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XRP Ledger Permission Delegation Enters Final 14-Day Activation Window

The XRP Ledger moved PermissionDelegationV1_1 into its final 14-day activation period on September 21 after 29 of 35 tru...

Sep 23, 2026, 09:03 AM

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Solana Tests Alpenglow Upgrade to Cut Finality to 150 Milliseconds

Solana has deployed Alpenglow to its testing networks to validate a consensus redesign targeting 150-millisecond transac...

Sep 23, 2026, 09:02 AM

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Ethlabs Launches With Corporate Backing as Ethereum Foundation Cuts Budget

Ethlabs, a new Ethereum research hub backed by SharpLink, Bitmine, and Consensys CEO Joe Lubin, has launched to expand p...

Sep 23, 2026, 04:07 AM

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NEAR Integrates Ondo's Tokenized Stocks and ETFs via Confidential Execution

NEAR Protocol launched integration with Ondo Finance on Tuesday, enabling users to trade tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, an...

Sep 22, 2026, 07:05 PM

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Canada's Big Six Banks Launch Tokenized Deposit Testing Initiative

Canada's Big Six banks—TD, RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, and National Bank—are jointly testing a shared tokenized deposit ...

Sep 22, 2026, 07:01 PM

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Five Former Ethereum Foundation Researchers Launch Ethlabs R&D Lab

Five senior Ethereum Foundation researchers announced Ethlabs on June 22, an independent nonprofit R&D lab backed by Bit...

Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM

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Cardano Joins Solana and XRP Ledger in x402 AI Agent Payments Stack

Cardano has been added to the x402 software kit, enabling AI agents and applications to pay for services using ADA and o...

Sep 22, 2026, 06:16 AM

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Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff and 40% of Budget

The Ethereum Foundation eliminated 54 positions and reduced its budget by 40% as part of a strategic restructuring. Co-E...

Sep 22, 2026, 02:03 AM

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Hoskinson: Cardano Treasury Rejections Cost Network Growth Opportunities

Charles Hoskinson said Cardano's rejection of funding proposals, including Pogun, has cost the network strategic opportu...

Sep 21, 2026, 10:06 PM

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Bitmine Adds Ethereum Amid Quarter-End Volatility, Lee Signals Bull Market

Tom Lee's Bitmine has added over 100,000 ETH this quarter, with total holdings now approaching 4 million tokens, and has...

Sep 21, 2026, 05:01 PM

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NEAR Token Rises on Confidential Futures Trading Launch

NEAR token posted significant gains following the launch of confidential futures trading functionality on the network. R...

Sep 21, 2026, 01:05 PM

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ZetaChain Votes 99.4% to Migrate ZETA Token to Solana, Shut Down L1

ZetaChain token holders approved Proposal 68 with 99.4% support to migrate ZETA to Solana on a 1:1 basis. A second gover...

Sep 20, 2026, 02:02 PM

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