Infrastructure

Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms and pulling vote transactions out of blocks entirely. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Oct 14, 2026 • Editorial Desk
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AI

Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit

ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under…
Oct 14, 2026
Institutional

Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading to Wealthy UAE Clients

The British bank won Dubai regulatory approval to let affluent clients buy BTC and ETH straight from their bank accounts,…
Oct 14, 2026
DeFi

Rocket Pool Voters Back rETH Withdrawals, Keep 4 ETH Bonds

Voters chose random megapool exits and deferred an onchain governance expansion. The full Saturn 2 upgrade package still needs ratification.…
Oct 14, 2026
Markets

Bubblemaps Alleges Anglio-Linked Wallets Traded Ahead of Pump.fun Calls

The analytics firm estimates $50,000 in trading profits and $80,000 in callout rewards, as Pump.fun shifts payouts toward followers’ returns.…
Oct 14, 2026
Markets

OCC report finds debanking efforts tied to crypto activities

The report from the US banking regulator did not include specific examples of debanking related to crypto, but mentioned it…
Oct 14, 2026
Regulation

Kalshi CEO says state-led oversight of U.S. prediction markets would push them out

CEO Tarek Mansour said he feels “pretty good” about the pending outcome of the current legal fight over who has…
Oct 14, 2026
DeFi

UNCX Vesting Pool Exploited for About $86,000, Blockaid Says

The identified transaction took five different tokens, while the affected Ethereum contract still held about $3.25 million in assets. Read…
Oct 14, 2026
DeFi

Uniswap Launches ETH/USDC Pool With Separate Buy and Sell Fees

The VolatilePair Hook adds temporary charges on trades reversing large price moves, aiming to retain more arbitrage value for liquidity…
Oct 14, 2026
Markets

Strive’s new $500 million Bitcoin financing plan comes with a $257 million annual dividend problem

A hypothetical $500 million SATS financing assigns $387.5 million to Bitcoin, while actual pricing and capital deployment remain open. Read…
Oct 14, 2026