xChange is an onchain trading engine and unified execution layer for xStocks issued on Solana and Ethereum.
The platform is live on multiple EVM chains and powers the majority of token launches on Base, via integrations with apps like Zora and Bankr.
The increase follows a mining fleet expansion as the firm focuses on accumulating bitcoin through large-scale self-mining.
The company said its validator network grew to 33,568 unique wallets in February, up from about 31,000 announced earlier in the month.
Users will be able to purchase official IPO shares with “real, direct ownership on Solana," through a partnership with Superstate.
Solana's record monthly stablecoin transaction volume follows growing appetite for retail payments infrastructure over memecoins.
The expansion will support American Bitcoin's strategy of accumulating BTC below spot prices after posting a 53% gross margin in Q4.
Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focused data centers.
The Pump.fun mobile app is adding support for tokens launched on rival token generators and other non-Pump-native assets.
The Glamsterdam upgrade will boost Ethereum's censorship-resistance, but a proposed mechanism called ePBS could cause centralization.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The binary tree proposal is a concrete, in-progress effort, while the VM transition remains more speculative and lacks broad consensus among developers.
BIP-110, formerly known as BIP-444, is a controversial proposal that would restrict certain ways of storing data on the Bitcoin blockchain.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Starknet plans to launch strkBTC, a bitcoin-based asset that enables shielded balances and transfers while preserving DeFi composability.
The Ethereum Foundation’s "strawmap" outlines seven forks by 2029, targeting faster slots, reduced finality, and post-quantum upgrades.
Shedding over 17,000 BTC worth of bitcoin ETF shares, Brevan Howard was the firm that reduced its exposure most.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its ether treasury, targeting about 70,000 ETH to generate rewards for operations.
The Ethereum Foundation named former DELV CEO Charles St. Louis as DeFi Protocol Specialist and ivangbi as DeFi Coordinator.
Pacific Backbone initiative will develop a high-speed, low-latency network connecting Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
Hanwha Asset Management has partnered with the Jito Foundation to explore JitoSOL-based exchange-traded products in South Korea.
The tokenized shares were issued by the BNP Paribas’ AssetFoundryTM platform using a "permissioned access model on Ethereum."
FOCIL was officially “scheduled for inclusion” as the consensus-layer (CL) headliner for the upcoming Hegota upgrade, targeted for late 2026.
Bitcoin mining difficulty jumped 14.7% to 144.4T in a record absolute increase as hashrate rebounded after U.S. winter storm curtailments.
This lifetime transaction total includes about $3.5 billion in onchain trading activity across Solana, Ethereum, and TON.
Institutional ownership of Sharplink’s common stock has grown to 46% as of Dec. 31, according to the latest available 13F filings.
CME Group will begin offering 24/7 cryptocurrency futures and options trading on May 29 as volumes hit record highs.
Voltage launched a USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning Network revolving credit line following a $1 million institutional Lightning transaction.
Soil has launched what it describes as the first compliant real-world asset-backed yield protocol on XRP Ledger for RLUSD.