Cloudflare Outage Exposes Web3’s Centralization Vulnerability

OpenAI and SoftBank each committed $500 million to SB Energy to build a 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Texas, advancing the $5 trillion Stargate AI infrastructure initiative. The funding underscores growing private capital flows into large-scale AI compute projects and could boost interest in STG-linked assets.

Sui's mainnet halted new transaction submissions for about six hours after validators experienced a consensus split, while nodes continued to serve the last certified state. The interruption paused transaction finality and temporarily limited on-chain activity.

The Sui network is experiencing a mainnet outage while core developers work on a fix; despite the downtime, SUI’s price remains largely unchanged as Bitcoin leads today’s market rally. Users and dApps are reporting interrupted services, and the team is investigating the root cause.

On Jan 14, 2026 Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum now effectively provides the full Web3 stack first envisioned in 2014, pairing core Layer‑1 features with rollups, wallets and auxiliary tooling. He framed recent advances in modular scaling and developer infrastructure as the missing pieces that complete the platform.

Entrepreneurs with government approval plan a 71-hectare "Cyber City" near the Fumba Peninsula that they say will lean on cryptocurrencies and blockchain services. The digital-first project aims to attract fintech firms, remote workers and new investment to Zanzibar's western shore.