Crypto
Solana sets Oct. 21 Alpenglow upgrade with 150ms finality target
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
Solana’s developers have scheduled the Alpenglow consensus upgrade for Oct. 21, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality while asking validators and application operators to prepare for changes
BTC USD Touched $83,000 With Everything Going Its Way, and Still Could Not Hold It
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
BTC USD reached $83,009 during the session before handing most of the move back, and now trades at $82,202, up 0.38% over 24 hours with
JPMorgan’s JPM Coin Lands on Ethereum With Support for Transfers Across Two Networks
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
JPMorgan is expanding its onchain payment ambitions with JPM Coin on Ethereum. JPMorgan has expanded its JPM Coin deposit token to Ethereum to give
Strive Bitcoin holdings top 36,800 BTC after another $100M purchase
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
Strive has purchased another 1,223 Bitcoin for approximately $100 million, raising its total holdings to 36,818 BTC as the Nasdaq-listed company continues expanding its cryptocurrency
BlackRock wants tokenized funds to back traditional Wall Street trades
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
BlackRock has identified the use of tokenized investment funds as trading collateral in traditional financial markets as a potential next application for blockchain technology, building
Bitcoin Eyes $83K as ‘Black Monday’ Prediction Fizzles: Market Watch
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
ARB and RAY has rocketed the most over the past day, while TIA and STRK have posted the biggest losses. After dipping to $80,500
Vitalik Buterin proposes a new way to handle Ethereum cryptography
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has backed EIP-8288 as a proposed way to support complex cryptography without repeatedly adding new verification functions to Ethereum, arguing that
Sam Altman’s World Targets Deepfake Fraud With New Banking Tools
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
WLD remains nearly 96% below its record high, even as World expands its verification technology into Zoom meetings and financial workplaces. World, the iris-scanning
5 events that could move Bitcoin this week
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
Bitcoin has entered the October 19–23 trading week near $82,500 after briefly falling below $80,000, with five scheduled US economic and corporate developments drawing attention
What’s Next for XRP After Holding Key Support?
- By Adam Forsyth
- . October 19, 2026
XRP has extended its decline into a key demand zone near $1.30, giving up more of September’s recovery. While nearby support could trigger a relief