AdoptionLayer 12 SourcesNYSE Completed Year-Long Testing of Avalanche for Tokenized SecuritiesThe New York Stock Exchange spent approximately one year evaluating Avalanche technology for infrastructure supporting t...Sep 18, 2026, 02:09 PMAvalancheNYSE
Layer 14 SourcesZcash Targets November 5 for NU7 Upgrade, Cutting Block Times to 25 SecondsZcash developers plan to activate the NU7 network upgrade on November 5, reducing block times from 75 seconds to 25 seco...Sep 18, 2026, 02:01 PMZcashNU7
Layer 1Adoption2 SourcesChainlink Registers Two Highest Network Growth Days of 2026Chainlink recorded its two strongest network growth days of 2026 this week, signaling renewed adoption activity despite ...Sep 18, 2026, 10:02 AMChainlinkOracle networks
Layer 12 SourcesSolana Cuts Target Slot Time to 250ms Without Raising Transaction CapacitySolana reduced its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds, a 17% increase in slot production speed, ...Sep 18, 2026, 07:05 AMSolana
Layer 13 SourcesEthereum Glamsterdam Testnet Scheduled for Oct. 6 Amid Builder Abuse ConcernsEthereum will activate Glamsterdam on Sepolia October 6 to test block building changes, parallel processing, and gas pri...Sep 18, 2026, 06:13 AMEthereumSepolia
Layer 1DeFi2 SourcesXRP Ledger Activates Lending Protocol Foundation With 3.4.0 UpgradeXRP Ledger activated version 3.4.0, introducing LendingProtocolV1_1 and closed-ended vaults alongside a bundled protocol...Sep 18, 2026, 05:06 AMXRP LedgerLendingProtocolV1_1
Layer 12 SourcesChainlink Adds 6,100 Addresses in Two Days, Marking 2026 PeakChainlink's network grew by 6,100 new addresses over a 48-hour period, according to on-chain data cited by multiple outl...Sep 17, 2026, 11:05 PMChainlinkLINK
AdoptionLayer 12 SourcesB.AI Hits 1.51 Trillion Daily Tokens, Sets AI Infrastructure RecordB.AI, a decentralized settlement layer for AI agents, processed 1.51 trillion tokens daily just five months after launch...Sep 17, 2026, 11:03 AMB.AIOpenRouter
Layer 1Layer 22 SourcesEthereum and Base End Joint Account Abstraction Standard EffortEthereum and Base developers ended collaboration on a unified account abstraction standard Monday after failing to recon...Sep 17, 2026, 02:09 AMEthereumBase
