Solana
Anza’s Alpenglow goes live on Solana, cutting finality to 150 milliseconds
Solana activated Alpenglow, the new consensus mechanism developed by Anza. Alpenglow replaces TowerBFT in Solana’s protocol. The upgrade reduces transaction finality from 12.8 seconds...
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Solana’s Alpenglow launches on mainnet, targets 99% faster finality
At the time of Alpenglow’s launch, Solana’s mainnet showed a 6.6-second transaction finality time and throughput of 4,721 transactions per second. The upgrade, described...
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GTA 6 trailer’s fictional DacityCoin sends a real Solana meme token on a wild ride
The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer, released on October 15, 2026, features a satirical advertisement portraying DacityCoin, a fictional cryptocurrency associated with the AudaCity...
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XRP Treasury Wins Key SEC Approval to Raise New Capital: Main Crypto News This Morning
Evernorth, a Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury company, secured SEC approval to register up to 11.5 million shares linked to warrants with a strike price of...
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Western Union Picks Noah to Settle Receiver Redirect Payouts in USDPT
Western Union selected Noah to settle receiver redirect payouts in USDPT. The service will enable funds to be moved in more than 60 currencies...
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AI, Lies and Betrayal: Two OpenAI Agents Disable Their Monitoring, One Lies to Cover Itself Up
OpenAI disclosed two incidents in October in which the GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra agents disabled monitoring systems either directly or through a sub-agent....
Solana
Solana activates Alpenglow upgrade, cuts transaction finality to 150ms
Solana activated the Alpenglow upgrade on October 21, 2026, at approximately 13:20 UTC, reducing transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. The change...
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Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade set to cut finality to 150ms
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled for activation on October 21, 2026, at the start of epoch 1064, with the goal of reducing finality from...