MegaETH, a hyper-fast blockchain backed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, is set to launch on February 9. It will be among the crypto industry’s most anticipated debuts in 2026. The self-described “real-time” blockchain claims it can achieve “100,000 transactions per second with millisecond-level responsiveness” while maintaining compatibility with Ethereum. That promise has lured investments from crypto venture firm Dragonfly Capital, as well as Buterin, fellow Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, Eige ...