Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is expected to begin its mainnet rollout on October 21. It targets finality in roughly 150 milliseconds, but it will also remove validator vote transactions from blocks, meaning Solana’s total transaction and TPS charts may drop without any decline in user activity.
Interactive Brokers has added Ethereum staking to Client Portal for eligible Interactive Brokers LLC clients. Clients can now submit staking requests alongside their usual brokerage activity, though the ETH is held and staked through Zero Hash rather than by Interactive Brokers itself.
Ethereum is drawing a much more optimistic crowd response than Bitcoin after its rebound. CryptoQuant’s Binance data, however, points to a different contrast beneath the discussion: ETH’s leverage ratio has stayed elevated, while Bitcoin’s has eased from earlier 2026 readings.
A UK High Court has ruled that Chinese law, not English law, will determine whether alleged victims of a Chinese investment fraud have proprietary claims to more than 61,000 Bitcoin seized in London.
Privy’s developer documentation now lists XRP Ledger support, giving apps a way to create and use XRPL wallets without sending every new customer to separate wallet software first.
Tokenization has been a crypto promise for years, and Arthur Hayes says that history has already shaped market expectations.
Cardano and Bitcoin treasury firm Strive surfaced in a podcast debate over a question many long-term crypto holders eventually face: would they make the same purchase today?
An 8%-12% annual target in Bitcoin can sound like a return earned by holding BTC. The Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund pursues it through active trading strategies run by external managers.
Standard Chartered has begun custodying Ripple’s RLUSD for eligible institutions, while a planned LMAX arrangement could make those balances useful in trading.
Moscow Exchange is targeting December 1 for crypto transactions, but its custody and withdrawal terms have yet to show what customers would actually own.
A stablecoin can be issued in one country, backed through institutions in another and relied on by users elsewhere. The Financial Stability Board says that global reach can leave no regulator with a complete view when pressure builds.
PYTH rose more than 13% and reached $0.09 on October 12, pushing above its September high while bringing the token to its first major barrier since the recovery began.
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