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CZ responds to BNB Chain's new L1 plan targeting 200ms blocks, a shared BNB token, and a public testnet in late 2026 ahead of a planned 2027 launch.
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Initia has halted its layer-1 blockchain and rollups after security researcher Spreek reported unauthorized token minting and approximately $2.6 million cashed out by an attacker. Initia confirmed in its Oct. 23 statement that the suspension took effect at 3:41:30 p.m.…
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Starknet voters back research into an independent quantum-resistant L1 with 93.52% support, but leaving Ethereum still requires a separate governance vote.
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Starknet opens a seven-day vote on studying a move away from Ethereum to build an independent blockchain designed to resist future quantum attacks.
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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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MANTRA
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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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