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Ethereum Tests 200M Gas Limit on Sepolia Testnet Ahead of Mainnet Decision

Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade activated on Sepolia testnet October 6 with support for a 200 million gas limit, more tha...

Oct 6, 2026, 07:03 AM
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Ethereum Tests 200M Gas Limit on Sepolia Ahead of Mainnet Decision

Ethereum activated the Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia testnet with an optional 200 million gas limit, more than three ti...

Oct 6, 2026, 07:03 AM
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CME Expands Crypto Derivatives: Spot-Quoted XRP, Solana Futures and 24/7 Trading

CME Group has launched spot-quoted futures contracts for XRP and Solana while extending 24/7 trading to its crypto deriv...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:18 AM
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US Treasury Withdraws Proposed Rules on Unhosted Wallets and Crypto Mixers

The U.S. Treasury has withdrawn two proposed rules from 2020 and 2023 that would have expanded financial institutions' r...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:18 AM
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BitMine Pushes ETH Holdings Above 6M Tokens, Nears 5% Supply Target

BitMine acquired 17,362 ETH last week, bringing its total Ethereum holdings above 6 million tokens. The purchase moves t...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:17 AM
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Polymarket Launches Protocol V2 With Modular Oracles, Nov. 2 Switchover

Polymarket is transitioning new markets to Protocol V2 on November 2, following canary testing through October 30. The u...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:01 AM
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Greenfield Capital Files Swiss Complaint Over Safe Foundation Governance

Greenfield Capital, a Safe ecosystem investor, filed a regulatory complaint with Swiss authorities over governance pract...

Oct 6, 2026, 04:12 AM
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CFTC Proposes Federal License Framework for Crypto Exchanges

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a proposed framework creating a new federal license for cryptocur...

Oct 6, 2026, 04:11 AM
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Metaplanet Sells 10,000 BTC, Buys Back 11,000 at Higher Price

Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC for roughly $790 million in Q3 and repurchased 11,000 coins for around $950 million to demons...

Oct 6, 2026, 04:03 AM
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Base Vault Loses $6 Million in Aave Tokens After Whitelist Change

A Base vault holding Aave deposit tokens was drained of approximately $6 million following a change to its borrower whit...

Oct 6, 2026, 03:05 AM
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Solana Launches Open-Source DvP Program for Institutional Settlement

Solana Foundation released Solana DvP, an MIT-licensed open-source delivery-versus-payment program with input from JPMor...

Oct 6, 2026, 03:04 AM
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Compound Governance Votes to Extend Treasury Delay from 2 to 10 Days

Compound token holders are voting on Proposal 612, which would extend the timelock for treasury operations from two days...

Oct 6, 2026, 02:03 AM
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