Solana activated its Alpenglow upgrade on October 21, 2026, replacing the old voting system with a certificate-based consensus to reduce block finality time from about 12.8 seconds to a target of 150 milliseconds. Early external measurements show a median finality of 404 milliseconds, a significant improvement that can speed up transaction settlement and improve user experience. The upgrade removes vote transactions from blocks, affecting transaction counts but not user fees or formats. While the upgrade enhances network finality, actual payment speed depends on wallet, exchange, and merchant policies. The next phase, Rotor, which will improve block distribution, has no set launch date yet.
Solana (SOL) trades at Rp1.800.000 on Pluang as of October 27, 2026, 16:51 WIB, showing a 1.87% decline over the past day. Despite the recent upgrade speeding up transaction finality, SOL’s price remains below its recent highs, with a market cap of Rp1.067,74 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of Rp41,5 trillion. The typical hold time of 72 days and a nearly balanced buy-sell order activity (51% Buy vs. 49% Sell) indicate steady investor interest amid the network improvements.
Solana's price is under pressure, trading near $100 with a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern suggesting a possible 20% decline to $80. The cryptocurrency has fallen 14% in October, underperforming major rivals, while institutional interest wanes as ...
Solana's price fell over 15% in October, dropping below $100 and losing more than $10 billion in market cap. While on-chain transaction activity remains strong, Solana faces declining liquidity as its Total Value Locked (TVL) dropped over 10%, and st...
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GraniteShares ETF Trust filed an amendment with the SEC to delay the effective date of its leveraged crypto ETFs, including 3x Long and 3x Short XRP Daily ETFs, as well as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds, to November 30, 2026. The filing does not...
Solana has reduced its block time from 0.42 seconds to 0.21 seconds through a phased upgrade completed between August and October. This improvement doubled the number of blocks produced daily and lowered skipped blocks from 0.23% to 0.05%, enhancing ...
