Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
OFAC blocks the shadow banking operation and its ruble-backed token while FinCEN proposes a ban on related fund transfers after tracing more than $17 billion in activity
Anza activates the upgrade on the developer network one day after testnet, aiming to slash finality times while mainnet timing remains undecided
Solana has moved its Alpenglow consensus upgrade onto the public testnet, aiming to reduce transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds through a new voting protocol
Developers of the minority chain will lock newly mined coins starting at block 973440 to curb alleged pool abuse after a sharp price decline
Shiba Inu’s Layer 2 network has fixed a reported reorganization problem while dRPC work and related upgrades continue across nodes, RPC endpoints and ecosystem sites
Coinholders approve 25-second blocks and Bitcoin-style issuance cuts as developers lock in testnet and mainnet dates for the next protocol upgrade
Bitcoin Core 32.0 reaches release-candidate stage with improved fee estimation, faster block validation and security patches, targeting a stable release on October 10
Europe’s top markets regulator warns that leading prediction platforms lack required authorization to offer event contracts across the bloc and raises concerns over incomplete geographic restrictions and insider trading risks
BitMEX co-founder releases technical specifications for a proof-of-useful-inference chain with 2.48 billion genesis tokens distributed solely via airdrops
Ethereum layer-2 network faced temporary batch submission gaps to the base layer on September 4 while continuing local block production under record usage
