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Solana Activates 350ms Slot Time on Mainnet, Begins Scaling Path

Solana activated 350-millisecond slot times on mainnet Wednesday, the first reduction since launch, as the network begin...

Aug 21, 2026, 03:06 PM

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MANTRA Chain Resumes After 30-Hour Halt to Fix Cosmos EVM Bug

MANTRA Chain resumed block production Friday after deploying version 8.4.0 to patch a Cosmos EVM vulnerability that halt...

Aug 21, 2026, 07:03 AM

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GnosisDAO Votes to Retire Standalone Chain, Settle to Ethereum

GnosisDAO approved proposal GIP-153 to transform Gnosis Chain from an independent Layer 1 into an Ethereum-settled zero-...

Aug 20, 2026, 10:02 AM

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Ethereum Marks 11 Years With $148B in Stablecoins, ETH Down 61% From Peak

Ethereum celebrated its 11th anniversary on July 30, now hosting $148 billion in stablecoins and serving as the primary ...

Aug 20, 2026, 05:01 AM

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Arthur Hayes Returns to Lead Flop Labs, Plans FLOP Token Launch

Arthur Hayes, former BitMEX CEO, has taken on a leadership role at Flop Labs, a network focused on AI-driven autonomous ...

Aug 19, 2026, 08:09 AM

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Zcash Activates Ironwood Fix as ZEC Rebounds From July Decline

Zcash activated the Ironwood upgrade on July 28, closing the vulnerable Orchard pool and opening a replacement under new...

Aug 19, 2026, 04:02 AM

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Ethereum Researchers Propose Self-Funded Privacy Pools for 2027 Upgrade

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter proposed two transaction changes targeting the 2027 Hegotá upgrade that ...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:02 PM

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Harmony Considers Full Blockchain Rollback After Unauthorized Minting Breach

Harmony is weighing a full blockchain rollback to August 11 checkpoints following an unauthorized minting incident that ...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:09 AM

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Vitalik Backs Bitcoin's Utreexo for Ethereum Scaling Research

Ethereum researcher Vitalik Buterin credited Bitcoin's Utreexo model as inspiration for Ethereum's scaling work on nativ...

Aug 17, 2026, 10:04 AM

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Ethereum Proposal Caps Staking Rewards at 50% Supply Threshold

An Ethereum governance proposal would phase out staking rewards if network participation exceeds 50% of total ETH supply...

Aug 16, 2026, 01:02 AM

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Circle Targets September 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch

Circle set September 16 as the public mainnet launch date for Arc, its permissioned blockchain, with 11 named founding v...

Aug 15, 2026, 10:07 PM

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Ethereum Foundation Shifts From Poseidon Hash to SHA and BLAKE3

Ethereum Foundation is transitioning away from Poseidon, a custom hash function it championed for eight years, in favor ...

Aug 15, 2026, 01:06 AM

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