Cryptocurrency

Solana’s geographic speed plan trusts validator locations the network cannot verify

Roger Wattenhofer and Quentin Kniep propose speeding Solana’s block production by scheduling nearby validators consecutively. Their plan relies on self-reported locations, bringing an unverifiable physical input into the order of block producers. Each scheduled turn at block production is...

OSL Brings A USDGO Market-Neutral Fund On-Chain For Hong Kong Investors

TL;DR: OSL Group has tokenized the USDGO Plus SP fund on-chain and is providing custody and distribution through its licensed Hong Kong platform. The product is a market-neutral digital asset fund built around USDGO and is available only to...

Bitcoin Core’s privacy fix reaches v32 code while the v31 patch remains open

Bitcoin Core has merged a privacy fix into its 32.x source branch addressing behavior that could correlate private-broadcast connections with ordinary node connections. The backport for 31.x remains open as of Oct. 8, leaving users who enable the feature...

PowerCompute Mines 8.1 Bitcoin In September After Using BTC To Slash Debt

TL;DR: PowerCompute mined 8.1 BTC in September, up 37% from a year earlier. Its month-end Bitcoin holdings fell to 63.7 BTC after the company used 267.4 BTC to help retire a $22.45 million Bitcoin-backed credit facility, leaving most of...

US government moves $470 million in seized crypto to Coinbase wallets, raising Bitcoin sale questions

The US government moved about $470 million in seized crypto to likely Coinbase Prime addresses, according to Arkham, reviving questions over potential asset sales. On Oct. 7, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence said the transfers included Bitcoin, wrapped Bitcoin and...

Metaplanet Sold 10,000 Bitcoin, Then Bought 11,000 Back. Here’s Why

TL;DR: Metaplanet disclosed that it sold 10,000 BTC during the third quarter for roughly $790 million before buying 11,000 BTC for around $950 million. The company says the exercise was designed to demonstrate that its Bitcoin treasury can provide...

Arbitrum DAO Weighs 100 Million ARB Push To Make USDG A Core Stablecoin

TL;DR: Arbitrum has joined Paxos’ Global Dollar Network, and a new DAO proposal asks the community to back USDG as a strategic stablecoin for the ecosystem. The plan includes adding 100 million ARB to the DRIP incentive budget to...

Google Gemini AI Predicts Chainlink (LINK) to Hit $300 by 2027

Google Gemini AI predicts that, assuming a full-blown crypto bull market returns and is turbocharged by a landmark catalyst, LINK could hit $300 by January 1, 2027. The scenario outlined assumes not only a strong bull market in late...

THORChain: Math Doesn’t Take Requests

Why you should listen THORChain spent late September in the middle of crypto’s loudest argument. After attackers took roughly $387.5 million from Bitget on 24 September, portions of the proceeds were routed through THORChain into Bitcoin, and Bitget CEO Gracy...

CFTC Wants Clearer Rules for Leveraged Crypto Trading in Major US Regulatory Push

The new federal framework was proposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for crypto exchanges that offer leveraged trading to retail customers. The move could give US crypto platforms a clearer route to federal oversight at a time...

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Solana sets October 21 for massive Alpenglow upgrade that could make transactions 99% faster to finalize

The mainnet plan calls for a live consensus replacement, with roughly 150ms finality dependent on network conditions and a...