Solana Activates 350-Millisecond Slots on Mainnet
Solana has activated a mainnet feature that cuts its target slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, the network’s first slot-time reduction since its inception. The change shortens the window for leaders to complete blocks and is intended to give users faster transaction confirmations…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Bitcoin Posts Biggest Week Since 2024 as Trump Pushes Senate on CLARITY Act
Bitcoin rose to its highest level in three months on Friday, capping a three-day rally that lifted every major token and broke a seven-week range, after President Donald Trump pressed the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act at a White House meeting with crypto executives on Wednesday. The Senate has a… Read the full story […]
Circle Targets Sept. 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
Circle says Arc is on track for a Sept. 16 public mainnet launch that would open its production blockchain to users and applications while keeping block production within a permissioned validator set. In a separate post on X, Circle reported more than half a billion testnet transactions, nearly 3… Read the full story at The […]
Illuvium Team Cuts Wages To Extend Runway
Illuvium’s team has agreed to reduce its wages again to preserve the studio’s runway, which co-founder Kieran Warwick now puts at more than 12 months, he said Friday. The cut buys Illuvium past August 2027 on Warwick’s own numbers, at a point when crypto gaming studios are closing. Proof of Play… Read the full story […]
MANTRA Halts Chain, Blames Cosmos EVM Module
MANTRA halted its Layer 1 blockchain late Thursday after what the team called an incident in the chain’s Cosmos EVM module, and said on Friday morning it had found the root cause and contained the threat. The network is still down. MANTRA disclosed the halt at 8:10 p.m. ET on Aug. 20, saying all… Read […]
Judge Keeps Sun’s World Liberty Claims In Court
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday kept TRON founder Justin Sun’s individual claims against World Liberty Financial in a public courtroom, declining the Trump family crypto venture’s request to route the whole dispute into private arbitration. The forum decides how much of the dispute… Read the full story at The Defiant