainnet! 🎉

🟢 An Algorand builder launched DevLoot, a new open source bounty platform built on Algorand to fund GitHub issues with instant USDC payouts!