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Ethereum’s EEZ has completed an atomic L1-to-L2 mainnet test carrying 0.001 ETH, allowing linked actions to succeed or fail together.
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XT Exchange has listed Ri-Nn (RIN), the native coin of Ri-Nn Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain whose development plans focus on connecting physical devices with on-chain activity. Victoria, Seychelles, September 26, 2026 – RIN/USDT spot trading opened on September…
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Avalanche Treasury Co. CEO Bart Smith has warned that AI agents could strain Layer 1 block space as automated financial activity moves onchain and traditional markets adopt longer trading hours. AI agents could test available block space The Block reported…
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Wirex has integrated Tempo as a settlement option for enterprise stablecoin cards, offering sub-second finality and stablecoin fees.
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The Ethereum Foundation has published ratings for 62 Hegotá proposals after collecting 397 assessments from about 60 protocol specialists across nine teams. The Ethereum Foundation said in a Sept. 7 post on X that its Protocol Cluster had released two…
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Harmony has told ONE holders to leave smart contracts by Sept. 10 because liquidity pools, multisig vaults and on-chain applications cannot move to Ethereum under its proposed network closure. Harmony said users do not need to file a claim for…
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ARK researcher Lorenzo Valente compared Ethereum, Solana and Hyperliquid with three restaurant models to assess their value capture.
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Ethereum developers warned that Glamsterdam’s gas repricing could disrupt certain L1 contracts, wallets and tools using fixed gas assumptions.
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MANTRA Chain halted validators and transactions during an incident investigation, freezing asset transfers with no restart timeline announced.
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Ethlabs urges Ethereum developers to prioritize FOCIL, faster slots, native account abstraction and L1 scaling as Hegotá scope narrows.
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has said the network’s layer 1 will leave Poseidon after an eight-year, eight-figure research effort and pursue established hash functions such as SHA-2 or BLAKE2s. Ethereum L1 turns away from Poseidon Justin Drake said in…
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Harmony is working with exchanges and weighing a rollback after an analyst reported an unauthorized 4 billion ONE mint that sent ONE lower.
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Solana now beats Ethereum on trading volume, active users, and fee revenue. Ethereum still holds the money. Halfway through 2026, the question is no longer who is faster. It is whether the two chains are even running the same race.…
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Sonic Labs has announced a leadership overhaul after the S token extended its long-running decline, with former chief technology officer Andre Cronje joining two other senior figures in stepping down from the organization’s board. According to Sonic Labs, Andre Cronje,…
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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade enters final devnet testing, bringing ePBS, Block-Level Access Lists, and gas changes before public testnets.
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XRPL’s native lending protocol enters formal verification as Ripple and Common Prefix test Layer-1 code before Mainnet validator activation.