Crypto Prices on August 29: BTC 3.19%↓, ENA 14.91%↓
The cryptocurrency market turned broadly weaker on Aug. 29, with Bitcoin falling back into the $77,000 range while Ethena (ENA) recorded the steepest decline among the 100 largest cryptocurre
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Kraken's late switch pushed Solana's disinflation vote over the two-thirds line
Solana validators narrowly approved a proposal to double the network’s annual disinflation rate. It cleared the two-thirds supermajority by just 0.33 percentage points after Kraken flipped mo
Spot Solana ETFs Hold 2.33% of SOL Supply as Inflows Reach 8 Days
Spot Solana ETFs now hold 2.33% of SOL's entire supply and have extended their run to an eight-day net inflow streak, marking a sustained accumulation phase for U.S.-listed SOL products. Spot
Spot Solana ETFs Hold 2.33% of SOL Supply on Inflow Streak
Spot Solana ETFs now hold 2.33% of SOL's entire supply and have logged eight straight days of net inflows, a run that points to steady institutional demand even as the concentration of tokens
Solana Validators Approve Proposal to Double Disinflation Rate to 30%
Solana validators have approved a proposal to double the network's disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, accelerating the pace at which new SOL issuance declines over time and setting the altcoi
Solana Governance Vote Favors Faster Disinflation Plan
A Solana governance vote has favored a faster disinflation plan for SOL issuance, while a competing proposal to burn roughly $800,000 worth of SOL per day trailed behind, sharpening the debat
Charles Schwab Expands Crypto Trading Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum
Charles Schwab is taking its crypto ambitions past Bitcoin and Ethereum. The brokerage giant has announced plans to expand the digital assets available in Schwab Crypto accounts, signaling a
7 Top 100x Meme Coins for 2026: IceBull Adds a Stage 1 Wild Card to the Next Bull Run
A Top 100x Meme Coins list should distinguish current momentum, established recognition, and genuinely early access. This seven-entry review includes six traded meme assets plus IceBull, a li
Avalanche validators poll a random handful of peers instead of the whole network
Why classical consensus does not scale Traditional consensus protocols require every validator to hear from every other validator before a decision is made. That works fine for small networks
BNB Chain hosts the majority of AI agent registrations tracked by 8004scan
@BNBCHAIN has emerged as the dominant network for on-chain AI agent registrations, accounting for roughly 62% of all agents tracked by @8004_scan, the multichain explorer dedicated to the ERC
Hedera tokens enforce their rules through keys assigned at creation
On Ethereum, a token is a smart contract. Every rule it enforces is code that someone wrote, audited, and deployed. @hedera takes a fundamentally different approach. Tokens as Native Ledger E
Solana cuts block time to 300ms in second speed upgrade this month
Solana has activated its second mainnet block-time reduction this month, cutting the target slot time from 350ms to 300ms. The change went live today, one week after the network made its firs