Layer 12 SourcesSolana to Halve Block Times With Final 200-Millisecond UpgradeSolana is completing a seven-week rollout to cut block times from 400 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds, doubling through...Oct 9, 2026, 08:15 AMSolana
StablecoinsLayer 12 SourcesPolkadot Launches dotUSD Stablecoin as DOT Tests $1 SupportPolkadot went live with dotUSD, a USDT-backed stablecoin governed through its OpenGov system, with 2.77 million tokens i...Oct 9, 2026, 02:05 AMPolkadotdotUSD
Layer 1Security2 SourcesNextBlock Invests $3M in Soda Labs' Seed Round for Blockchain PrivacyNextBlock has fully funded a $3 million seed round for Soda Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company building privacy t...Oct 8, 2026, 11:04 PMNextBlockSoda Labs
DeFiLayer 12 SourcesAave Lists December AUSD Principal Token on Monad With 93% LTVAave launched a December AUSD principal token on the Monad blockchain with a 93% loan-to-value limit, immediately fillin...Oct 8, 2026, 09:17 PMAaveMonad
Layer 1DeFi2 SourcesCurve Says Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade May Ease DeFi CongestionCurve Finance says Ethereum's forthcoming Glamsterdam upgrade could improve blockspace access for complex DeFi transacti...Oct 8, 2026, 08:05 PMCurve FinanceEthereum
AdoptionLayer 14 SourcesSecuritize Launches Tokenized US Stocks on Solana NetworkSecuritize has launched tokenized versions of 12 US stocks including Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, and Tesla on Solana, preserv...Oct 8, 2026, 04:08 PMSecuritizeSolana
Layer 1Adoption3 SourcesCardano Foundation Spins Out Veridian, Tokenizes Equity on New StandardThe Cardano Foundation separated Veridian, a digital identity company, as an independent entity and tokenized its shares...Oct 8, 2026, 03:06 PMCardanoCardano Foundation
Layer 12 SourcesEthereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Raises Sepolia Gas Limit to 200MEthereum's Glamsterdam upgrade increased the Sepolia testnet's gas per block limit to nearly 200 million, more than trip...Oct 8, 2026, 08:10 AMEthereumGlamsterdam
SecurityLayer 14 SourcesEthereum Researcher Drake Warns AI Could Break Crypto Signatures Faster Than QuantumEthereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake warned that AI-driven mathematical advances could break cryptocurrency encry...Oct 7, 2026, 10:09 PMEthereumJustin Drake
