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Stellar's Bell Upgrade Live on Testnet Ahead of November 23 Mainnet Vote

Stellar's Protocol 30 upgrade, codenamed Bell, has been activated on testnet, adding muxed contract addresses, post-quan...

Nov 4, 2026, 06:28 AM

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Ethereum Researcher Targets December 2028 for Post-Quantum Transition

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake said at Devcon 8 that he hopes to complete the network's post-quantum and po...

Nov 4, 2026, 06:08 AM

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Bullish Names Ethereum, Aptos and Solana for Issuer-Sponsored Tokenized Shares

Bullish, the NYSE-listed institutional digital asset platform, said it will offer issuer-sponsored tokenized equity serv...

Nov 3, 2026, 07:08 PM

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XRP Ledger Logs 7,934 New Wallets on November 1 as Price Holds Flat

The XRP Ledger recorded 7,934 new funded wallets on November 1, its sixth-highest daily total of 2026, according to Sant...

Nov 3, 2026, 11:58 AM

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NEAR Falls Below $4 as Governance Vote Approves Issuance Cut

NEAR Protocol dropped about 9% over 24 hours to trade near $3.75 on November 3, extending weekly losses to 14%. The decl...

Nov 3, 2026, 09:08 AM

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NEAR Governance Approves Cut to Maximum Annual Issuance From 2.5% to 1.6%

NEAR's House of Stake approved proposal HSP-029 on November 2, 2026, lowering the maximum annual issuance cap from 2.5% ...

Nov 3, 2026, 04:38 AM

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TapTools to Wind Down as Cardano Ecosystem Faces Shrinkage Concerns

TapTools, Cardano's most-used analytics platform, said it will wind down within two weeks after losing its fifth senior ...

Nov 3, 2026, 01:02 AM

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Cardano Hits Five-Year Low as Hoskinson Warns of Ecosystem Failures

ADA traded near $0.20 on Tuesday, a five-year low and roughly 93% below its 2021 all-time high, after Cardano founder Ch...

Nov 2, 2026, 08:01 PM

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Injective Launches Institutional Rail With Priority Transaction Inclusion for Enterprises

Injective has introduced an Institutional Rail that routes transactions from banks, funds and enterprises directly to th...

Nov 2, 2026, 06:48 PM

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XRP Ledger Amendment to Close PaymentBurn Minting Flaw Targets Nov. 4 Activation

The XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment would stop delegated PaymentBurn permissions from minting trust line and MPT ...

Nov 2, 2026, 05:28 PM

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Solana Validators Urged to Mitigate Unpatched Linux Kernel Flaw CVE-2026-98432

Anza and the Solana Foundation told mainnet-beta validators on Nov. 1 to act against CVE-2026-98432, a kernel flaw rated...

Nov 2, 2026, 11:29 AM

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Cardano Falls Below $0.20 as Hoskinson Announces Break Amid Ecosystem Setbacks

Cardano's ADA token fell about 11% over 24 hours to below $0.20 as founder Charles Hoskinson said he is 'taking a break'...

Nov 2, 2026, 10:01 AM

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