Solana experienced a routing failure causing about 28.83% of staked SOL to go offline, dangerously close to the 33.34% threshold that would stop transaction finality. This incident exposed the network's vulnerability, as just a few more offline validators could have frozen transaction confirmations. Solana's upcoming Alpenglow upgrade aims to improve safety by pausing block production rather than risking inconsistent transactions. The event raises debate over Solana's lack of slashing penalties, which may reduce incentives for validators to prevent downtime, impacting staking rewards for token holders.
Solana's price surged over 10% to a seven-month high above $110, driven by increased institutional and retail demand. Derivatives open interest jumped 18%, signaling new leveraged positions, while the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF crossed $1.1 billion i...
TON Mini-Apps on Telegram have reached 100 million monthly active users, highlighting significant adoption of this platform feature. This milestone reflects growing user engagement and the expanding ecosystem within Telegram. The achievement may boos...
Solana has reduced its block time from 300 to 250 milliseconds, marking the third reduction since August 2026 as part of the SIMD-0525 plan. This 17% faster block production means blocks arrive more frequently but carry proportionally less data, so o...
Solana developers are targeting a reduction in block time to 250 milliseconds, cutting the current interval by about 50 milliseconds and potentially increasing block production speed by nearly 17%. This change is still a proposal without confirmed ac...
Cryptocurrency markets display varied price changes, with Bitcoin trading above $81,000, up 4.2%. Ethereum and Binance Coin also rise by 5.68% and 3.18% respectively. Several altcoins such as AVAX and ENA see significant gains, with AVAX up 15.83% an...
