How Ethereum plans to hit 8-second finality by 2030
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum could reach 8-32 second finality by 2030 with 4-8 second slots, as apps compute offchain and the chain verifies proofs.
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White hats move 52.37 BTC from Coldcard hack into Wyoming recovery trust
White-hat rescuers moved 52.37 BTC from the Coldcard exploit into a Crypto Recovery Trust address, and victims can search their wallet addresses on the trust's claims site.
Nearly $19M in XRP drained from 6,678 DCENT-linked wallets in six waves
Nearly 11.75 million XRP was drained from 6,678 wallets tied to the DCENT App Wallet in six waves between Sept. 15 and Sept. 20.
Not a stablecoin: Canada’s six biggest banks explore a tokenized Canadian dollar
Canada's six largest banks are jointly exploring a tokenized Canadian-dollar deposit system, and it is not a stablecoin. How the two
Eclair 0.14.3 patches Lightning flaws that could drain node balances to miner fees
ACINQ's Eclair 0.14.3 patches three Lightning vulnerabilities, including one that could send a node's entire channel balance to miners as fees.
World splits in two: World Money separates finance from identity
World has split its identity and financial services into two apps, with World Money handling payments, trading and earning in more than 150 countries.
Solana cuts slot time to 250 milliseconds in latest SIMD-0525 stage
Solana cut its target slot time to 250 milliseconds at the start of epoch 1037, trading per-slot compute limits for fresher data rather than higher throughput.
$345 Million Liquidated as Zcash Short Squeeze Rips Through Leveraged Traders
Zcash jumped to roughly $1,350 and $345 million in crypto liquidations followed, with shorts bearing $208 million of the pain after Matt Huang disclosed Paradigm's ZEC holdings.
Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 backs both rival AI payment standards
Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 adds Stripe-Tempo MPP, x402, and Open Wallet Standard support, letting AI agents pay with XRP and RLUSD.
CLARITY Act fails Senate vote, stalling crypto industry’s US regulatory push
The Senate rejected the CLARITY Act 49-50 on September 15, and an estimated $100M-$225M in crypto lobbying could not bridge the gap between a May committee win and a September floor defeat.