Solana's Alpenglow upgrade goes live on mainnet, targeting 150ms finality
Anza's Alpenglow consensus overhaul, Solana's biggest since 2020, replaces on-chain voting with off-chain vote aggregation to cut finality from seconds to about
Cointelegraph · +14 outlets
OCC issues final rule implementing Trump-signed GENIUS Act stablecoin law
The OCC is the first regulator to finalize rules under the GENIUS Act, opening a fresh process for weighing stablecoin rewards against the law's yield ban.
The Block · +14 outlets
Musk confirms SpaceX and Tesla merger talks; combined firm would hold 30,000 BTC
Musk confirmed merger discussions between SpaceX and Tesla, with the combined entity holding roughly 30,000 bitcoin, a treasury concentration that lifted crypto
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
JPMorgan issues first long-term bitcoin forecast: 10% annual returns, beating stocks, bonds and gold
JPMorgan's debut long-horizon bitcoin return projection of about 10% a year would top traditional asset classes over the next decade, though the bank attached c
The Block · +14 outlets
Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs join objections to tokenized stock trading
Blue-chip companies are pushing back on tokenized equity offerings abroad, with OKX-ICE's Andrew Cuomo calling the corporate objections a natural response.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs post biggest inflows in a month as BlackRock does the buying
Spot bitcoin ETFs logged their strongest day in nearly a month, though analysts warn equity weakness could damp follow-on demand.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Swiss regulator FINMA approves first retail spot bitcoin ETF
FINMA cleared Switzerland's first spot bitcoin fund for retail investors, extending direct bitcoin exposure to a major European retail market.
The Block · +14 outlets
Drift Protocol hacker moves $109 million more into Tornado Cash
Funds tied to the Drift exploit continue flowing through the mixing service, highlighting the difficulty of recovering stolen crypto.
Startup Fortune · +10 outlets
Grayscale opens in-kind subscriptions to 10 crypto ETFs and trusts
Eligible investors can now swap tokens directly for ETF shares, with minimums ranging from roughly $80,300 to $364,800 via an authorized participant.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Ethereum staking hits record 43.8M ETH as yields fall: Bitwise
A Bitwise report shows record ETH staked even as staking yields decline, with Solana network activity also growing.
The Block · +8 outlets
Kazakhstan court bars Coinbase and five others from unlicensed crypto services
A Kazakh court restricted Coinbase and five other firms from offering crypto services in the Astana International Financial Centre without a license.
CoinDesk · +12 outlets
France's parliament votes to hit stablecoin trades with 31% capital gains tax
French lawmakers advanced a measure that would tax stablecoin transactions at 31%, tightening treatment of a lightly-taxed crypto segment.
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
Crypto firms and Wall Street push SEC to revise Regulation Crypto Assets
Industry and traditional finance players filed comments urging the SEC to rework its crypto asset rulemaking as the comment period closed.
The Block · +14 outlets
Dogecoin Labs launches as DOGE ecosystem seeks uses beyond memes
A dedicated company and wallet-app coalition are forming to build everyday payment uses for DOGE beyond speculative demand.
The Block · +6 outlets
Mt. Gox pushes repayment deadline to 2027 with $2.8B in bitcoin still to distribute
The extended timeline delays a large potential supply overhang from the collapsed exchange's creditor distributions.
Decrypt · +3 outlets
Trump to spotlight overseas crypto abuses at White House event
The administration is using a White House event to highlight foreign crypto-related abuses, signaling a continued enforcement-focused posture.
CoinDesk · +3 outlets
Zcash developers confirm November upgrade that triples payment speed; record coinholder vote keeps halvings
Zcash set a November date for a speed upgrade and held a record coinholder vote retaining its halving schedule as ZEC led a broader crypto bounce.
CoinDesk
Backpack's tokenized Meta shares go live on Solana via Sunrise
Tokenized Meta equity launched on Solana through Sunrise, with Solana flipping Robinhood in tokenized stock holders for the first time since July.
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