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Robinhood Chain Weighs Pay-to-Prioritize Trading on Arbitrum (ARB) After September 24 Switch
Robinhood Chain, the Layer-2 network built specifically for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would let users pay a fee to have specific trades processed ahead of everyone else, according to a person briefed on the matter.
ARBAnza's Final SIMD-0525 Stage Cuts Solana (SOL) Block Times to 200 Milliseconds
Anza activates the final SIMD-0525 stage on Solana (SOL), cutting the target block time to 200 milliseconds at epoch 1053 while SOL trades near $110.30.
SOLDogeOS Launches Dogecoin (DOGE) Smart Contract Testnet on September 30
DogeOS launched a September 30 testnet to bring smart contracts to Dogecoin (DOGE), though Shibarium's weak usage shows upgrades alone rarely lift demand.
DOGEZakura Targets January 2027 for Post-Quantum Signatures on Zcash (ZEC)
Zakura developers target January 2027 for post-quantum signature opcodes on Zcash (ZEC), protecting the 70% of issued supply held in transparent addresses.
ZECCardano (ADA)-Linked Midnight Records 9,117% Weekly Surge After Permissionless Contract Launch
Midnight's mainnet opened to permissionless smart contracts on September 28, lifting daily transactions from 284 to 26,178 in a week, a 9,117% rise.
ADAXRP Ledger Activates Permission Delegation for XRP Accounts on Oct. 8
Until this week, a business moving payments across the XRP Ledger, the blockchain behind XRP, faced a blunt choice: keep the keys that control its main holdings on an internet-connected machine, or pull staff away from compliance work whenever a signature was needed.
XRPBitcoin Core Merges Bitcoin (BTC) Private Broadcast Fix Into 32.x Branch
Bitcoin Core merged its private broadcast fix into the 32.x branch on October 1, while the 31.x backport awaits merge and no 31.2 date is set.
BTCJustin Bons Calls XRP Marketing Misleading as Closed-Source Code Hits Two Weeks
Justin Bons calls XRP's decentralization pitch misleading as XRP Ledger code stays closed two weeks ahead of a mandatory update on October 9.
XRPCurve Logs 1.84 Million Gas in a Single Ethereum (ETH) Leveraged Borrow
Curve logged 1.84 million gas for a leveraged Ethereum borrow against 125,000 for a swap, calling Glamsterdam's real test execution under network load.
ETHHashi's $500M Bitcoin Finance Mainnet Draws Anchorage Digital to Sui
Hashi's Bitcoin finance mainnet on Sui launches this month with $500 million in commitments and Anchorage Digital as a launch partner.
BTCSui Offchain Tunnels Peak at 40,614,180 TPS in Live Stress Test
CertiK's audit desk now has a fresh stress-test dataset to verify after Sui's programmable offchain tunnels processed a peak of 40,614,180 transactions per second in a live demonstration staged Wednesday at Sui Basecamp in Singapore.
SUIEthereum (ETH) Glamsterdam Upgrade Goes Live on Sepolia to Verify 200 Million Gas Target
Ethereum's next network upgrade, Glamsterdam, began running on the Sepolia testnet on Wednesday, October 7, opening the phase in which client teams verify the upgrade's target of 200 million gas per block.
ETHCardano Foundation's CIP-0113 Goes Live, Giving Cardano (ADA) Issuers Freeze and Seize Powers
Cardano improvement proposal CIP-0113 went live on the network on Wednesday, handing issuers of stablecoins, funds and bonds the power to decide who may receive their tokens and to freeze or seize holdings when their rules require it.
ADAAptos (APT) Proposes MonoMove Engine With 55x Faster Withdrawals in Internal Tests
Aptos (APT) unveils MonoMove: tests show 55x faster withdrawals and 11x throughput, with mainnet deployment planned for 2027 after a governance vote.
APTEthereum Economic Zone Moves 0.001 Ethereum (ETH) in First Atomic L1-to-L2 Test
Ethereum (ETH) mainnet and a layer-2 network exchanged value in a single atomic step on Tuesday, a first for live infrastructure.
ETHPrysm Ships v7.2.1 Fix Ahead of Ethereum (ETH) Sepolia Test at 200 Million Gas
The Prysm client shipped version 7.2.1 late Monday, hours before Ethereum (ETH) activates its Glamsterdam upgrade on the Sepolia testnet on Tuesday, October 6.
ETHAptos Labs Proposes Encrypted Mempool for Aptos (APT) With 27ms Latency Cost
Aptos Labs proposed an encrypted mempool that hides pending APT trades until ordering completes, adding 27ms latency in tests while awaiting a governance vote.
APTRippleX Rolls Out Ninth Smart Escrow Devnet Build for XRP Programmability
RippleX engineers shipped the ninth Smart Escrow Devnet build, rebuilding the WebAssembly integration in Rust with host function calls 30% to 50% faster.
XRPBitcoin (BTC) Halving Countdown Falls Below 80,000 Blocks Before April 2028 Reward Cut
Fewer than 80,000 blocks remain until Bitcoin's fifth halving at block 1,050,000, cutting the reward from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC around April 2028.
BTCZcash (ZEC) Activates NU7 on Testnet at Block 4,465,026
Zcash activated its NU7 network upgrade on testnet at block 4,465,026 on Oct. 4, cutting block intervals to 25 seconds ahead of a targeted Nov. 5 mainnet rollout.
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Network Upgrades is one of the topics the COINOTAG news desk follows continuously. The latest cryptocurrency news, market developments and breaking headlines related to Network Upgrades are gathered together on this page. Among the most recent developments are "Robinhood Chain Weighs Pay-to-Prioritize Trading on Arbitrum (ARB) After September 24 Switch", "Anza's Final SIMD-0525 Stage Cuts Solana (SOL) Block Times to 200 Milliseconds" and "DogeOS Launches Dogecoin (DOGE) Smart Contract Testnet on September 30". Visit this page regularly to follow all the latest news about Network Upgrades.
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Robinhood Chain Weighs Pay-to-Prioritize Trading on Arbitrum (ARB) After September 24 Switch (October 9, 2026 at 08:35 PM UTC); Anza's Final SIMD-0525 Stage Cuts Solana (SOL) Block Times to 200 Milliseconds (October 9, 2026 at 04:03 PM UTC); DogeOS Launches Dogecoin (DOGE) Smart Contract Testnet on September 30 (October 9, 2026 at 02:27 PM UTC)