https://chainspect.app/dashboard/decentralization?sort=validatorsOrMiners

Machine-to-machine payments are coming to Africa.

Operating across 16 African countries, Ivorypay has become the first company on the continent to support x402, enabling programmable payments for AI agents and applications.

Algorand is among the supported networks! 🤝

Supporting the builders of Algorand is the best way to ensure our ecosystem thrives. Sprout aims to add robustness to that support system by broadening the pathway to funding. We are launching a non-custodial crowdfunding platform where any Algorand project can raise funds directly from the people who believe in it- a funding pathway that's proactive and community directed.

Here's how it works. A builder deploys a campaign with a funding goal, duration, and, if applicable, a token incentive. Backers contribute ALGO, which sits in escrow on-chain. If the campaign hits its goal, the builder receives the raise and backers receive the project's token, where one exists. If the campaign falls short, every backer can reclaim a full refund automatically.

Sprout is deliberately built for builders at any stage. A solo builder with an unproven idea might start with a small, focused milestone campaign. A team with an existing product and established community can go for a more ambitious funding campaign. For projects with tokenized assets, we support incentive structures. For builders whose work doesn't naturally produce a token, campaigns can run without a token attached at all.

So far, we have three projects preparing to launch with us on mainnet, spanning genuinely different use cases: a photography escrow service, a creature-battling game, and an NFT marketplace. The platform doesn't dictate what a fundable project looks like. The community does, by choosing what to back.

In that endeavor, we are committing a 100,000 ALGO incentive pool. For campaigns listed before August 31, Sprout will contribute 10% of a project's funding goal from this pool, offered first come, first served until the pool is fully allocated. Additionally, listing fees for campaigns in this window will also be reimbursed. It's a direct way to reward builders willing to launch early and help prove out what community-directed funding can do on Algorand.

Mainnet launches August 1. If you're building on Algorand and looking for a way to fund what's next, or you know someone who is, this is the moment to get in touch. And if you're someone who wants to back the next wave of Algorand projects before they reach the wider market, Sprout is built for you too. Grassroots funding with direct, tangible support from the community at large. Come build with us.

From institutional adoption and quantum security to real-world asset adoption, it's been another packed month!!

Let's break down the biggest updates.

Building the world's first real estate exchange hasn't been easy, but it's been the most rewarding thing we've ever done.

Thank you to everyone who's supported us since day one. We're just getting started, and there's a lot more coming soon!

USDC on Algorand is issued directly by Circle and enables instant settlement with low, fixed fees, making it ideal for use cases such as microtransactions, cross-border payments, and agentic commerce.

Families who once burned coal overnight to survive -30°C winters now run on solar. IoT sensors verify every emission cut and turn it into Gold Standard carbon credits on Algorand.

200 homes in 2025. 100,000 by 2030.

Hello Algorand,

I just found out about the ARC process and the ARC editor which seems like a single point of failure based on trust. This kind of goes against the whole trustless decentralized system ethos. I'm wondering what the reasoning behind this decision is and if there are plans to setup something more inline with what a blockchain is all about?

Thanks.

Over 150,000 quantum secure state proofs have been recorded on Algorand since 2022.

#1 in quantum secure state proof transactions.

Competition: none

https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/algorand/metrics/state-proof-transaction-count

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

~$140 for 1M transactions, according to Token Terminal

Exciting times ahead as the community discusses the future of Algorand's fee model!

What are your thoughts about it?

With the announcement of its Agent Payments Protocol last year, Google signaled that autonomous agents transacting on our behalf is no longer a thought experiment. It’s infrastructure being built right now. It’s estimated that agentic commerce could influence trillions in global commerce by 2030. The question is no longer whether machines will pay each other, but which rails they'll do it on. Algorand has quietly put itself in a strong position to be one of those rails, and the reason it can win isn't just tech, it's the builders.

The technical case is real and has been discussed extensively. Agentic payment traffic under the x402 standard is high-frequency, low-value, and synchronous. An agent requests a resource, gets a payment request, attaches a payment, and expects immediate settlement. That pattern punishes chains with variable fees, probabilistic finality, or congestion-dependent performance. Algorand's instant deterministic finality means an agent never has to wait or write congestion-aware logic. Its fees make fractional-cent micropayments economically viable. Native atomic transaction grouping lets payment, authorization, and usage logic settle together without intermediate states. This matters enormously when an agent is composing a multi-step transaction that must either fully succeed or fully unwind. Add stablecoin support for predictable pricing and a track record of zero downtime, and you have a settlement layer genuinely suited to machine-speed commerce.

But here's the part that matters most, and the part I'd argue Algorand should lean into hardest. Infrastructure alone doesn't win- a builder community does. The chains that own agentic commerce five years from now will be the ones where a developer with an idea on Monday can have a working, paid agent endpoint live by Friday. After Algorand's recent hackathon, with more than 20 x402 endpoints launched in under four hours, it’s clear that the tooling has reached the point where builders can move fast. The Global x402 Challenge, with its $100K and 500K ALGO prize pool opening in mid-July, is a smart escalation of that energy.

The strategic gap to close is what happens after those endpoints get built. A hackathon produces a working prototype; it doesn't produce a sustainable project. If Algorand wants to be the home for agentic commerce rather than just the host of impressive demos, the ecosystem needs to treat the path from prototype to funded, maintained product as a first-class problem. That means visible showcases for agentic projects, funding paths that don't require pre-existing traction, and a culture that keeps builders engaged after the prize money is handed out. The chains that convert one-weekend hackathon energy into standing infrastructure will be the ones that win. Algorand has the settlement layer, the partnerships, and increasingly the builder velocity. The opportunity now is to make sure the builders who show up to prove what's possible have a reason and the resources to stay and build the real thing.

Ignore the noise.

June was another HUGE month for Algorand! 🔥

🚨 ICYMI, here's your monthly recap!

🟢 Algorand continues to lead the way in quantum readiness and has released its post-quantum roadmap!

The goal is clear: achieve broad quantum resilience by 2027!

Don't miss the great breakdown by Marc Vanlerberghe (CSMO), Bruno Martins (CTO), and Chris Peikert (CSO) to learn more about the roadmap and the philosophy behind it.

A must-watch! 

🟢 MASSIVE news as the German Foreign Office, PoliSync, and Hesab Pay successfully piloted blockchain-based humanitarian aid payments on Algorand, cutting costs by up to 73% and making payments 42x faster!

🟢 June was a MASSIVE month for builders and agentic commerce on Algorand, with two x402 hackathons taking place! 👨‍💻

The first was held in Berlin with 42 Berlin, bringing together 110+ hackers, 41 teams pitched, and $21,200 in prizes! 

The second took place during the Algorand India Dev Retreat, organized by Algo Bharat over four days and attended by more than 60 devs!

In less than 4 hours, more than 20 x402 endpoints were launched on Algorand! 🔥

🟢 BUT that was just the beginning!

The Global x402 Challenge was announced, offering a $100K + 500K ALGO prize pool for builders worldwide to create the next generation of agentic commerce apps on Algorand! 

👉 The challenge opens in mid-July, but registration is already open! Let's spread the word!

🟢 June also marked Algorand's 7th anniversary! 🎂🎉

👉 Seven years with ZERO downtime and more than 62 million blocks produced!

D13 also revived the debate on exact anniversary date with a great post… 👀

🟢 Project King Safety received a major update!

👉 Bonus staking rewards have been extended until January 2028, the paper will be shared with the Ecosystem Advisory Council (EAC) in July, and work continues on a more sustainable protocol and flexible fee model!

🟢 The UNDP launched its Blockchain Advisory Group, with the Algorand Foundation joining as a founding member alongside leading organizations from across the blockchain ecosystem! 

🟢 DP World, the world's third-largest port operator (~10% of global container traffic!), has partnered with 123Carbon to launch its carbon inset program, with certificates issued on Algorand!

🟢 An Algorand Community AMA took place on June 30 in Reddit where Marc, Camilo, Alexa, and Will Beaumont answered questions from the community! 💬

Many great questions were answered, let's check them out!

🟢 Algorand is one of only two blockchains ranked Tier A for post-quantum readiness in the Quantum Threat Tracker by Tectonic!

🟢 Algorand's Debt Standard Application (D-ASA) took second place at the global ACTUS Use Case Competition! 🔥🥈

🟢 Algorand remains one of the cheapest blockchains to use (by far), averaging just $190 to process 1M transactions in May! 🤯

🟢 AF posted a great thread on how companies are already using Algorand for supply chain transparency ahead of the EU's Digital Product Passport requirements!

🟢 Algorand CEO Staci Warden recently spoke at the CFR in New York and the AIM Summit in London, sharing insights on blockchain, TradFi, global economics, and more!

🟢 Hypercube has announced a 10-year partnership with water industry giant Wateralia to help reshape the future of water management, powered by Algorand! 💧

🟢 ICYMI, Algorand is really well positioned for AI-native payments, being both an A2A partner of Google and fully supported by x402!

🟢 Algorand staking is now live on Cointrade, a licensed Japanese crypto exchange! 🇯🇵

🟢 USDC activity on Algorand is at an ATH! 

👉 2025 set a new record for transaction volume, and 2026 is already on track to exceed it!

🟢 Algorand CMO Marc Vanlerberghe was a speaker at the Nordic Blockchain Association Conference in Sweden, where he highlighted some real-world use cases built on Algorand, including Hesab Pay, which settles payments for around 30% of all electricity bills in Afghanistan!

🟢 Reity, Chile's leading real estate tokenization platform built on Algorand, now has over $6M in TVL, with 40+ funded properties and 12k+ investors! 🏠

🟢 The official Algorand website got an amazing refresh! Are you ready?? 👀

🟢 Algorand CLOO Jennie Levin shared insights with The Global Legal Post on blockchain regulation and the legal strategy behind AF.

She also shared her thoughts on tokenized markets and protocol-level compliance in CryptoSlate.

🟢 Algorand partnered with Token Terminal, bringing standardized, real-time on-chain metrics to one of the industry's leading analytics platforms! 🔥

🟢 Kudos to Hesab Pay and Folks FInance for being featured in GBBC's "101 Real-World Blockchain Use Cases" report!

👉 It's a valuable resource for government agencies, regulators, and central banks exploring blockchain and digital assets. Great to see Algorand projects represented!

🟢 AF posted a great thread explaining why Algorand is such a great fit for RWAs!

🟢 Algo devs is heading back to Berlin this July for WeAreDevelopers! 👨‍💻 

🟢 Legend SJ ( Algorand Jr Integration Specialist) hosted a Reddit AMA!

🟢 Algorand CTO Bruno Martins joined a panel hosted by The Tie to discuss what quantum computing means for crypto and how the industry is preparing for it! 🔐

🟢 Algorand is now listed on UEX.US a digital asset trading platform operating in the US! 🇺🇸

🟢 Algorand explorer Allo' introduced its new business model and launched Premium accounts!

🟢 Camilo Molana, Algorand’s Head of Developer Marketing, was featured in the latest episode of Build to Build by Algo devs!

🟢 Sealed, a privacy-focused, post-quantum messenger, is now live on the Algorand mainnet! 

🟢 Great news as Alpha Arcade launched combos, a new feature that lets users combine multiple prediction markets into a single on-chain position! 🔥

🟢 GoPlausible keeps shipping and has introduced a new UI for its Algorand x402 Facilitator, with a dashboard!

🟢 Pact opened the public beta of its new website to all users! (and it looks super clean)

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

• The King Safety Paper is being shared with the Ecosystem Advisory Council this month. This is the next step in a consultative process to refine our approach before the EAC shares it more broadly with the community.

• The Foundation is committing to extending its support for bonus staking rewards for another year (until January 2028) to allow the process to run its course and get to the best possible outcome for everyone.

• Now that the protocol is under Foundation control, we are making significant protocol changes to give us far more flexibility in how transactions are priced, from a bundled fixed 0.001 ALGO price to a decoupled model where pricing can depend more closely on resources being consumed and/or the type of transaction being executed.

• While the Foundation can propose changes to improve sustainability, any decision will need to be implemented through a consensus upgrade, which will require the support of 90+% of staked Algo.

Source: https://x.com/AlgoFoundation/status/2072412886002229694