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Binance estimates $6.3B impact in security incident
Binance estimates a security incident affected about $6.3 billion, with roughly $3 billion frozen on-chain; withdrawals remain paused during security checks.
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Polygon brings Solana into its Open Money Stack
Polygon added Solana to Open Money Stack, connecting bank and card funding, stablecoin transfers and payouts so businesses can keep settlement on Solana.
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How omnichain transfers move game NFTs between chains
Omnichain game NFTs move through burn-and-mint or lock-and-mint flows, but item identity, metadata and destination-game support determine what arrives.
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MetaMask adds Stellar as a default network
MetaMask has made Stellar a default network in Mobile and Extension, adding recovery phrase-derived addresses and access to XLM and other Stellar assets.
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Coinbase adds RLUSD across retail, Exchange and Prime
Coinbase has added Ripple’s RLUSD to its app, Exchange and Prime, with transfers on three networks and 1:1 conversion, widening access for retail and institutional clients.
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Solana activates Alpenglow, targeting 150ms transaction finality
Solana activated Alpenglow on Oct. 21, replacing TowerBFT and targeting 150ms finality, which could let wallets and merchants treat payments as settled sooner.
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Aviva puts £22bn sterling fund share class on XRP Ledger
Aviva Investors and Ripple put a tokenized share class of the £22bn Sterling Liquidity Fund on XRPL, extending the manager's onchain money-market offering.
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Aviva and Ripple tokenise £22bn sterling fund on XRPL
Aviva and Ripple have launched a tokenised share class of Aviva’s £22bn sterling fund on XRPL, adding an on-chain access layer to an existing UCITS fund.
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Solana activates Alpenglow, targeting 150ms finality
Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT with Votor and targeting 150ms finality, a shift that changes validator consensus while leaving execution intact.
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Solana activates Alpenglow, targeting 150ms finality
Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT with certificate-based voting that targets 150ms finality while leaving wallets, fees and apps unchanged.