Infrastructure
Infrastructure

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc’s first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Hacker turned 55 days of failed transactions into a $3 million master key that drained GalaChain wallets

Ledger timestamps and SDK patches show why signed intent needed automatic checks before funds reached a bridge. The post Hacker…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Avalanche just slashed validator lockups to 48 hours, but there’s a catch

Scheduled for Sept. 22, the upgrade adds validator auto-renewal while making full cycle rewards harder to secure. The post Avalanche…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Solana triples transaction size as major upgrades meet record network activity

Solana is rolling out some of its most significant performance upgrades as network activity reaches record levels. The blockchain is…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Ondo’s Oasis Pro Markets Joins DTCC’s Fund/SERV Processing Network

The standardized connection replaces bespoke links to fund counterparties; the joint release named no specific Ondo product or transaction start…
Sep 16, 2026
DeFi

Solana treasury giant DeFi Development opens $300M CHAD offering backed by a massive 13% dividend catch

The company can sell up to 30 million shares, while actual proceeds and the SOL allocation remain undetermined. The post…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

XRPL proved it can handle over 3,000 transactions, but the traffic was entirely synthetic

The ledger cleared consensus, but 2,000 one-drop payments from 20 accounts and tiny fee burn limit the adoption case. The…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle Switches On Arc Blockchain and Mints 10 Billion Tokens It Has Not Promised to Sell

The Layer 1 went live on Wednesday with more than 100 applications and a founding validator cohort that includes BlackRock,…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Zcash Holders Back 25-Second Blocks and Keep Bitcoin-Style Halvings in NU7 Vote

Zcash coinholders voted overwhelmingly to speed up the network and leave its bitcoin-style halving schedule alone, settling the scope of…
Sep 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Zcash holders overwhelmingly back faster transactions and bitcoin-style halvings

Nearly 2.4 million ZEC participated, with 99.9% backing 25-second blocks and 98.9% voting to preserve the network’s existing halving schedule.…
Sep 16, 2026