Over the past week at Casper... 🌐 Ecosystem & Community • $CSPR is now on the short list of blockchains aligned with the #ISO20022 financial messaging standard, positioning Casper as one of the few networks technically ready to interface with global payment and settlement infrastructure • 3.0 launches with a new social-style feed that reimagines how on-chain activity is presented, inviting everyone to explore differently • #CasperHackathon submissions remain open until January 5, 2026, and builders across the ecosystem are already shaping their final ideas • Season 4 continues to give the community real influence over Hackathon entries, helping highlight a wave of strong, community-backed projects • now shows voting results alongside holder stats and voting power, bringing everything together in one place 🛠️ Protocol & Engineering • Casper 2.1 is live on testnet, on track to activate full fee burning and faster block times on mainnet, cutting the ceiling from 16 seconds to 8 and averaging around 4 seconds to completion 🧰 Products & Developer Tooling • Casper has partnered with @AlliumLabs to introduce unified analytics and real-time visibility into DeFi and real-world asset activity across the network • The “Tip the Barista” demo app shows how quickly an idea can become a live dApp on Casper, offering a simple starting point for anyone looking to build • A community workshop on building dApps is under consideration, and interest will determine whether it becomes an upcoming session. Let us know if you are interested