Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Flowra has launched its Open Orderflow Auction framework for Solana validators, introducing a third-party block-building and MEV auction system designed around short, competitive ordering windows. The system, launched on August 21, uses 200ms mini-au...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
AI agents initiated 3.3 million USDC in payments over x402 on Solana within a single week, highlighting a growing machine-to-machine payment use case for stablecoins. The x402 protocol uses the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code to enable intern...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Solana validators have begun voting on SGP-0003, a governance proposal that would restructure parts of the network’s fee model and potentially increase daily SOL burns. The vote opened on August 23 and runs through Epoch 1023, which is expected to co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TON validators have been instructed to update their node software and mytonctrl tooling ahead of a configuration vote tied to the network’s new collator architecture. The validator preparation includes node commit 140320b and mytonctrl commit 7e90e26...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Avalanche’s tokenized real-world asset value has crossed $3 billion, giving the network another milestone in its push to become infrastructure for regulated and institutional finance. The figure, reported through the validated Avalanche RWA source tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Aave’s debt profile is drawing attention after a risk assessment found that fewer than 9% of loan positions account for roughly half of the protocol’s total outstanding debt. The concentration is largely tied to E-mode users running leveraged positio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Optimism governance has approved the reallocation of 546.9 million OP tokens from user airdrop reserves into a Strategic Ecosystem Fund managed by the Optimism Foundation. The tokens are valued at roughly $49 million, according to the validated gover...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Offchain Labs is advancing work to integrate zero-knowledge proofs into Arbitrum’s BoLD settlement protocol, a move designed to reduce withdrawal times from seven days to a few hours while preserving optimistic fraud proofs. The system would use ZK f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Arbitrum has activated its ArbOS 61 “Elara” upgrade, adding new tooling for Orbit chains, including an optional protocol-level compliance filtering feature for enterprise deployments. The upgrade went live on August 20. Node operators are required to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Cardano’s development roadmap for its Dijkstra-era scaling work has been structured around a two-phase rollout, with Ouroboros Leios and related throughput improvements central to the plan. The first phase, involving Linear Leios and nested transacti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Solana validators are moving toward a vote on a governance package designed to reduce SOL issuance pressure through resource-based fee burning and faster inflation reduction. The package includes SGP-0003, combining SIMD-0553 and SIMD-0550. SIMD-0553...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
US spot Solana ETFs recorded $15 million in daily net inflows on August 20, marking their largest single-session inflow in three weeks. The figure is important because it is a daily flow number, not a cumulative total. It gives traders a cleaner read...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Shinhan Asset Management is testing a Korean won-denominated tokenized fund on Solana through a proof-of-concept arrangement involving the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca. The project centers on an ultra-short-term bond product, according to t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Binance has announced that it will remove seven spot trading pairs on August 21 at 03:00 UTC, including SUI/BNB and LTC/BNB. The affected pairs are SUI/BNB, LTC/BNB, ILV/USDC, HIVE/USDC, F/USDC, NMR/USDC, and STEEM/USDC. The move is part of Binance’s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Cumulative inflows into US spot Solana ETFs have topped $1.16 billion, giving SOL another institutional demand signal as the token traded near $86. The figure is cumulative since launch, not a single-day or weekly inflow number. That distinction matt...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token briefly moved above Dogecoin by market capitalization on August 20, marking a striking valuation shift between one of crypto’s fastest-growing trading ecosystems and the market’s most famous meme coin. Market data showed HYPE...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The Cardano Foundation has published a new Cardano Improvement Proposal draft called Dijkstra, outlining changes aimed at improving smart contract execution pathways and compute efficiency. The proposal is still in draft form. It is not live on Carda...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has pointed to a new ownership estimate showing 67 million Americans hold cryptocurrency, arguing that the industry is no longer fringe. The figure comes from the National Cryptocurrency Association and The Harris Poll’s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
XRP jumped 11% intraday to reclaim the $1.10 level, giving bulls a short-term win after weeks of choppy trading. The move came alongside broader crypto strength and renewed attention on regulatory expectations following recent political and industry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has announced that it is moving infrastructure for the state’s Frontier Stable Token, known as FRNT, from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP after a security review. The decision matters because FRNT is not a private star...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Nethermind has ended its role as a LayerZero Decentralized Verifier Network participant and moved its cross-chain node operations to Chainlink CCIP. The Ethereum engineering firm will now operate as a Chainlink CCIP node operator. That makes the move...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
NAVI Protocol has launched NAVI Prime, a modular lending framework on Sui that replaces shared liquidity pools with independently curated lending markets. The new framework is designed for more controlled lending environments, allowing customized col...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Securitize and Neuberger Berman have launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund, known as HINC, with deployment across Sui, Solana, Avalanche, and Ethereum. The fund gives eligible accredited investors tokenized access to a portfoli...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
Arthur Hayes has outlined a new “Yen-quake” macro thesis, arguing that efforts to support the Japanese yen could ultimately inject fresh dollar liquidity into global markets and become bullish for Bitcoin. In his August 10 essay, Hayes focuses on the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
Solana climbed roughly 7% from its August 7 low to an August 10 intraday high, breaking above a descending trendline that had shaped price action since July. Market data shows SOL moved from about $72.49 to $77.36 during the rebound. That is a meanin...
