Solana halves slot time to 200ms as Alpenglow upgrade nears
The final SIMD-0525 change doubles Solana's block production rate by cutting slot time in half ahead of the Alpenglow upgrade.
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The final SIMD-0525 change doubles Solana's block production rate by cutting slot time in half ahead of the Alpenglow upgrade.

EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges and users to begin phased post-quantum migrations to prevent future unauthorized transfers.

Igloo CEO Luca Netz said the company funded the Abstract blockchain for 18 months without finding product-market fit, with losses reaching tens of millions.

The Zano network was restarted from the block immediately before Hard Fork 6, discarding roughly a month of chain history after an exploit tied to Gateway Addresses.

The Zano network restarted its chain at the block height just before Hard Fork 6, undoing about a month of history after an exploit tied to Gateway Addresses.

The network behind ONE will move to Ethereum, urging users to exit contracts by Sept. 10.
Robinhood Chain stopped producing blocks, stalling transactions for at least 14 minutes with no cause disclosed.

Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery identified 96,000 outputs that clutter Bitcoin's unspent transaction database, increasing node costs.

Cronos validators paused the network after a $75M exploit on Tectonic, stranding borrowed funds.

MANTRA Chain's transactions, transfers, and staking remain unavailable as the team prepares a patch for an exploit.

MANTRA's token fell 18% to $0.004126 before the blockchain stopped producing blocks after an exploit.
Paolo Ardoino says Tether will not launch its own chain, while Stripe and Circle invest $1B in stablecoins.

Governance proposal targets low-revenue chains and retires 50 asset markets.

Ten European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO and DekaBank, launch RL1, a member-owned blockchain cooperative.

OpenAI's internal test highlights how autonomous AI exploits could threaten blockchain systems.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT calls hardware wallets 'complete garbage' while Bitcoin steadies near $65,000 following South Korea's rate hike.

The retail trading platform increases its investment in a blockchain-based derivatives protocol.

EthSystems, a new spinout from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to bring blockchain privacy technology to the banking sector.

Coinbase's latest Smart Wallet verification upgrade aims to simplify on-chain activity across multiple blockchains.
Senator Ron Wyden urges retaining protections for blockchain software developers in the broader crypto bill.

The blockchain-based IP platform shifts focus to providing licensed data to AI firms.

A new Ethereum improvement draft aims to reduce reliance on centralized indexers for log and transaction data.

Alchemy's AgentCard provides AI agents with a virtual payment layer, including Visa support, spending controls, and identity tools.

DTCC and Stellar are collaborating on a tokenization pilot for DTC-custodied assets, though it is not yet a live settlement system.