Category: Economy

Solana will replace its blockchain’s consensus system on Oct. 21, targeting transaction finality in approximately 150 milliseconds. On Oct. 13, Anza, the blockchain network’s core developer, announced the mainnet activation date, setting the stage for one of the most significant infrastructure changes in Solana’s history. The upgrade, known as Alpenglow, will replace TowerBFT, the mechanism […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Eleven years in crypto is not simply an anniversary. It means navigating multiple boom-and-bust cycles, changing asset narratives, exchange failures, and the growing convergence between traditional finance and onchain markets. At its 11-year mark, LBank reports more than 30 million registered users […]

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned that stablecoins could face redemption crises if, during market stress, reserves become inaccessible across borders. In an Oct. 12 report, the global financial watchdog said stablecoin issuers operating through affiliated entities in different countries could struggle to meet concentrated withdrawal demands when their reserve assets are held elsewhere. The […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Moscow Exchange plans to begin offering cryptocurrency trading from December 1 and says testing with professional market participants is already underway. Under Russia’s new framework, unqualified investors are expected to face limits on which assets they can buy and how much […]

Operators running the Bitcoin payment software BTCPay Server through its standard Docker deployment must explicitly select Tor at their next setup or update if they want to retain onion access. The change removes Tor from the automatically included components, making a previously bundled service an administrator’s configuration choice. BTCPay detailed the deployment change in its […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Sui and Alibaba Cloud are working on an integration that would let AI agents pay for cloud services per request using stablecoins within budgets set by their owners. The collaboration was unveiled at Sui Basecamp and remains under development, with no […]

Roger Wattenhofer and Quentin Kniep propose speeding Solana’s block production by scheduling nearby validators consecutively. Their plan relies on self-reported locations, bringing an unverifiable physical input into the order of block producers. Each scheduled turn at block production is called a leader window. The aim is to make fast handovers less dependent on operating near […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Binance will support cash dividends for Oracle and Marvell bStocks holders. After taxes, fees and other deductions, the net dividend will be reinvested into additional fractions of ORCLB or MRVLB rather than paid as cash. Onchain holders will receive the economic […]

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to circle $86,000 on Tuesday as US stock markets hit fresh all-time highs. Key points: Bitcoin attempted to move toward $87,000 but faces ongoing friction from ask liquidity clustered around this key level. US stock markets returned to all-time highs, with the S&P 500 Index adding 0.8% to reach 7,835 points. BTC […]

Key Takeaways Strategy’s $20.91B Q3 bitcoin gain beat Meta’s $19B quarterly operating income on the firm’s own chart. Q1 and Q2 losses of $14.46B and $8.32B leave Strategy roughly $1.87B down on digital assets in 2026. With BTC near $85,300, Strategy needs bitcoin to hold about $85,750 by Dec. 31 to finish the year in […]