The best crypto writing from the last 24 hours.
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Akash Opens Vote to Move From Cosmos to Solana
Akash's Prop 346 would let AKT holders vote on a one-way conversion from Cosmos to Solana, with staking rewards ending at a later cutover.
Also covered by Bankless - 2
Ethereum treasury firm BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep $64 million Aave loan healthy
BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep a $64 million Aave loan healthy; the loan could be liquidated if ether falls near $1,700.
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Solana Becomes the Fifth Network on DTCC’s Tokenization Roadmap, Due in Late 2027
Solana is named the fifth network on DTCC's tokenization roadmap, due in second half 2027, with holding limited to DTC account firms.
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DTCC Plans Solana Expansion as Wallet Rules Limit Access
DTCC plans tokenized stocks on Solana in 2027, but wallet rules could limit access, per analysts.
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Avalanche Owns Five Percent of Tokenized Stocks
Three U.S. tokenized stock venues chose different chains in one week, with NYSE picking Avalanche as sole settlement chain for its 24/7 platform. Coverage is brief and built on a WSJ report.
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Winklevoss twins sell UK and Europe Gemini operations, report
Reportedly Gemini sold its UK and Europe operations to KAST as part of cost-cutting.
Also covered by Bitcoin Magazine - 7
DTCC to Bring Tokenized Stocks and Treasuries to Solana in 2027
DTCC will add Solana to its tokenization service for tokenized stocks and Treasuries in 2027, after going live on Canton and a private network.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 8
USDGO Adds Solana Trading Liquidity Through Jupiter Lend and Fluid
Anchorage-issued USDGO stablecoin, with about $1.29B in circulation, now has Solana trading liquidity via Jupiter Lend and Fluid.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 9
DTCC plans to bring tokenized securities to Solana in second half of 2027
DTCC plans to add Solana to its tokenization service in the second half of 2027.
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Polygon adds Solana to payment stack linking bank accounts, crypto and payouts
Polygon added Solana to its payments platform for bank funding, cross-chain transfers and stablecoin payouts.
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Are Alt-L1s over? Security, costs drive smaller chains to Ethereum
Zilliqa, Gnosis and Ronin moving into the Ethereum ecosystem as security and liquidity favor consolidation.
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I built an interactive tool that shows what happens when you invest monthly into crypto, for past and future
An interactive page lets readers test monthly DCA into BTC, ETH, SOL or XRP using real past prices; the tool is self-built and not independently vetted.
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Anyone else keeping an eye on Uphold? Not saying it's over(for now), but the last few months are a bit too much.
A timeline of regulatory actions and user losses at Uphold, compiled from public settlement information, raising solvency concerns without proof of insolvency.
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Across Protocol warns users to avoid app amid reports of drained wallets
Across Protocol is investigating a possible domain-level security incident, with users reporting drained wallets; avoid the app until resolved.
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Bitcoin miner MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, plans to sell more
MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, repaid all bitcoin-backed loans, and plans to fund AI datacenters with the rest.
Also covered by Bitcoin Magazine - 16
Keel (KEEL) Sells Entire Bitcoin Treasury for $192 Million, Will Sell BTC Daily
Keel sold its 2,520 BTC treasury for $192 million and will sell mined bitcoin daily as it pivots to AI data centers.
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Decrypt Money Account Gets Confidential Transfers With Solana Privacy Firm Helius
Decrypt Money accounts gain confidential Solana transfers via Helius, hiding amounts from broadcast.
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MARA posts $634 million Q3 net profit on bitcoin gains, sells 13,597 BTC to pay off loans
MARA booked a $634M Q3 profit on bitcoin gains, then sold 13,597 BTC to repay $750M in loans as it pivots toward AI.
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Solana set for its first tokenized stock venue under SEC framework, listing Galaxy
Formation Securities plans an early 2027 Solana venue for tokenized Galaxy, Exodus and Forward Industries shares under SEC review.
Also covered by Cointelegraph - 20
Solana moves to scrap the transaction feature used in the $270 million Drift hack
A Solana draft proposal would retire durable nonces, the feature used in the $270M Drift hack, no earlier than May 2027, forcing offline-signing custodians to rebuild.
Also covered by Unchained - 21
Schwab Completes Retail Bitcoin and Ether Rollout, Begins Crypto Transfers
Schwab completed its retail bitcoin and ether rollout and will begin crypto transfers, with Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink planned by year-end.
Also covered by Unchained - 22
IRIS Sets Nov. 10 Launch for Fixed-Rate Borrowing on SparkLend
SparkLend's IRIS fixed-rate borrowing with custom loan durations goes live Nov. 10, with solvers absorbing rate differences.
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Solana Draft Would Retire Durable Nonces No Earlier Than May 2027
A Solana draft would retire durable nonces no earlier than May 2027, forcing custodians to build new offline-signing flows.
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BlackRock's IBIT holders sold 56,800 BTC near $63K in June, then bought 78,000 back near $77,600. Their average cost is $81,136 a coin, so they're about 6.5% under water now.
Analysis of IBIT holder flows from the fund's daily holdings files, showing average cost near $81k and holders about 6.5% under water.
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Bitcoin holders have received eCash — What can you do with it?
Explains the Bitcoin eCash fork's ECX balances for holders and the unresolved questions about trading and use.
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Solana’s Shanghai event halted over unauthorized promotion: Report
Solana's Shanghai event was reportedly halted over promotion that allegedly broke China's crypto restrictions, per an unnamed PBOC official.
Also covered by Protos - 27
AI insiders had already cashed out $7.4 billion before stocks crashed
Insiders at nine AI companies sold $7.39B of stock across 282 SEC Form 4 filings before a sell-off.
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Ethereum devs won’t fork Glamsterdam on Hoodi until smart contract risks resolved
Ethereum developers will not fork Glamsterdam on Hoodi until eight smart contract invariants tied to EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 are resolved.
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Trump-Linked World Liberty Says New WLFI Buyback Will ‘Consolidate Voting Power’
World Liberty Financial's WLFI buyback is framed as consolidating voting power, though no size or start date was given.
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Ethereal news weekly #46 | Post quantum & post AI transition targeting December 2028, Amundi tokenized equity index fund, Solar v0.3 & Slang alpha Solidity compilers
Weekly Ethereum roundup covering post-quantum roadmap, a tokenized equity fund and new Solidity compilers.
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ZetaChain Targets Dec. 9 to Switch Off Its Blockchain and Move ZETA to Solana
ZetaChain sets Dec. 9 to shut its blockchain and move ZETA to Solana, with holders needing to unwrap before the snapshot.
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Bull Bitcoin just became the first exchange to make every on-chain buy and sell a Payjoin by default. Payjoin is an enhanced Approach to UTXO Consolidation and Privacy
Bull Bitcoin now makes every on-chain buy and sell a Payjoin by default, a notable privacy step for an exchange.
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Anza Urges Solana Validators to Upgrade Agave Before Epoch 1079
Agave 4.4.1 changes how loader-v3 program data counts toward transaction limits; unpatched Solana validators face a Nov. 6 cutoff.
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Bitcoin Slides Under $76K as AI Stocks Crater After Midterms
Bitcoin fell below $76K as AI stocks sold off after chipmaker earnings and the Democratic midterm sweep, with over $1B in crypto leverage liquidated.
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Solana Labs’ Leap Launches Mobile App for Trading Tokenized Stocks and Crypto
Leap launched a beta iPhone app for trading tokenized stocks and crypto on Solana; a product launch with limited substance.
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Trump Media Bitcoin Transfer of 4,259 BTC Nearly Matches Pledged Loan Collateral
Trump Media moved 4,259 BTC to CDC as its DJT stock hit lows; the post argues the holdings may be sold to repay pledged loan collateral. Onchain-checkable, but the snippet is a Reddit analysis.
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Schroders launches tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana with Centrifuge
Schroders launches a tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana through Centrifuge.
Also covered by Unchained - 38
Strategy raises $5.4B but barely buys bitcoin
Strategy sold $5.4B of stock but put only $588M into bitcoin, per its own 10-Q filing.
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FUN Plunges 95% in Uniswap Pool as Binance Exploiter Sells
Onchain activity after the Binance exploit shows the exploiter selling RAD and OGN on Uniswap, with FUN falling 95% in the pool and about 580.8 million unsold FUN moved back to a collection wallet.
Also covered by CoinDesk, Cointelegraph - 40
Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) Sell Thousands of Bitcoin to Fund AI Ventures, Share Buybacks
Riot and Hut 8 sold thousands of bitcoin to fund AI data centers and buybacks, a sign miners are shifting balance sheets toward AI.
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THORChain Restarts Most Swaps, With 14 Nodes Yet to Upgrade
THORChain restarted most swaps, but 14 nodes have not upgraded and Cosmos Hub, BNB Chain and Solana still have restrictions.
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🚨 Ethereum solo stakers: CVE-2026-98432 is a critical Linux TCP vulnerability with potential remote root access.
A Geth solo staker found a public MPTCP listener that survived disabling MPTCP, with a CVE and a concrete check (ss -Mlntp) for node operators.
Also covered by The Defiant, Unchained - 43
Crypto investigators flag suspected $106M theft, $786K Solana bot drain
Investigators flag a suspected $106M theft from EU exchange accounts and a $786K drain from a Solana arbitrage bot wallet.
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Solar: 100× faster Solidity
Paradigm's Solar claims a 100x speedup for Solidity tooling; a primary technical release worth a look for contract developers.
- 45
Solana Mobile Says Fake 'SKR Claim' App Reached Store Spotlight
Solana Mobile says a fake SKR claim app reached the store spotlight via a bug, and it is being removed from devices.
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How to Read Kraken’s Proof of Reserves—and Its Limits
Explains what Kraken's proof of reserves shows and what it cannot prove about solvency or withdrawal access.
- 47
Origin Restores OGN Liquidity After Pulling Funds During Binance Incident
Origin says an attacker sold OGN at a 79% average discount, and onchain data shows Curve pool liquidity returning after a 46.74 million OGN withdrawal.
- 48
Strategy insiders sold millions, then the CFO resigned
Protos reports Strategy insiders sold $29.7M of MSTR before a stock decline and CFO resignation.
- 49
I bought tokenized stocks on Solana. What happens to dividends and stock splits?
A user bought tokenized stocks on Solana and asks how dividends and splits work for them; useful question about what tokenized equities actually represent.
- 50
Ledger details LTE-enabled spy implants in wallets sold by CryptoBilis
Ledger details LTE-enabled spy implants found in hardware wallets sold by reseller CryptoBilis, which exposed recovery phrases; CryptoBilis halted sales and Trezor and OneKey cut ties.
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Strategy Sold 5,552 Bitcoin and Bought 7,218 in Q3 as a $20.9 Billion Markup Drove Profit
Strategy's Q3 operating income came entirely from a $20.9B bitcoin markup, while it sold 5,552 BTC and bought 7,218; CFO Andrew Kang leaves Nov. 5.
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Ledger says unauthorized implant found in at least one device sold by CryptoBilis
Ledger confirmed an unauthorized hardware implant in at least one device sold by reseller CryptoBilis, linked to crypto losses; it says its own systems are unaffected.
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Galaxy’s Alex Thorn Says Bitcoin Held Near $80,000 Because Hedge Funds Had Already Sold
Galaxy's Alex Thorn uses 13F data to argue hedge funds pared spot bitcoin ETF positions before BTC held near $80,000.
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FutureBit Apollo Solo Miner Finds Bitcoin Block 973262, Earning 3.154 BTC
A FutureBit Apollo Solo miner found Bitcoin block 973,262 and collected the full 3.154 BTC reward, a notable solo-mining win.
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Why Switzerland’s first genuine spot bitcoin ETF could soon attract overseas banks and brokers
SIX Swiss Exchange confirms international access to Switzerland's first genuine spot bitcoin ETF, and FINMA explains its approval and the path for ether and solana funds.
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Brazil’s Halloween eve crypto deadline brings more tricks than treats
Brazil's crypto exchanges face a Friday application deadline with costly requirements and unresolved regulatory questions.
- 57
Polygon Extends Its Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure to Solana
Polygon extends its stablecoin payments infrastructure to Solana, with cross-border firm Kira among the first adopters.
- 58
Polygon expands Open Money Stack to Solana, after Tron rollout
Polygon extends its Open Money Stack to Solana after Tron, alongside its acquisition of Coinme.
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Solflare Validator Stops Earning Rewards After Provider Security Incident
A Solflare-linked validator stopped earning rewards after a provider security incident, with about 1.56M SOL affected; migration is underway.
Also covered by CoinDesk - 60
Tokenized GOOGL Drops Nearly 12% Alongside After-Hours Stock Selloff
Tokenized GOOGL fell nearly 12% on a Uniswap pool with about $603,000 traded in five minutes as the shares sold off.
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BitGo Adds Jupiter, Operator of a $993 Million Solana Validator, to Its Custody Staking Options
BitGo added Jupiter, a large Solana validator, to its custody staking options; pricing was not disclosed. Modest institutional infrastructure news.
- 62
Solana Wallet Solflare Plans Validator Migration After Provider Reports Key Incident
Solflare is migrating about 1.56M SOL of delegated stake after a validator provider incident; user funds reportedly untouched.
- 63
Mirae Asset Securities issues tokenized notes on Solana
Mirae Asset's Hong Kong unit issued six-month tokenized notes on Solana under a $3B program.
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Google to preview crypto custody security system as AI threats grow
Google's Multi-Party Compute custody security is in private preview, with Alphabet securing its own Ethereum and Solana assets.
- 65
Polymarket Adds Five-Minute Crypto Contracts to US App
Polymarket added five-minute BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP contracts to its US app, settled on CF Benchmarks prices.
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Solana bug reports now cost 1 SOL as AI floods security teams with spam
Solana now requires a 1 SOL burn per bug report after AI-generated spam flooded security teams, with 809 reports in one contest.
- 67
Keystone Breach Widens as Attacker Grabs Its Device Authentication Key
Keystone's breach widened as an attacker took its device authentication key; it will destroy 18,835 devices and cannot rule out fakes sold after Oct. 20.
- 68
Arthur Hayes sold ENA 98% below his profit target
Arthur Hayes sold his ENA position at a deep loss versus his prior target, a useful reminder about public calls.
- 69
Israel's Central Bank Rebukes Netanyahu Plan to Use Crypto to Dodge Sanctions
Israel's central bank rebuked a plan to use crypto to evade sanctions, with over 100 economists warning of isolation.
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Netanyahu floats use of blockchain as solution to potential financial sanctions
Netanyahu said Israel could use blockchain and crypto to skirt potential international sanctions, drawing criticism from opponents and the central bank chief.
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One unknown Bitcoin miner found 4 blocks in ~20 hours — solo miner or something else?
Redditor reports one address collecting coinbase rewards from four blocks in about 20 hours; a possible pool or solo-miner question, with limited verification.
- 72
Arthur Hayes Says He Sold Maelstrom’s Directional Book
Onchain transfers from Hayes-linked wallets of 8,000 ETH and six other tokens appear to contradict his public long Bitcoin and Ether stance from Oct. 15.
- 73
Alpenglow: What We Learned Running Solana's Biggest Consensus Change
Galaxy Research shares lessons from running Solana's largest consensus change, Alpenglow, in production.
- 74
Starknet Votes to Explore Going Solo as a Post-Quantum L1
Starknet voters backed researching a standalone post-quantum L1, though switching would need another vote.
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India's largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflows
CoinDCX denies a hack after sleuths flagged $16M in outflows from exchange-linked addresses; the story is still unresolved.
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Securitize shares slide 38% since it put Apple and Nvidia stock on Solana
Securitize shares fell 38% since it launched tokenized Apple, Nvidia and Tesla stocks on Solana, and it has not disclosed trading volume.
- 77
JPMorgan Brings MONY and JLTXX Tokenized Funds to Solana
JPMorgan brings its MONY and JLTXX tokenized funds to Solana for qualified US investors.
- 78
Resolving Past Safeguarding Issues: Our Settlement with the Central Bank of Ireland
Coinbase settles past safeguarding failures with the Central Bank of Ireland, a notable compliance disclosure.
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Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday
Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul goes live Wednesday, targeting about 150ms finality after a failed migration and rollback during testing.
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Yuga Labs Launches Mudwater Trading-Card NFTs on Solana
Yuga Labs launched Mudwater trading-card NFTs on Solana, with OpenSea reporting 78.3 ETH in pack trading volume. Mostly a product launch with early volume figures.
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Anza Sets Oct. 21 for Solana’s Alpenglow Mainnet Upgrade
Solana's Alpenglow mainnet upgrade is set for Oct. 21, targeting 150ms finality, with validators needing software changes first.
- 82
OCC Finalizes GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules, Leaves Rewards Fight Open
The OCC finalized GENIUS Act stablecoin rules effective January 2027, easing reserve limits but leaving the rewards dispute unresolved.
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Western Union Picks Noah to Settle Receiver Redirect Payouts in USDPT
Western Union's Noah unit will settle remittance payouts in USDPT, a Solana stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, across 200+ countries.
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Tokenization On Solana: The Companies Behind The Chain's RWA Growth
A data-driven overview of Solana's real-world asset market, showing $4.37B in distributed RWAs concentrated among a few products.
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Ethereum staking hits record as yields fall and Solana activity grows: Bitwise
Bitwise data shows record Ethereum staking of 43.8M ETH in Q3 as yields fell to 2.63%, and record Solana staking.
- 86
BlackRock files for third Bitcoin ETF, still no Solana or XRP
BlackRock filed for a third Bitcoin ETF that uses options to limit losses and gains, with no Solana or XRP products yet.
- 87
SkyAI Sells Half Its SOL Treasury, Plans $201 Million Cash Buyback
SkyAI is selling half its SOL treasury and proposing a $201M cash buyback at $3 per security, conditional on SOL staying above $100.
Also covered by The Block, Cointelegraph - 88
US Event-Contract Rules: What the CFTC Has Changed and What Remains Unresolved
A clear guide to what the CFTC has changed on event contracts and which legal questions about state gambling laws remain open.
Also covered by Bankless - 89
Russia Wants You to Buy Bitcoin. Just Don’t Ask for the Keys. The next fight over Bitcoin may not be about whether you can buy it. It may be about whether you’re allowed to leave the institution that sold it to you.
Essay arguing the next Bitcoin fight may be over whether users can self-custody after buying through institutions, not whether they can buy.
- 90
Cysic Halts Bridge After Unauthorized Mint of 10 Million CYS
Cysic halted its bridge after an unauthorized mint of 10 million CYS; about 2.8 million remain frozen, but some were sold before the blacklist took effect.
- 91
Solana shows resilience, but some areas need continued observation, Fidelity says
Fidelity report finds Solana has had no mainnet outages in two years but flags stake, hosting and client concentration risks.
- 92
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Claude reportedly solved a long-running mystery about NSA-supplied numbers from the 1990s, which were suspected of hiding a backdoor. The snippet says they came from a basic program, and Bitcoin was not on that list.
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LayerTree: a non-custodial scaling solution on bitcoin that connects to Lightning. A single UTXO can hold the balance of millions of users as an off-chain Merkle-sum tree.
LayerTree proposes a non-custodial bitcoin scaling design where one UTXO holds balances for millions of users via covenants and a Merkle-sum tree.
- 94
Ledger implant tests Bitcoin ETFs as safer custodial solutions than hardware wallets
An unauthorized implant found in a Ledger device prompts a debate on whether Bitcoin ETFs are safer custody than hardware wallets.
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The State of Core Solidity | Solidity Programming Language
A state-of-the-language overview of Solidity development, of interest to Ethereum developers.
- 96
Major shareholder presses SkyAI on Solana sales after treasury shrinks 70% in a month
SkyAI's SOL treasury fell 70% in a month with 400,000 SOL unexplained, prompting a shareholder push on sales.
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Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality
Solana has set Oct. 21 for the Alpenglow upgrade, which targets 150ms finality and removes vote transactions from blocks. Transaction counts will shift even if user activity stays flat, so read those metrics with care.
- 98
Collector Crypt Logs $151 Million in Monthly Pack Sales
Collector Crypt recorded $151M in monthly Solana pack sales, but Pine Analytics finds 548 wallets made up 83% of spending.
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Most tokenized stock trading on Solana, BNB Chain occurs outside US market hours
Tokenized equities on Solana and BNB Chain, now about $3.3B, see most trading happen outside US market hours, showing demand for 24/7 access.
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Mezo Sets Oct. 13 Bridge-Out Deadline for swBTC and USDe
Mezo sets an Oct. 13 deadline to bridge out swBTC and USDe, with SolvBTC withdrawals closing Oct. 29 and deposits already suspended.