Top story: Solana Activates Alpenglow, Major Consensus Overhaul Since 2020. At publication, Bitcoin was at $81,760 (-0.8% in 24h), Ether at $2,403.55 (-1.1% in 24h) and the total crypto market cap at $2.76 trillion (-3.5% in 24h).
Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet-beta October 21, replacing its voting system with a new consensus mechanism targeting 150-millisecond finality. The upgrade is the network's largest since 2020 and follows months of testing that included a failed migration and rollback.
Visa is in late-stage negotiations to acquire custody and blockchain infrastructure firm Fireblocks for approximately $2.5 billion. The valuation represents a 69% decline from Fireblocks' 2022 peak and signals Visa's deepening push into stablecoin payments infrastructure.
Visa is in late-stage negotiations to acquire custody and blockchain infrastructure firm Fireblocks for approximately $2.5 billion, according to multiple reports. The valuation represents a significant markdown from Fireblocks' 2022 peak and signals Visa's deepening push into stablecoin payments infrastructure.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.07 billion in inflows over three consecutive late-October sessions, erasing the month's deficit. Ethereum ETFs have bled approximately $1 billion in October, signaling widening institutional divergence between the two assets.
Andreessen Horowitz's crypto division is rebranding to a16z Frontier to reflect a strategic pivot beyond blockchain toward frontier technologies including AI, autonomous machines, and biology. The rebrand coincides with general partner Ali Yahya's departure to launch his own startup.
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