We previously ran a commercial pointing out that Algorand is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
The truth sometimes hurts. So to make it up to you, we made it easy to swap BTC, ETH, SOL, and more directly into Algorand.
Download @PeraAlgoWallet to get started with the new Pera Fund feature.
USDC on Algorand is now supported on @krakenfx and the @Krak mobile app.
Users can deposit, withdraw, hold, and spend USDC with fast, low-cost transactions.
Kraken will also run an Algorand node, supporting network decentralization and security.
A HUGE congratulations to @JohnAlanWoods for his new position as CEO. I'm honored to call you a friend and I appreciate your guidance and wisdom. To The Moon my brotha 👏👏
Thank you for the kind words Alex!
I’m excited to be taking on the role of CEO at the Nillion Association!
My strategic goal is to drive Nillion to new heights, with a laser focus on product and tech!
As posted by @a16zcrypto: privacy will be the most important moat in crypto.
🧵 Agentic Commerce + Algorand: why this is more than a narrative
Agentic commerce is where software agents don’t just recommend — they act: quote, buy, settle, and reconcile transactions autonomously reminders, logistics, subscriptions, IoT, etc.
The hard part isn’t AI.
It’s the commerce rails: identity, permissions, security, accountability, and receipts that auditors can trust.
That’s why a ledger can matter here: agents need tamper-evident logs, verifiable provenance, and predictable settlement — especially when the transaction size is tiny but the volume is huge.
Algorand is pushing into that lane with a simple thesis:
instant settlement + low predictable costs + scalability → suitable for micro-transactions and machine-led commerce.
One signal: Algorand’s involvement with Google Cloud’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).
AP2 is positioned as an open protocol to bring clarity/accountability/security frameworks to agentic payments.
Translation: it’s not crypto payments.
It’s risk management + controls for a world where agents transact — the stuff enterprises/regulators actually care about.
Another signal: Algorand referencing work around Coinbase x402 — aimed at making micro-payments for agents easier to execute (think “pay-per-API / pay-per-action” flows).
Why does this direction matter?
Because the future checkout might be an agent negotiating and paying, not a human clicking buttons, and that requires rails that can scale with minimal friction.
Ecosystem partners matter too: it’s rarely one chain doing it all.
The bigger story is standards + integrations that make agent transactions composable across services.
What to watch:
• real production integrations (not demos)
• recurring transaction volume (micro-payments)
• identity/permissions frameworks maturing (auditability)
• dev tooling that makes agent payments boringly easy
Nuance: partnerships/protocol participation ≠ “endorsement.”
But it does show where serious builders think the next commerce stack is heading.
If agentic commerce becomes real at scale, the winners won’t be the loudest chains — they’ll be the ones that are reliable, cheap, final, and auditable. Infrastructure energy.
• Moved to the U.S.
• New Board of Directors
• Privacy on-chain
• Quantum-Secure accounts on-chain
And still, 0 downtime on the Algorand blockchain.
How do you like them apples?
SUI down currently. ALGO has been running for over 5 years with no downtime & SUI currently has 5x the market cap.
You are not serious people.
This industry is a joke 🤡
🚨 JUST IN: Algorand's integration on @Allbridge_io is now LIVE!
You can now send and receive $USDC on Algorand super easily from Ethereum, Solana, Base, Avalanche, Sei, and more!
Just tested it: 1 $USDT on $SOL ➡️ 1 $USDC on $ALGO completed in 1 min 21 sec.
HUGE! 🔥