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Ethereum’s four-minute settlement plan could lower the cost of moving crypto
A draft Ethereum proposal aims to cut time to transaction finality fourfold to about four minutes.
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Dune launches onchain trading data feeds as tokenized markets expand
Dune adds real-time onchain trading data feeds covering 200+ venues across 12 networks.
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BitGo-Held Bitcoin and Ether Will Secure Perps Margin Loans for Some Kalshi Prime Clients
Some Kalshi Prime clients can fund perps margin via loans from a lending affiliate secured by BitGo-custodied BTC and ETH.
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Starknet voters back research into life beyond Ethereum
Starknet voters backed research into an independent quantum-resistant Layer 1, with a draft whitepaper due in November.
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PHP flaw draws millions of exploit attempts, Cloudflare CEO warns
Cloudflare's CEO says the network saw thousands of exploit attempts on a PHP flaw before public disclosure, relevant to web infrastructure security.
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Solana’s biggest network change since 2020 is live. Here’s how users benefit
Solana's largest network change since 2020 has gone live, with a new voting system targeting about 150ms settlement. Existing wallets keep working.
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XRP Ledger bug fix moved to November after validator support dipped for two hours
XRP Ledger bug fix delayed to November after validator support dipped, with the fix now back at 31 validators.
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Matter Labs Introduces Prividium Commander for Existing Blockchains
Matter Labs launches Prividium Commander, letting institutions add app permissions to existing chains while keeping their custody providers. Product announcement.
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PHP Foundation admits ‘structural failure’ delayed critical security fix
PHP Foundation admits a structural failure delayed a critical security fix, disrupting government sites and online services.
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Railway Urges All Users to Rotate Secrets After Security Incident
Railway told all users to rotate secrets after a security incident, and deployments remain paused during the response.
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eMudhra's Weak Certificate Keys Prompt Emergency Trust Updates
eMudhra certificate signing keys were found weak, one recovered private key was just 4, and the flaw survived two independent audit cycles.
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Matter Labs Debuts Prividium Commander For Institutions
Matter Labs launched Prividium Commander, a bank digital-asset control plane, and CEO says its revenue goes to the company, not ZKsync tokenholders.
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Self-hosting the mempool explorer? Its backend image still bundles Node 24.13.0, from before the Oct 20 Node security release
Practical warning that the published mempool backend images still bundle a Node.js version predating the October security release, so self-hosters should check.
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Standard Chartered Signs Agreement To Acquire Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody
Standard Chartered agreed to acquire crypto custodian Zodia Custody, folding its bitcoin and crypto services into the bank.
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Zcash Sprout Holders Have Two Weeks to Move Their ZEC
Zcash's NU7 upgrade retires the Sprout transaction format, so Sprout holders must move funds before activation.
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Eclair Patches Lightning Bugs That Could Let Peers Steal Funds
Eclair released a second Lightning security patch in five days fixing bugs that could let peers steal funds.
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Dataline raises $10.6 million for decentralized data network for AI agents, plans ICO
Dataline raised $10.6M for a decentralized data network for AI agents and plans a token sale via Uniswap's auction platform.
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Solana Activates Alpenglow on Mainnet, Swapping Out TowerBFT for a Faster Consensus Engine
Solana switched to Alpenglow consensus on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT and cutting finality to roughly 150 milliseconds, per onchain data and Solana and Anza accounts.
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PHP Panic: Two Critical Bugs Put 70% of the Internet at Risk, and Everyone Is Freaking Out
Two critical PHP bugs let attackers take over web servers without passwords; patches exist and attacks began early.
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How a16z-backed DATA is rethinking its blockchain strategy after $30 million Sui deal
DATA is retiring its own blockchain and moving to Sui with a $30M investment to focus on AI training data.
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Dogecoin Labs Launches With MyDoge, DogeOS and a Dogecoin Foundation Partnership
Dogecoin Labs launches under Jordan Jefferson to run DOGE's wallet, app layer and payments app, with House of Doge taking an equity stake and a Dogecoin Foundation partnership.
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Alpenglow Is Live On Mainnet-beta, Finality Reduced From 12.8 Seconds To 150 Milliseconds
Solana's Alpenglow consensus is live on mainnet-beta, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, per Anza's launch data.
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Standard Chartered Signs Binding Deal to Buy All of Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody
Standard Chartered has signed binding agreements to buy all of custodian Zodia Custody, with its software arm moving into a new SC Ventures company.
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Anza’s Alpenglow goes live on Solana, cutting finality to 150 milliseconds
Solana activated Alpenglow, replacing TowerBFT and cutting transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds.
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SideSwap Reports About 600 Redemptions After Reopening L-BTC Swaps
SideSwap reopened L-BTC swaps and saw about 600 redemptions, paying users from its own wallet while reserves cover 85.8% of L-BTC.
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Zcash developers confirm November date for upgrade that triples payment speed
Zcash's NU7 upgrade, set for November, will cut block time from 75 to 25 seconds, though the activation height is not yet final.
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BNB Chain burns $1.2B in October tokens, leaving real supply impact hidden
BNB Chain burned about $1.2B in October tokens, with the post arguing the real impact on supply is obscured.
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Malaysia central bank launches DLT platform for tokenized bonds
Malaysia's central bank launched a DLT platform for tracking tokenized securities and settling payments in central bank money via RENTAS+. A notable institutional tokenization step, though it is a launch announcement.
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Tech giants rush to block 8 eMudhra certs that could enable fake sites
A key generation flaw in eMudhra certificates let anyone guess private keys and forge HTTPS certificates, prompting browser and tech giants to block them. Important security news for anyone relying on web trust.
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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.