Vitalik Buterin and Anatoly Yakovenko debate whether Ethereum’s Layer-2 networks truly ensure security and decentralization. A public exchange between Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has gotten attention in the X crypto community. The debate centered on the level of security that Ethereum’s Layer 2 (L2) networks offer. Security and Centralization…
The issuers used an automatic SEC rule to launch the ETFs despite parts of the U.S. government being shut down. The U.S. market is about to welcome its first spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), and Hedera (HBAR). The funds, issued by Bitwise, Canary Capital, and Grayscale, are set to start…
Hong Kong investors will soon access Solana via ChinaAMC’s first spot ETF, which joins the company’s existing Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Hong Kong’s financial regulator has granted approval for ChinaAMC’s spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF), setting the stage for its debut next Monday. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) confirmed on its website…
Hype around Solana and XRP ETFs appears to have cooled, with inflows tapering to $93.3 million and $61.6 million as traders reassess the market. Even as crypto prices dipped following renewed US-China tariff tensions, investors poured $3.17 billion into digital asset funds last week. The week closed quietly with just $159 million in outflows…
The self-custodial wallet will now allow SOL purchases with fiat. The Layer-1 (L1) blockchain, which powers internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications, is at the center of a collaboration between industry giants. The “everything wallet” teams up with a leading payments framework provider. Extending The Reach Into Web3 In a press release shared with…
Solana plans to raise block capacity from 60M to 100M Compute Units under SIMD-0286, boosting throughput by 66% to reduce congestion. The Solana blockchain is reportedly gearing up for another major scalability leap, with its block capacity poised to go from 60 million to 100 million Compute Units (CUs) under the SIMD-0286 upgrade first…
Are Wall Street’s rapid ETF approvals rewarding corporate tokens, and not grassroots decentralized networks? Wall Street’s push to approve altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this October, dubbed “Cointober” by some analysts, is drawing renewed attention to the growing institutional appetite for cryptocurrency. This has also raised questions about decentralization versus institutional validation. Cointober Frenzy According…
Jesse Pollak and Anatoly Yakovenko clashed on X over whether meme coins and NFTs have inherent value or are just speculative “digital slop.” Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko is once again at the center of a heated debate. This time for branding meme coins and NFTs as “digital slop” in a public back-and-forth with Base…
Despite delays, experts say the approval of several altcoin ETFs, including Solana’s, are “really 100% now.” Industry observers have warned that a potential U.S. government shutdown could push spot Solana (SOL) ETF approvals past October. The recent introduction of new listing standards is also adding further uncertainty to the timeline because the experts don’t know…
Token unlocks worth $686M across SUI, SOL, and others could impact markets this week as fresh supply enters circulation and BTC stabilizes. A fresh wave of token unlocks is set to hit the crypto market this week, with over $686 million worth of assets entering circulating supplies. The releases are arriving just as Bitcoin (BTC)…
