In brief Solana’s target slot time—the window a validator gets to produce a block—dropped from 300 milliseconds to 250 on Friday, the …
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Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
by shayaanby shayaanNU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning …
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The FCA reportedly held talks with trading platforms as Britons turn to Polymarket and Kalshi, though its public position still supports the …
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Stripe is reportedly closing in on one of the biggest deals in its history, with Bloomberg reporting that the payments giant has …
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Web3
MEXC July TradFi Trading Shifts Toward AI Storage as SNDK Futures Volume Surges More Than 15x Times
by shayaanby shayaanMUTSAMUDU, Comoros, August 13th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its July TradFi trading data. Monthly …
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Regulation
Crypto Advocates Contact Congress 1 Million Times as CLARITY Act Pressure Builds
by shayaanby shayaanGrassroots Network Renews Pressure on Congress Stand With Crypto, a U.S. crypto advocacy organization that says it has around 3 million registered …
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South Korea’s stock exchange (KRX) has activated its 38th trading pause this year after more downward volatility crashed the price of the …
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Meta (Nasdaq:META) executives and directors have unloaded roughly $130 million of company stock over the past six months. Across the same half …
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Markets
Bitcoin’s compute power dwarfs top 100 supercomputers by 600k times, says Bittensor co-founder
by shayaanby shayaanAla Shaabana explains how using Bitcoin network’s coordinate-and-reward playbook can bust open corporate monopolies on AI. www.coindesk.com
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Mining
Bitcoin Difficulty Falls 2.3% as Hashrate Slips Below 1 ZH/s and Block Times Slow
by shayaanby shayaanKey Takeaways: Bitcoin difficulty fell 2.3% on May 1, marking 6 cuts in 2026 as hashrate dipped below 1 ZH/s. Over the …