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Upgrade is one of the topics the COINOTAG news desk follows continuously. The latest cryptocurrency news, market developments and breaking headlines related to Upgrade are gathered together on this page. Among the most recent developments are "Hyperliquid (HYPE) to Move HIP-3 Fees to Per-Market Model With 90% Discount", "XRP Ledger v3.3.0 Sends Six Amendments to Validator Vote" and "Solana (SOL) Sets 169.9 Million Daily Transaction Record After Upgrade". Visit this page regularly to follow all the latest news about Upgrade.
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20 articlesHyperliquid (HYPE) to Move HIP-3 Fees to Per-Market Model With 90% Discount
Hyperliquid (HYPE) plans per-market HIP-3 fees, keeps a 90% growth-mode discount and ties protocol fees to HYPE buybacks after $169M Q2 revenue.
XRP Ledger v3.3.0 Sends Six Amendments to Validator Vote
XRP Ledger v3.3.0 introduces six amendments, including confidential transfers and batch execution, with activation requiring 80% validator support.
Solana (SOL) Sets 169.9 Million Daily Transaction Record After Upgrade
Solana processed 169.9 million non-vote transactions after the SIMD-0286 upgrade raised block capacity, while Q2 fees fell to $51 million.
XRP Ledger v3.3.0 Upgrade Adds 6 Institutional Features
XRP News The XRP (XRP) Ledger, the network behind the major altcoin, has activated its version 3.3.0 upgrade, moving the network from 3.2.1 and adding six features aimed at institutional
Ethereum (ETH) Foundation Prioritizes Q4 Glamsterdam Mainnet Upgrade
Ethereum News The Ethereum (ETH) Foundation has published its first protocol development update since restructuring, signaling that the largest altcoin by market value will prioritiz
XRP Ledger Ships xrpld 3.2.1 After Manifest Flood
XRP News XRP (XRP), the native altcoin of the XRP Ledger, is at the center of an infrastructure advisory after Ripple engineering director Vijay Khanna urged node operators on Aug. 2 to i
Cardano (ADA) Targets End-2026 for First Dijkstra Phases
Cardano News Cardano (ADA) has moved into formal planning for the Dijkstra era after the Cardano ecosystem organization Intersect reported progress across protocol work, governance and technical delivery. Intersect is a member-based organ
Uniswap (UNI) v4 Captures About 50% of Quarterly DEX Volume
UNI News Uniswap (UNI) v4 has moved to the center of decentralized exchange activity, with on-chain data showing the latest automated market maker version handled roughly half of quarterly DEX volume about 18 months af
Solana (SOL) Quantumglow Proposal Targets 2 Key Algorithms
Solana News Solana (SOL) core contributors at Anza have introduced Quantumglow, a research-stage proposal that would adapt the network's Alpenglow architecture for post-quantum security while preserving high throughput. The plan is aimed at future risks facing ECDSA and Ed25519, the two
XRP Ledger Upgrade Would Let Sponsors Cover 1 XRP Reserve
XRP News A proposed upgrade to the XRP (XRP) ledger would let banks, issuers, or platforms pay account reserves and transaction fees for their users, removing the current requirement that every participant first acquire the <a href='https://e
Solana (SOL) Raises Mainnet Block Limit to 100M CU
Solana News As of July 29, Solana (SOL) has moved its mainnet block capacity upgrade into production, raising the compute ceiling from 60 million to 100 million compute units per block. The change, formalized through SIMD-0286 and backed by validator signaling above 70% of stake, expands
Cardano (ADA) Marks Shelley’s Sixth Year With 21.56B ADA Staked
Cardano News Cardano (ADA) marked the sixth anniversary of its Shelley transition, the July 2020 upgrade that introduced staking pools, delegation and community block production to the network. The milestone was highlighted by the project’s official community channel, which noted that th
Ethereum (ETH) Validator Count May Fall by One-Third Under Lido Upgrade
Ethereum News Ethereum (ETH) staking infrastructure entered a new phase after Lido rolled out Curated Module v2, an upgrade designed to consolidate validators and reduce the network’s validator set by as much as one-third. The protocol u
ONDO Finance (ONDO) Launches Ondo Network Execution Layer on July 27
ONDO News Ondo Finance (ONDO) launched Ondo Network on July 27, replacing its planned Layer-1 with an execution layer designed for private, high-speed trading. The Ondo team framed the move as an evolution rather than a side project, saying
Cardano Activates van Rossem Hard Fork, Upgrading Mainnet to Protocol Version 11
Cardano News Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork over the weekend, moving the mainnet from Protocol Version 10 to Version 11 at the epoch boundary. On-chain data shows the network remained on Version 10 through the end of epoch 643 before switching to Version 11 upon entering epoc
Zcash Schedules Ironwood Hard Fork for July 28 to Seal Orchard Pool
Zcash News Zcash will activate its Ironwood hard fork on July 28, sealing the privacy-focused Orchard shielded pool to contain any hidden counterfeit ZEC. The upgrade, formally labeled NU6.3, is scheduled to go live at block 3,428,143 and retires the existing Orchard pool entirely. After
XRP Ledger Fix Upgrade Clears 85% Consensus, Locks In July 29 Activation
XRP News The XRP Ledger is 11 days from a major protocol upgrade after its FixCleanup3_2_0 amendment cleared the consensus threshold and entered a two-week activation window. On-chain governance data shows the amendment reached majority with
Cardano van Rossem Hard Fork Enacts at 21:44 UTC on July 18
Cardano News Cardano (ADA) is set to enact its van Rossem intra-era hard fork today, with activation scheduled for 21:44:51 UTC on July 18, 2026 at slot height 192,844,800. According to the protocol schedule, the upgrade triggers automatically at the coming epoch boundary, marking one of
Bitcoin Client Proposal Would Lift Transaction Cap to 3.9M Weight Units
Bitcoin News Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas has proposed a new open-source Bitcoin client that would raise the maximum individual transaction size to 3.9 million weight units, nearly ten times the 400,000-weight-unit ceiling enforced
Ethereum Maps Third Major Overhaul in Multi-Year Lean Ethereum Redesign
Ethereum News Ethereum is preparing its third foundational overhaul, as co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a sweeping redesign dubbed Lean Ethereum on July 5. Building on an updated long-term roadmap he calls the Strawmap, Buterin framed the effort not as a single upgrade but as a phase