Solana Activates Alpenglow: Finality Cut to 150 Milliseconds
Solana launches Alpenglow upgrade October 21, replacing TowerBFT to cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, a 98.8% improvement.
Solana launches Alpenglow upgrade October 21, replacing TowerBFT to cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, a 98.8% improvement.
XRP holders are moving tokens off exchanges amid collapsing whale buying, at a five-year low of $49.7M daily. Retail exodus without institutional conviction.
Ethereum staking yields fell to 2.78% APR as 897,000 validators compete. Bitmine's $212M staking revenue faces structural headwinds from compression.
MSCI excludes bitcoin treasury companies from global indexes, triggering $2.8B in passive sell-offs. Strategy and Metaplanet face November 30 deadline.
Nine companies blocked OKXICE's tokenized stocks exchange. Corporate rejections expose Wall Street skepticism about blockchain securities trading.
The SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets closes October 20, letting firms raise $75M yearly selling tokens without equity dilution. Comments due Tuesday.
Core CPI at 2.6% vs 2.5% forecast triggered $973M in crypto liquidations. Ethereum absorbed $292M, with Binance erasing $106M ETH longs in one hour.
Third-quarter crypto losses of $1.365 billion exceeded the first half's total. September alone saw $768 million drained, led by Bitget and Liquid Network.
Blockchain.com applies for two CFTC licenses to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives to U.S. customers, accelerating its $500 million IPO push.
Ledger described the CryptoBilis hardware implant attack as limited, but blockchain analysis shows $102 million drained from 324 wallets across six networks.
UK court ruling narrows victims' path to $5B seized bitcoin. Chinese law may limit 16,000 claimants to their £500M net loss, not the £3.8B current value.
Bitcoin and Ethereum order depth recovered 75% since last year's crash. Altcoin liquidity fell one-third as falling prices masked capital flight.
Visa and Mastercard's $1 billion Open USD commitment translated to $468 million in actual reserves at launch, with the gap in how liquidity backing works.
U.S. bitcoin ETFs saw $21M inflow October 9 but lost $681M for the week, ending a three-week streak as Fidelity posted record $380M withdrawal.
Kalshi is investigating three bets totaling $173 that correctly predicted Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary hours before the announcement.
Thailand crypto ETF rules take effect October 16 with a margin loan ban. Brokers cannot extend credit, contrasting with Hong Kong's approach.
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