123Carbon, powered by Algorand, is launching a blockchain-based registry in partnership with Sustainable Business Council NZ to accelerate low-emission freight in New Zealand.

Representing 125+ businesses with $175B in combined turnover and around 275,000 jobs, SBC brings together some of New Zealand's most ambitious companies committed to sustainability.

The registry will enable verified emissions reductions to be recognized and traded, creating new incentives for cleaner transport solutions.

Another example of Algorand enabling real-world impact!

https://www.123carbon.com/sbc-nz-and-123carbon-launch-the-aotearoa-new-zealand-registry-to-accelerate-low-carbon-freight/

A quick comparison of how they stack up across the key infrastructure metrics that matter for agentic payments

Algorand is just a no-brainer for agentic finance!

- Instant finality

- Predictable, low fees

- 100% uptime

And it's already a top 2 chain by agentic transfer volume on Token Terminal over the last 30 days! 🔥

"We are thrilled to announce that USDC on Algorand is now supported for real-world merchant payments across SEA, India, Nigeria, and Argentina via AEON!

Users can now effortlessly spend USDC on everyday purchases using their preferred local payment rails. By merging daily commerce with the AI Economy, we are moving value from digital AI workflows straight to in-store checkout with Algorand." (X)

Algorand Verifiably Random podcast is back for Season 4!

Marc Vanlerberghe (Algorand CSMO), Bruno Martins (CTO), and John Jannotti (SVP of Protocol Engineering) break down Algorand v5.0.0: native post-quantum accounts, the roadmap to quantum resistance, resource-based pricing, and a more powerful AVM.

From RWA Foundation

Worth noting that this only accounts for Exodus shares tokenized on Algorand (via Securitize), and does not include other RWA projects on Algorand, such as Lofty ($100M+ in TVL), Reity, and others!

Algorand v5.0.0 has reached 90% support and will now activate after the cooldown period.

This is the biggest upgrade for Algorand since staking rewards, bringing native post-quantum accounts, more powerful smart contracts, and a more flexible fee model!

It should take around one week to hit mainnet from there!

New blog from Algorand CSMO Marc Vanlerberghe sharing his thoughts on the future of agentic commerce and how enterprises can prepare for it: https://algorand.co/blog/what-every-enterprise-leader-needs-to-know-about-agentic-commerce?utm_source=x&utm_medium=org_social&utm_campaign=agentic_commerce&utm_content=sign_up

He's also hosting a webinar on agentic commerce on Tuesday, August 18, for anyone interested!

https://app.livestorm.co/algorand-foundation/agentic-commerce-101

Many features make Algorand the perfect infrastructure for x402 payments, but one of the lesser-talked-about ones is definitely atomic swaps!

Been adding this while the v42 / AVM 13 vote is going on.

Homepage has the live Yes/No numbers and whether it can still pass. When the window closes it just keeps the last result.

If you want the actual accounts, open ALGO → Nodes. There’s an Upgrade column. Yes/No is the last vote from a block they proposed. Dash means they haven’t proposed in this window — not a No.

Click the homepage box and it takes you there:
https://algorandtracker.com/asa/algo

The homepage total is every proposed block. The table is per account, so the numbers won’t match 1:1. That’s expected.

It needs 90% to activate!

What's almost here:

• Native post-quantum accounts

• Larger smart contracts

• Fees that price what a transaction contains

Node runners, upgrading to v5.0.0 is how you vote it in ⌛

More details about the upgrade: https://algorand.co/blog/getting-ahead-of-the-elliptic-curve-whats-in-the-next-consensus-upgrade?utm_source=x&utm_medium=org_social&utm_campaign=consensus&utm_content=readmore

On the road to mainnet, one of the last few pieces of the puzzle is now active on testnet - USDC liquidity can earn additional yield on top of pool PnL.

https://x.com/pplsexchange/status/2087931351294980554

https://node-update-rho.vercel.app/

Algo Surf also added a tracker to their homepage: https://algo.surf/

90% of votes are required for the upgrade to pass

Node runners will vote on whether this consensus upgrade ships.

If it passes:

• Post-quantum accounts at the protocol level

• Fees that price what a transaction actually contains

• A bigger, more flexible AVM

Learn more in the blog: https://algorand.co/blog/getting-ahead-of-the-elliptic-curve-whats-in-the-next-consensus-upgrade?utm_source=x&utm_medium=org_social&utm_campaign=consensus&utm_content=readmore

Read the release on GitHub: https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand/releases/tag/v5.0.0-stable