Solana announced key upgrades including Transaction V1 activation on September 9, which increases transaction size to 4,096 bytes, enabling more complex operations. Starting the week of August 31, the network begins a five-step rent reduction aiming to cut rent costs by 90%, lowering the SOL developers must lock for accounts. Slot times have been reduced to 350 milliseconds with plans to shorten further to 200 milliseconds in stages, improving transaction speed. The major Alpenglow consensus redesign targeting 150-millisecond finality remains on track for October but requires further testing and network support before activation.
Solana has grown to 1.4 million addresses holding tokenized stocks, nearly tripling since early September 2026. This surge helped Solana top all blockchain networks in revenue for five consecutive weeks, earning about $6.54 million in mid-October, do...
Bitcoin's open interest increased by 2.17% to $7.79 billion as of October 19, leading among five major cryptocurrencies. Positive funding rates indicate that traders holding long positions are paying those with short positions, reflecting bullish sen...
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization fell 0.35% to $2.76 trillion over 24 hours, even as Bitcoin and five other major coins posted gains. Bitcoin rose 1.35% to $82,031, while Ether, XRP, BNB, Solana, and Dogecoin each gained between 2% and ...
On October 19, U.S. altcoin spot ETFs showed mixed flows: Litecoin and NEAR ETFs attracted new investments, while Solana and Zcash ETFs experienced net outflows. Other altcoin ETFs like XRP, Dogecoin, Chainlink, and Avalanche remained flat with no si...
Solana recorded 8.92 billion non-vote transactions from July to September 2026, marking a 104% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. These transactions exclude validator votes and include activities like transfers, trading, and decentraliz...
