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Ethereum's latest Fusaka upgrade has driven transaction costs to their lowest levels since 2017, marking significant progress in solving the network's persistent scalability challenges. Meanwhile, Vitalik Buterin has proposed an innovative on-chain gas futures market to help users hedge against fee volatility.

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted DTCC's subsidiary a no-action letter to operate a tokenization service for traditional financial assets. The program, set to begin in the second half of 2026, marks a major step toward mainstream adoption of blockchain technology in traditional finance.

Bitcoin has recovered to the $93,000 level after briefly dipping below $90K following the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision. While BTC shows signs of stabilization, most altcoins remain under significant selling pressure, reflecting ongoing market uncertainty.

Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in the catastrophic collapse of Terra Luna, which wiped out over $40 billion in investor funds and devastated hundreds of thousands of retail investors worldwide.

Coinbase announces support for direct access to a Solana decentralized exchange, expanding DeFi usability and accelerating CeFi–DeFi convergence. 

Solana’s realized profit/loss ratio has fallen into loss-taking territory, accompanied by declining liquidity — a developing on-chain trend suggesting market participants may be shifting sentiment. 

Oxbridge Re Holdings and Alphaledger announce a strategic partnership to bring tokenized real-world asset (RWA) solutions, including reinsurance products, into the Solana ecosystem. 

J.P. Morgan has arranged a U.S. commercial paper issuance for Galaxy Digital on the Solana public blockchain, highlighting growing institutional adoption of decentralized protocols.