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Cronos’s parallel execution engine was benchmarked at up to 60,000 transactions per second. However, in the same 24-hour period evaluated, the entire chain processed roughly 79,000 transactions total. That gap provides the clearest starting point for examining the Cronos EVM v1.8 mainnet upgrade, targeted for October 22, 2026, alongside its claims of shipping parallel execution.Reviewing Cronos’s release notes, developer blog posts, and code changes helps separate new architectural updates from existing features, while establishing how to independently verify parallel execution claims.The Upgrade Breakdown and Key Architectural ScopeThe Cronos EVM v1.8 upgrade targets mainnet deployment on October 22, 2026. According to…

TL;DR: Circle says it generated roughly $1.4 billion in first-half 2026 revenue while spending $819 million on distribution partners and related costs. The disclosure highlights the expense of building a widely used stablecoin payment network. Circle’s USDC business is generating substantial revenue, but its latest disclosures show how much of that income is needed to support distribution and infrastructure. The stablecoin issuer reported approximately $1.4 billion of revenue in the first half of 2026. It said around $819 million went to partners and transaction-related costs, while another $473 million supported operational, compliance and technology spending. That leaves a much smaller…

TLDR: Ethereum Derivatives carried $30.59 billion in futures open interest, although the aggregate book slipped 0.42% during the latest 24-hour period. Calls represented 61.75% of Ethereum options open interest, but 24-hour put volume narrowly exceeded call volume, showing balanced near-term flow. Long liquidations exceeded short liquidations over both 24-hour and 12-hour windows, while positive funding kept leveraged bulls paying shorts. Max pain levels differed across Deribit, OKX, and Binance for October and December, so they do not form one market-wide price target. Ethereum derivatives are sending mixed messages as ETH trades inside a weekly range. The token moved between $2,324…

Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, let people trade crypto straight from their own wallets. No company holds the funds and no account is needed. Smart contracts handle each trade. This article gathers the latest DEX statistics from DefiLlama, CoinGecko and other sources. It covers spot volume, perpetual futures volume, market share, blockchains, fees, liquidity and hacks. Each figure carries its time window, because DEX volume changes from week to week. A quick note on terms. Spot trading means swapping one token for another. Perpetual futures, or perps, let traders take leveraged positions on a price without owning the asset. Key DEX…

TLDR: Circle plans to enter about 40 emerging markets as demand for digital-dollar payments grows across developing economies worldwide. The proposed $400 million Tazapay stock deal would add local payout connections across more than 100 markets, pending a 2027 closing. First-half revenue and reserve income reached $1.395 billion, while distribution, transaction and other costs totaled $819.3 million. CRCL gained 9.33% on October 15 after recovering 15.5% from its daily low, before falling 5.46% the next session to close at $82.22. Circle plans to enter about 40 emerging and developing markets as demand for USDC payments spreads beyond cryptocurrency trading. Chief…

Key highlights:Nebius (NBIS) fell ~20% over two sessions as Gartner warned $3.5T+ in planned AI infrastructure spending could face impairment by 2030The selloff spread across AI infrastructure as CoreWeave -9.5% (bonds yielding above 15%), IREN -12.18%, Applied Digital -9.43%, and Oracle -8.8%Nebius faces additional scrutiny over its $4.5B convertible debt offering and insider share sales with results due Oct. 22Nebius shares extended their decline on Thursday as concerns over rising borrowing costs, mounting debt across the AI infrastructure sector It also comes as a warning about potential overcapacity and added pressure on companies investing billions of dollars in artificial intelligence.NBIS stock,…

LayerZero Labs has introduced Aerie, a research system that its developers say can aggregate 32,768 quantum-resistant Falcon signatures in 0.65 seconds on an Apple laptop without GPU acceleration. Summary 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures were aggregated in 0.65 seconds using 16 worker threads. Aerie’s standard aggregate includes retained signature data, with a smaller shared-salt version requiring extra conditions. The researchers report faster proof generation than leanVM, while leanVM’s proofs verified faster. NIST lists Falcon as undergoing standardization, separately from its finalized ML-DSA signature standard. LayerZero’s Oct. 16 announcement identifies researchers from its own team, a16z crypto research, Carnegie Mellon University, and Imperial…

Bitcoin is often the first asset people name when they ask what a small sum could become. The data from the past decade shows a very large gain for buyers who held on. It also shows price drops that tested nearly every holder. This article draws on figures from Bitbo, The Motley Fool, CNBC Make It, BitradeX and Pocket Option. Every number comes from those pages unless the text says it was calculated. Where the sources disagree, the article says so. The sections below cover the current price, the 10-year result, returns by buy date, risk, and the math behind…

Bitwise has nine single-coin ETFs in the US. Its December filing named eleven coins, and only two have made it to market. Count what’s left and you get nine again, so the next Bitwise ETF is probably already sitting in that queue.I like this kind of arithmetic because it turns a guessing game into a shortlist. Instead of asking which coin deserves an ETF, you can ask which filed coin has the strongest case, and the data gives a fairly clear answer.Bitwise’s Nine ETFs and What They CoverBitwise’s own funds page lists nine single-asset products: Bitcoin (BITB), Ethereum (ETHW), XRP…

World Liberty Financial’s WLFI staking dashboard displays 54.18 million tokens locked, whereas Jupiter registers over one billion JUP staked. At first glance, the first figure looks modest while the second appears massive. Neither number carries much meaning, however, until each is evaluated relative to its actual circulating supply.Comparing Two Distinct Staking Programs and TermsWLFI staking officially went live on October 1, 2026. According to the official World Liberty Financial staking portal, participants earn potential rewards paid in USD1, the project’s native stablecoin, drawn from a shared distribution pool. New stakes require a minimum 180-day lockup period, and rewards remain non-guaranteed.…