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Justin 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.
ZECTether-Backed Utexo to Issue USDT on Bitcoin (BTC) This Month, 12 Years After Omni Debut
Tether-backed Utexo plans to issue USDT on Bitcoin (BTC) this month via RGB, adding private transfers, native BTC swaps and BTC-collateralized loans.
BTCEthereum Foundation Schedules Ethereum (ETH) Glamsterdam Sepolia Activation for October 6 at Epoch 353,024
Ethereum (ETH) will put its next major network upgrade through a public rehearsal this week.
ETHXRP Validators Hold 85.71% Backing for Batch Upgrade Eyed on October 9
XRP Ledger validators owe the network one more stretch of consistent backing before its biggest transaction-format change of the year goes live: the Batch amendment needs support above 80% for fourteen consecutive days, and the clock runs toward Friday, October 9.
XRPTimothy Stebbing Flags Project Avalanche on DogeOS Testnet as Dogecoin (DOGE) Utility Expands
The Dogecoin (DOGE) ecosystem is having its busiest building stretch in years, and the trigger is a testnet.
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DOGEZcash Foundation Targets NU7 Testnet Activation at Block 4,465,026 on October 6
The Zcash Foundation has released Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0, the first release candidate for NU7, the network's next major upgrade, and set the testnet activation for around October 6, 2026.
ZECVitalik Buterin: Ethereum (ETH) Targets Cryptographic World Computer by 2030
Vitalik Buterin's essay maps Ethereum (ETH) onto a cryptographic world computer by 2030, with the 2027 Hegotá upgrade possibly the last routine fork.
ETHChainlink (LINK) CCIP 2.0 Adds Issuer-Set Verifiers on Top of 16-Node Base
Token issuers building on Chainlink (LINK) now hold a decision that can determine whether user funds move. On September 28, Chainlink announced CCIP 2.0, a new version of its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, the system that moves tokens between blockchains.
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