Solana’s 150-Millisecond Settlement Upgrade Reaches Second Public Test Network
Solana’s planned upgrade to make payments final in a fraction of a second has reached its public developer network, giving application teams a place to…
Blockchain
Solana Foundation Secures Binance and Polygon Talent to Drive Tokenized Finance
The Solana Foundation has designated former Binance manager Rachel Conlan as its new chief strategy officer, bringing in a prominent crypto sector veteran as the…
Solana Begins Testing Upgrade Aiming to Reduce Finality to 150 Milliseconds
A prospective network enhancement designed to make Solana even faster has advanced to a testnet environment, where developers will work on shrinking the duration required…
Canada’s Major Banks Investigate Tokenized Deposit Network to Upgrade Transactions
Canada’s top six financial institutions are collaboratively investigating a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit network with the goal of maintaining the nation’s payment network “secure and competitive.”…
ECB Plans to Acquire Tokenized Bonds Utilizing Its Own Reserves
The European Central Bank intends to allocate a modest fraction of its reserves into tokenized assets, granting the monetary authority firsthand involvement in distributed ledger…
ZetaChain Votes to Decommission Layer 1 Blockchain and Migrate ZETA to Solana
On Sunday, ZetaChain (ZETA) token participants cast their ballots to sunset the platform’s Layer 1 chain, giving the green light to transition to Solana for…
Circle Unveils Arc Blockchain, Which Jeremy Allaire Calls More Consequential Than USDC
On Wednesday, Circle CRCL introduced its Arc blockchain, marking its most significant expansion beyond issuing the $74 billion USDC stablecoin. Competition is intensifying among major…
Ethereum Schedules Glamsterdam Dates While Cautious of Rogue Builders
Ethereum contributors have officially set October 6 as the testing date for the anticipated “Glamsterdam” upgrade, though the announcement came alongside a severe warning that…
Ethereum Institutional Backs Ethlabs Proposal to Speed Up Block Times
Ethereum Institutional has voiced its backing for the initiative led by Ethlabs aimed at shortening block durations and building a speedier Ethereum network to counter…
Block space is not infinite: Avalanche Treasury CEO warns AI agents will strain L1 capacity
Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith anticipates that the proliferation of AI agents within financial markets will challenge the assumption that block space remains virtually…