Validators

Visa will operate critical blockchain infrastructure on Tempo, the Stripe-backed layer-1 network built for AI-driven payments, alongside Stripe itself and Standard Chartered's Zodia Custody.

Ethereum's proof-of-stake participation rate passed 30 percent of circulating supply this week, with roughly 37 million ETH now committed to validators and the cost of attacking the network pushed beyond $120 billion in collateral alone.