Solana has scheduled Oct. 21 for Alpenglow, a major upgrade aimed at making transactions irreversible in roughly 150 milliseconds by changing how the computers running the network agree on payments. The updated timetable published by the Solana Foundation sets a date for replacing TowerBFT, the… Read More
Through this integration, users will be able to send Circle’s stablecoin, USDC, the world’s second-largest dollar-pegged token preferred by institutions for its strong regulatory backing. Use of stablecoins in cross-border transactions has expanded robustly this year due to low transaction costs, according to the IMF’s… Read More
Solana’s first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with a Kraken-linked validator switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.
The moves priced a single fear, that a wider war keeps oil elevated and forces the Federal Reserve to hold rates higher for longer. Minutes of the Fed’s June meeting show a few policymakers saw a case for raising rates before backing a hold. Gold… Read More
The opportunity has drawn growing interest across Wall Street. Citi projected that tokenized securities could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, while Boston Consulting Group and Ripple estimated the market could grow to $18.9 trillion by 2033. “We have long said that public equities are moving… Read More
Bitcoin BTC$60,140.05 found some footing around $60,000 on Friday after this week’s selloff, but the biggest gains came from decentralized finance (DeFi) and the Solana ecosystem. Leading the advance was the native token of Aave AAVE$95.42, the largest DeFi lending protocol, which jumped 19% over… Read More
