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Bowe proposes ending Zcash’s automatic grants funding
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposes ending automatic funding for Zcash Community Grants (ZCG), which holds 91,452.98 ZEC and $8.8 million in U.S. dollar-denominated assets.
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Beyond BTC and ETH — Solana, XRP and the rest of the altcoin market.
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Zcash proposal targets quantum links in shielded pools
New Zcash proposals, Flock and Zakura, aim to protect shielded transactions from quantum attacks by enabling recovery for privacy pools and one-time viewing keys.
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DATA Network retires its chain for Sui after $30M investment
DATA Network is abandoning its independent blockchain and moving its AI training data protocol to Sui, backed by a $30 million investment from the Sui Foundation.
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XRP Ledger patches bug that could have minted 180 times its supply
An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine, present since 2015, could have minted 18 trillion XRP, 180 times its supply, before being patched by RippleX.
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Solana Foundation launches institutional DvP settlement program
The Solana Foundation launched an open-source DvP settlement program for financial institutions, aiming for atomic transactions and finality in seconds.
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Zcash NU7 testnet cuts target block time to 25 seconds
Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on a public test network, reducing target block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, a 66.67% reduction.
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Kraken adds DEBIT, OUSD, CT and WOJAK
Kraken has expanded its trading lineup by adding DEBIT, OUSD, Concrete's CT, and WOJAK, rolling out the four tokens on September 30 and October 2, 2026.
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Solana pitches permissionless compute and machine payments for AI
Solana's blog post details a four-layer AI stack for permissionless compute and machine payments, proposing on-chain settlement for AI operations.
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Arbitrum proposal adds an L1 recovery vote with a 25-day timelock
A new Arbitrum proposal introduces an L1 recovery vote with a 25-day timelock, allowing repairs on Ethereum if L2 governance and Security Council fail.
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Kraken flags SUI, ALEO and transfer delays at once
Kraken experienced simultaneous funding disruptions for SUI, ALEO, and internal transfers on October 2, following September delays across 23 services.
