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Reflect Money Launches Create Tool for Custom Yield-Bearing Stablecoins on Solana

Reflect Money launched Create, a tool on Solana that lets users issue branded yield-bearing stablecoins in a single tran...

Oct 22, 2026, 09:02 PM
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TRON Settles $2.2T in Stablecoins, Captures 73% Market Share in Q3

TRON processed $2.21 trillion in stablecoin settlement volume during Q3 2026, up 5.1% from the prior quarter, capturing ...

Oct 22, 2026, 07:04 PM
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Solana Activates Alpenglow, Major Consensus Overhaul Since 2020

Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet on October 21 at slot 459,653,000, replacing TowerBFT with a new consensus mechani...

Oct 22, 2026, 05:03 PM
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Starknet Governance Backs Post-Quantum L1 Research With 93.52% Support

Starknet holders voted to approve further research into an independent, quantum-resistant Layer 1 blockchain, with 93.52...

Oct 22, 2026, 03:05 PM
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XRP Ledger Bug Fix Delayed to November After Validator Support Dips

A critical XRP Ledger amendment lost validator supermajority support on Wednesday, falling to 26 of 35 validators before...

Oct 22, 2026, 06:02 AM
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Obol Urges Immediate Charon Upgrade After CA Key Compromise

Obol released an urgent patch for its Charon client following a certificate authority key compromise, updating certifica...

Oct 21, 2026, 11:04 PM
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Zcash Targets November 5 for NU7 Upgrade, Cutting Block Time to 25 Seconds

Zcash developers have set block height 3,543,405 as the activation target for the NU7 upgrade, expected around November ...

Oct 21, 2026, 10:01 AM
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Decibel Trade Activates Aptos Encrypted Mempool to Reduce MEV Attacks

Decibel Trade has activated Aptos' Encrypted Mempool feature, which hides pending order details from validators to reduc...

Oct 21, 2026, 09:04 AM
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Decibel Trade Activates Aptos Encrypted Mempool to Reduce MEV

Decibel Trade has activated Aptos' Encrypted Mempool, a privacy feature that conceals pending order details from validat...

Oct 21, 2026, 09:04 AM
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BNB Chain Completes $1.2B Quarterly Burn as Price Holds Near $725

BNB Chain completed its 37th quarterly burn, removing 1.64 million BNB tokens worth $1.197 billion from circulation. The...

Oct 20, 2026, 11:11 PM
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Sophon Sets November 25 Deadline for Mainnet Shutdown

Sophon announced it will shut down its mainnet on November 30, with users required to withdraw SOPH, ETH, USDC, and stak...

Oct 20, 2026, 09:01 AM
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Lido Engineer Flags Staking Deposit Hijack Risk at Glamsterdam Upgrade

A Lido engineer has raised security concerns about a potential staking deposit hijack vulnerability that could emerge du...

Oct 20, 2026, 08:04 AM
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