Solana testnet upgrade aims for near-instant finality as trading hits new highs
Solana has started public testing of its Alpenglow consensus upgrade, pushing to cut transaction finality from seconds to milliseconds as SOL price and on-chain trading reach yearly peaks.
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Altcoin trading squeezed as RWA perpetuals set new volume records
Daily trading in real-world asset perpetuals hit $18.8 billion, eating into altcoin market share. Wallet data shows most traders stick to one asset class, with only a small group moving between crypto and traditional markets.
Mastercard and SoFi Bank roll out stablecoin settlement for card payments
SoFi Bank and Mastercard have switched on SoFiUSD settlement for debit and credit cards, aiming for more than $25 billion in yearly volume. But the real amount settled in stablecoin is still unknown, so the true impact is up in the air.
Vitalik Buterin pushes blockchains to proof-based verification
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin says blockchains are moving away from every node repeating all computations. New cryptographic tools like zero-knowledge proofs and FHE could let networks check results without redoing all the work.
