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XRP Ledger Ships xrpld 3.2.1 After Manifest Flood
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 install xrpld 3.2.1 following a July 31 validator-manifest flood.
XRPCardano (ADA) Targets End-2026 for First Dijkstra Phases
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.
ADAUniswap (UNI) v4 Captures About 50% of Quarterly DEX Volume
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 after launch.
UNISolana (SOL) Quantumglow Proposal Targets 2 Key Algorithms
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.
SOLXRP Ledger Upgrade Would Let Sponsors Cover 1 XRP Reserve
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 altcoin before interacting with the network.
XRPSolana (SOL) Raises Mainnet Block Limit to 100M CU
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.
SOLCardano (ADA) Marks Shelley’s Sixth Year With 21.56B ADA Staked
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.
ADAEthereum (ETH) Validator Count May Fall by One-Third Under Lido Upgrade
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.
ETHONDO Finance (ONDO) Launches Ondo Network Execution Layer on July 27
Ondo Finance (ONDO) launched Ondo Network on July 27, replacing its planned Layer-1 with an execution layer designed for private, high-speed trading.
ONDOCardano Activates van Rossem Hard Fork, Upgrading Mainnet to Protocol Version 11
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 epoch 644.
ADAZcash Schedules Ironwood Hard Fork for July 28 to Seal Orchard Pool
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.
ZECXRP Ledger Fix Upgrade Clears 85% Consensus, Locks In July 29 Activation
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.
XRPCardano van Rossem Hard Fork Enacts at 21:44 UTC on July 18
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.
ADABitcoin Client Proposal Would Lift Transaction Cap to 3.9M Weight Units
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 by Bitcoin Core's default relay policy.
BTCEthereum Maps Third Major Overhaul in Multi-Year Lean Ethereum Redesign
Ethereum is preparing its third foundational overhaul, as co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a sweeping redesign dubbed Lean Ethereum on July 5.
ETHSolana Reaches 1,000th Mainnet Epoch, Marking Five Years of Uptime
Solana (SOL) reached its 1,000th mainnet epoch on July 10, marking more than five years of uninterrupted operation since its March 2021 launch. An epoch, the fixed time window in which validators produce blocks and stake schedules refresh, serves as a benchmark of network endurance.
SOLZcash Locks Ironwood Upgrade for July 28 at Block Height 3,428,143
Zcash core developers have locked the activation height for the Ironwood network upgrade, scheduling it to go live on the mainnet on July 28 at roughly 8:00 AM EST. On-chain data confirms the upgrade will trigger at block height 3,428,143, the point at which the NU6.3 consensus rules take effect.
ZECEthereum Foundation AI Agents Uncover Critical libp2p Flaw CVE-2026-34219
The Ethereum Foundation deployed a fleet of collaborative AI agents to red-team the software that Ethereum (ETH) depends on and uncovered a remotely triggerable panic vulnerability inside libp2p Gossipsub, the peer-to-peer messaging layer that consensus clients use to propagate blocks and…
ETHBNB Chain Unveils 100,000-TPS Layer-1 for AI Agents, Testnet Due Late 2026
BNB Chain is building a purpose-designed next-generation Layer-1 for agentic artificial intelligence, with a public testnet slated for late 2026 and mainnet in early 2027.
BNBEthereum UTXO Payment Proposal Targets 99.8% Storage Reduction
Ethereum (ETH) is debating a technical proposal that could reshape how the network settles payments. Researcher Toni Wahrstätter has floated adding native UTXO-style payments — unspent transaction output accounting, the same model Bitcoin uses — to the Ethereum base layer.
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