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XRP Ledger Activates Lending Protocol Foundation With 3.4.0 Upgrade

XRP Ledger activated version 3.4.0, introducing LendingProtocolV1_1 and closed-ended vaults alongside a bundled protocol...

Sep 18, 2026, 05:06 AM

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Chainlink Adds 6,100 Addresses in Two Days, Marking 2026 Peak

Chainlink'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 PM

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B.AI Hits 1.51 Trillion Daily Tokens, Sets AI Infrastructure Record

B.AI, a decentralized settlement layer for AI agents, processed 1.51 trillion tokens daily just five months after launch...

Sep 17, 2026, 11:03 AM

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Ethereum and Base End Joint Account Abstraction Standard Effort

Ethereum and Base developers ended collaboration on a unified account abstraction standard Monday after failing to recon...

Sep 17, 2026, 02:09 AM

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Aave Plans Tokenized-Asset Credit Hub on Avalanche With Tether's USDT

Aave Labs announced a new credit market on Avalanche called the V4 RWA Hub, designed to let institutions borrow Tether's...

Sep 16, 2026, 05:07 PM

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Bitcoin Core 32.0 Targets October 10 Release With Fee, Validation Changes

Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final testing ahead of an October 10 release target, introducing mempool-aware fee estimation,...

Sep 16, 2026, 02:06 PM

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Bitcoin Core 32 Enters Final Testing With October 10 Release Target

Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered release candidate phase with a scheduled stable release on October 10. The update includes...

Sep 16, 2026, 02:04 PM

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Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, USDC Fees, 100+ Apps Live

Circle launched Arc mainnet on September 16, a proof-of-authority blockchain charging gas exclusively in USDC and operat...

Sep 16, 2026, 01:19 PM

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Zcash Holders Vote Overwhelmingly for Faster Blocks and Bitcoin-Style Halvings

Zcash community members voted on network upgrades (NU7), with 99.9% of 2.4 million ZEC participating backing 25-second b...

Sep 16, 2026, 07:09 AM

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XRP Ledger Lending Protocol Enters Validator Voting Phase

The XRP Ledger Lending Protocol has entered validator voting, moving from testing into deployment phase. The feature add...

Sep 16, 2026, 03:12 AM

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Cardano Foundation Urges SPOs to Vote Rather Than Auto-Abstain

The Cardano Foundation has called on Stake Pool Operators to actively participate in governance votes rather than relyin...

Sep 15, 2026, 09:02 AM

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Ripple CTO Proposes TxnReserve to Prevent Front-Running on XRPL DEX

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has proposed TxnReserve, a mechanism that grants users guaranteed execution priority ...

Sep 15, 2026, 09:01 AM

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