Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Reaches Sepolia as the Mainnet Window Narrows
The largest protocol change since the Merge forks on Sepolia around 21 September, leaving client teams roughly six weeks to find what testnets always find late.
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MiCA's next challenge: Regulating DeFi lending vaults
MiCA left crypto lending outside its original rulebook — but now Brussels is considering whether to bring it in. On May 20, 2026, the European Commission asked stakeholders to weigh in on areas left outside the original…
Solana reduces slot time to 350 ms
Solana reduced its slot time to 350 milliseconds, marking the first such reduction since the inception of the network, according to the Solana Foundation’s vice president of technology, Jacob Creech. “We’re in a new era…
Fidelity Files to Add Staking for Its Ethereum ETF
Fidelity Investments plans to add staking to its spot Ether exchange-traded product, the Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH), according to its Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The asset…
BIP-110 Branch Stalls After Two Blocks as Gap Widens
Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled at block 961,633 on Sunday after producing only two blocks, while the non-enforcing chain advanced to 961,721, widening the gap to 88 blocks. According to the BIP-110 monitor…
CleanSpark Q3 Revenue Misses Estimates, Shares Slip
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark reported $138 million in revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The $138 million represented a 30.5% year-over-year decrease from $198 million, according to its…
Moscow Added to Russia's Crypto Mining Ban
Latest News Published Aug 1, 2026 Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions. Russia has expanded its…
Hungary Drops Validator Rule as CoinCash Wins MiCA License
Hungary is rolling back strict crypto rules as CoinCash prepares to resume services after receiving authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The Hungarian parliament voted to…
Lido's Upgrade Could Cut Ethereum Validators by One-Third
Lido upgrade aims to slash Ethereum’s validator count by one-third Latest News Published Jul 28, 2026 Lido launched Curated Module v2, an upgrade that could reduce Ethereum’s validator count by one-third by…
Cardano Activates van Rossem Hard Fork
Cardano has activated its van Rossem hard fork as of Saturday, upgrading the Cardano mainnet to version 11, which is expected to lower smart contract execution costs and lay the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major…
Saylor and Back Reject BIP-110 Fork
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor and Blockstream CEO Adam Back have doubled down on their opposition to BIP-110, a proposed temporary fork to limit non-monetary transactions on the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin…
Zcash Schedules Ironwood Upgrade for July 28
Zcash’s Ironwood network upgrade, the solution to an “infinity” bug discovered in May on the privacy-focused blockchain’s main private transaction pool, Orchard, is set to go live on July 28. Announced in June, Ironwood…