Avalanche block verification is now 100x faster
Avalanche (@avax) has rolled out one of the most significant performance upgrades in its history. Since the Helicon upgrade activated on mainnet on September 22, the network's C-Chain now ver
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Who is Denelle Dixon, the former Mozilla COO and current CEO of Stellar's foundation?
From Law Firms to Blockchain @DenelleDixon has led the @StellarOrg since May 2019, serving as CEO and executive director of the nonprofit that supports the Stellar network. Her path to the ro
Polygon's new checkout takes any token and pays merchants in cash
@0xPolygon has expanded its Open Money Stack with a new Crypto Checkout feature, a "Pay with Crypto" button designed to sit directly inside a merchant's existing checkout flow. The addition m
HSBC Names Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin ‘HSBC RedCoin’
HSBC unveiled the official name of its forthcoming Hong Kong dollar stablecoin on Tuesday, September 30, calling it HSBC RedCoin ahead of a launch planned before the end of the year, accordin
ESMA Calls for Advertising Rules on Crypto Influencers: Six Changes Now Sitting With the EU Commission
The European securities watchdog ESMA submitted its response to the review of the crypto regulation MiCA to the EU Commission on September 30, 2026. In it the authority calls for, among other
Ethereum Glamsterdam: On October 6 Sepolia Forks, Not the Mainnet, the Next Step for Your ETH
Ethereum Glamsterdam does not start on the mainnet on October 6, 2026, but on the Sepolia testnet. For your ETH on an exchange or in a wallet that day therefore means precisely nothing: no sw
Compliance paperwork turned into a selling point on Cardano
Open Food Chain, a consortium partner of the Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF), is anchoring verified supply chain data on @Cardano and surfacing it to shoppers through a QR code printed on pr
Algorand just hit a new level in Decentralization
Validator Count Reaches New Weekly High The @Algorand network hit a new weekly peak of 1,556 active validators as of September 29, 2026, according to data from Chainspect. That represents a 0
Coinbase is building the financial account for Super Intelligence
@Coinbase is developing a financial architecture designed specifically for artificial superintelligence and autonomous AI agents, a structure that gives non-human entities access to a native
Arc opens USDC buying, lending, and borrowing to apps
Three kits, one stablecoin-native stack @arc, Circle's layer-1 blockchain, has shipped three new developer kits designed to give apps a ready-made toolkit for buying, earning on, and borrowin
Injective Combines Stock Incentives Tokens Into Burn Protocol Process
Injective Adds Tokenized Stock Rewards to Its Burn Program @Injective has launched its first "Stockdrop," a new initiative that distributes tokenized stocks directly to users who participate
$766 Million Lost to Crypto Hacks in One Month: What It Means for Your Custody
The security firm CertiK published its monthly tally on September 30, 2026, and it reads worse than any month before it this year: crypto platforms and their users lost around $766.4 million