Gora is an Algorand-born compute network where off-chain validators run app code and sign the result for contracts and wallets to act on. Its testnet answers at a public endpoint, with a demo AI trading fund you can deposit testnet GORA into and a free raffle app.

Derova.algo's free dashboard shows one Algorand node's pending transaction pool live, plus the last 20 blocks, node health and a countdown to the network's next state proof. No wallet needed — but the pool count is one node's view, not the network's.

The Algorand Foundation named William Herkelrath CEO effective Aug. 31, succeeding Staci Warden. The K3 Labs co-founder inherits a live post-quantum wallet push, an x402 challenge and an undisclosed overlap with his own vendor.

AlgoChess is a browser chess site on Algorand MainNet where two players — or one player and Stockfish — stake ALGO that a contract pays to the winner. Its 20-million CHESS token, mined only by winning, opens 20 September with no sale and no premine.

A one-person Algorand eco-project won a 2021 Foundation grant for litter-cleanup NFT auctions and donation transparency; its ledger stopped updating that year while its DeFi explainer blog continued until September 2025.

Pera puts Algorand v5's native Falcon-1024 accounts in users' hands — create one or rekey an existing address — and its Explorer counter now reads 1.19M quantum-resilient transactions, with tiered NFT claims live on-chain.

A community-run index of Algorand tooling — AlgoKit, SDKs in a dozen languages, wallets, DeFi, standards — plus a technical podcast and a daily relay-node map. One maintainer keeps it honest with an automated link checker; several companion tools have stopped resolving.

Algorand Foundation's AC2 protocol lets users approve AI agent actions — payments, code commits, API calls — with a passkey while private keys never leave their device.

GoPlausible built thisDID, a universal resolver that turns any W3C decentralized identifier into one conformant document, and donated it to the Decentralized Identity Foundation. Algorand's did:algo and did:nfd get an Algorand-native first hop. It is live; traffic is modest.

Kaafila launched an Algorand token in 2021 to fund free education for 100 million users. Five years on, its courses are unshipped, its DEX pool holds about $30, and its own status reads 'Prototype/MVP.'

HesabPay launched free virtual Visa cards in Afghanistan on August 13, letting verified users spend wallet balances worldwide, aiming for one million cards. Parent Hesab's July move to Movement for its global bank sits alongside Algorand-based UNHCR aid and HAFN settlement.

NFDomains is the Algorand name service and marketplace for Non-Fungible Domains — unique, readable identities for your wallet.

Go-Algorand 5.0.0 hit the 90% node-support threshold on Aug 15 and is finishing a seven-day cooldown before mainnet activation — adding native Falcon-1024…

An Egyptian-themed ASCII roguelike powered by Algorand. Descend 26 floors, face the gods of Egypt, and record your runs on-chain with your Lumi Ankh NFT.

AlgoVoi now sells its self-hosted agent-payment stack as one-time perpetual licences, headlined by the $6,000 Compliance Gate SDK that turns sanctions screening into signed, no-PII receipts.

Algo Leagues' five-year-old NFT card game on Algorand now runs a live PVP Arena, a season-pass economy in its ALC token, and a Discord bot said to power 200+ partner projects.

FIDE Online Arena put chess ratings on Algorand in 2020; six years later a World Chess account still streams zero-value ranking-token transfers onto the chain, while older rating assets sit dormant and the proposed 'chess passport' remains a pilot.

Rise In's free Build on Algorand course and AlgoHack events produced 77 prototypes in India — its next play is routing builders into the open $100K Global x402 Challenge.

Memento Mori is an untradeable Algorand token that mints one MORI per living human: hourly transfers mirror net births minus deaths from UN projections, recorded as a public on-chain population feed.

Algomint minted Algorand's first wrapped BTC and ETH, living on Foundation TDR incentives through 2024 before dropping goUSD. Today its apps and subdomains are dark, its docs sit behind a login wall, and on-chain liquidity has thinned to a single meaningful pool.

The two listings that anchored AlgoDirectory's collateral-ranked table — NFDomains at 1,000 ALGO and TxnLab at 100 ALGO — are gone, cutting displayed collateral roughly 74%. A new Manage page opens self-serve listing to any wallet holder.

FART NFT MAKER, an Algorand hackathon entry, mints browser-recorded flatulence sounds into ARC-3 NFTs for a fixed 1 ALGO fee. It won Foundation recognition in July 2025, but its promised production launch never happened.

A 2023 philosophical NFT project on Algorand uses generative PFPs to explore digital identity, community, and remixing—while creator accounts sit offline and trading remains dormant.

PyTeal is a Python language binding for Algorand Smart Contracts, allowing developers to write TEAL logic in Python with type safety and compiler optimizations—though it remains unaudited.

Meld Gold is delisting MCAU/MCAG certificates from BTC Markets and transitioning to Algorand-based GOLD$ and SILVER$ tokens, backed by physical metals and redeemable on-chain.

Algorand’s humanitarian network delivers $35M+ in cash assistance to 625,000 Afghan returnees through HesabPay, while a World Bank-linked CGAP report cites the model as proof stablecoins work in crisis zones.

The Data History Museum automates NFT creation for seismic events, preserving real-time data on Algorand with dynamic pricing and 20% of proceeds donated to relief and science.

Haystack launches an all-in-one DeFi platform on Algorand, combining token discovery, trading, staking, and portfolio tracking with a mobile-native interface and institutional-grade infrastructure.

Messina.one bridges native assets 1:1 across nine chains, offers liquid staking on Algorand with mALGO, and secures transactions via Wormhole’s guardian network—all with $4.9K TVL and 17K all-time transactions.

NFDomains’ decentralized registry turns Algorand’s 58-character addresses into portable .algo identities with vaults, verification, and a live marketplace—69,000+ names minted.

Steak Pool ties Algorand staking yield to a deflationary ASA, using validator commissions to buy and burn 11.16% of supply on-chain.

AlgoRank.fun launches a community-voted directory for Algorand tokens, NFTs, dApps, and people, tallying 11.8K votes across 1K projects—yet off-chain voting raises sybil and auditability risks.

Compx.io introduces Canix402, a paid API for normalized Algorand DeFi yield data, enabling pay-per-request access via x402 payments and wallet-personalized recommendations.

An open-source tool from Algorand’s 2024 Dev Retreat sonifies on-chain events in real time, mapping payments, asset transfers, and smart-contract calls to Tone.js synthesizers.

Algorand Foundation CTO Bruno Martins, Communications Director Kelly Silver, and Head of Analytics Simon Bonanno will answer community questions live on July 23, 2026, focusing on the network's 2027 quantum resilience roadmap and foundation-held ALGO.

AlgoGazer, a mobile-first Algorand blockchain explorer, introduces a 25 ALGO NFT verification program to curate collections while processing ~10 TPS and tracking $738M ALGO market cap.

rug.ninja enforces a radical fair-launch rule: every token, even the creator’s, must be bought. The result is a chaotic, transparent launchpad where memecoins and scams compete on equal terms.

The BLOPS NFT collection on downbad.farm sees individual asset prices decline while floor price remains stable at 200 ALGO, reflecting broader market sentiment.

Algorand's 2025 upgrades—Algorand 4.0, real-time staking, and AlgoKit 3.0—drive 179% node growth, 19% more smart contracts, and 2.7M monthly active users.

After AlgoExplorer’s shutdown, developers and users rely on Lora, Allo.info, and Pera Explorer to inspect Algorand’s mainnet and testnet—backed by Nodely’s free API infrastructure and AlgoKit’s testnet faucet.

A verified guide to active Algorand wallets in 2026—non-custodial options, staking, NFT support, and security trade-offs for users and developers.

AlgoDirectory, the Algorand-based on-chain directory, has added nine new ecosystem entries, including SIWA, NODELY, and STAKE, while reordering its default view to emphasize active collateral deposits.

GoPlausible launches MCP servers, verifiable credentials, and x402 payments to enable autonomous AI agents on Algorand with cryptographic provenance.

RandGallery, Algorand's oldest NFT marketplace, is winding down. Only Dartroom and Downbad remain operational with recent activity, while Shufl, EXA Market, and ALGOxNFT have shut down.