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The Pi mainnet is running on protocol 26 on September 2, 2026. The first testnet has been on protocol 27 since August 20; the second testnet is still on 26 today. Specialist media name Septem
Silicon Network, an Ethereum layer 2 from the orbit of the South Korean exchange Korbit, is being shut down. Since September 2, 2026 the bridge has accepted no further deposits. Anyone still
Anyone still holding MKR receives 23,040 SKY per MKR on conversion today, rather than the full 24,000. The conversion contract withholds four percent. That deduction rises by another percenta
On October 2, 2026, DoubleZero releases 1,655,000,000 2Z from lock-up in a single moment. That is 16.55 percent of the maximum supply of ten billion tokens and, measured against the circulati
Two numbers are telling opposite stories about XRP right now. US spot XRP ETFs took in $110.49 million in the week ending August 28, their strongest week of 2026, pushing cumulative inflows t
If you hold CORE, one question currently comes before the price: the question of where it sits. If your holding is on an exchange, it may have been stuck since 31 August, depending on the pro
Crypto tax software costs between €39 and €999 a year depending on the provider and the number of transactions, and the pricing is not built to be compared: some bill annually, others charge
If you buy a tokenized stock today, as a rule you do not acquire ownership of the share itself but a claim against the provider that holds the real security for you. That is exactly where a p
On October 23, 2026, the one-year lock-up for early investors and core developers at Capricorn Tech comes to an end. According to the official project documentation, 92.8 million APR become f
On September 20, and again at the end of October, a new blockchain will read Bitcoin's ledger and credit every bitcoin balance with the same amount of a new coin called ECX. Your bitcoin stay
If you have liquidity sitting in an old Balancer V1 pool, you have to withdraw it yourself. Nobody can pause those pools for you. On August 31, 2026 Balancer called on liquidity providers to
If you held SAND through the bridge on Base or on BNB Smart Chain, the short answer is this: you are due to get your balance back, one for one, paid out as SAND on Ethereum. According to The
