Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
XRP derivatives positioning is back in focus after CFTC Commitments of Traders data showed a 115.7 million-token net short position building against the asset. The positioning matters because it gives traders a cleaner look at how larger market parti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Solana Mobile’s SKR token has become one of the strongest weekly performers among the top 200 crypto assets, putting the Solana mobile ecosystem back in the spotlight. Market data showed SKR leading the weekly gainers list after a sharp move that out...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Solana has broken out of a 10-month downtrend after a strong August rally, with SOL reclaiming the $100 level and finishing the month up roughly 46%. CoinGecko market data showed SOL recovering sharply through August, reversing a long stretch of weak...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
TAC, a Cosmos-based EVM sidechain connected to the TON ecosystem, has halted block production after a supply-related exploit. The incident occurred on August 22, according to public incident materials. TAC connects Ethereum-based applications with th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
BNB Smart Chain is preparing to activate its Pasteur hard fork on mainnet on August 25 at 02:30 UTC. The upgrade introduces several network changes, including BEP-682 for bridge verification, BEP-695 for validator governance, and BEP-675 for block pr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
NUVA has integrated Chainlink data feeds to support pricing infrastructure for real estate-backed DeFi and tokenized asset products. The integration, announced on August 24, is designed to provide decentralized pricing data for tokenized real estate...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
The TON Foundation has confirmed that its legacy bridge will be permanently decommissioned on September 1, setting a deadline for users holding wrapped TON and related bridge assets to move back to native forms. The shutdown affects bridge-v3.ton.org...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
Altcoin markets are showing another burst of volatility, with PEPE recovering sharply and World Liberty Financial seeing steady activity after fresh regulatory-adjacent news. CoinGecko market data showed PEPE recovering to around $0.00000411 by Augus...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
Chainlink has announced 12 new integrations across 10 blockchains, adding another weekly update to its growing cross-chain data and infrastructure footprint. The integrations span DeFi, liquidity, and data services, according to Chainlink’s update. T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
Cardano has opened formal review on CIP-0197, a proposal designed to add optional post-quantum wallet protections through a zero-knowledge signature proof layer. The proposal, authored by researcher Robert Phair, focuses on protecting hierarchical de...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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...
