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Crypto Economy and CryptoSlate agree Solana's mainnet slot time drops from 400ms to 350ms at epoch 1020, but disagree on whether this quadruples network throughput or leaves the theoretical compute ceiling essentially unchanged.

A fourth regulatory amendment sets a 1.10% management fee and lays out how staking rewards will be handled. Canary Capital has submitted its fourth amendment to regulators for a proposed exchange-traded fund built around staked TRX, the native token of the Tron blockchain.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argues Washington cannot delay market structure rules much longer, ahead of a pending Senate vote. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said crypto regulatory clarity in the United States is arriving one way or another, as the Senate prepares to vote on market structure legislation.

CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania value the BounceBit exploit at $286.5 million, while Protos values the same 286 million BB token movement at just over $3.1 million. CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania value the BounceBit exploit at $286.5 million, while Protos values the same 286 million BB token movement at just over $3.1 million.

The digital asset firm used part of its Ethereum holdings to clear borrowing, leaving thin cash reserves on hand. BTCS Inc. repaid $8.2 million in debt to Aave, the decentralized lending protocol, using Ethereum held on its balance sheet.

Reports of large ETH sales raise questions about whether buyers can absorb the pressure Not every large Ethereum holder is accumulating right now. Several reports this week point to significant ETH sales by wallets often labeled "whales" in on-chain analytics circles.

Four of our published records picked up new publishers, gained detail, or exposed unresolved figures within a day of first appearing. Four of our published records picked up new publishers, gained detail, or exposed unresolved figures within a day of first appearing.

The company's validator support for the proposed change coincided with a sharp rally in XRP's price. Ripple has voted to support a major amendment as part of the XRP Ledger's upcoming 3.3.0 upgrade, according to a report from CoinGape.

The network reduced how quickly it processes new blocks, marking its first such adjustment since going live. Solana has reduced its slot time to 350 milliseconds, according to multiple reports on August 21. A slot represents the fixed window in which validators produce and confirm a new block.

The memecoin hit its highest price since May, outpacing gains in Bitcoin and Solana over the past week. PEPE, the memecoin built on Ethereum, has risen 25% over the past week, according to data cited by multiple crypto outlets.

The update gives the wallet's large user base direct access to one of the busiest stablecoin networks in crypto. Bitcoin.com Wallet has integrated native support for TRON, the company confirmed. The update lets users store, send, and receive TRX, TRON's native token, alongside USDT issued under the TRC20 standard.

The new mechanism aims to auction transaction order flow openly on Solana, addressing longstanding MEV concerns. Flowra has launched what it calls an Open Orderflow Auction built for the Solana blockchain, according to reports from Invezz and CoinJournal published on August 21, 2026.

Large holders accumulated hundreds of millions of XRP as the token snapped a months-long slide. XRP has pushed through a downtrend that had weighed on the token for months, according to reports from Invezz and crypto.news. Both outlets pointed to renewed buying interest as the catalyst behind the shift in momentum.

A token reallocation worth roughly $49 million shifts previously earmarked OP supply away from user allocations and into the Foundation's hands. The Optimism Foundation now controls 546.9 million OP tokens that had previously been designated for users, according to reporting on the reallocation.

A bullish price call collides with technical warnings after Ethereum's relative strength index climbs to 86 Ethereum's price trajectory is drawing renewed attention from analysts after a recent rally pushed the token toward a widely watched psychological level.

Only a handful of today's stories have an actual transmission channel into price before markets open, and this edition sorts those from the rest. Only a handful of today's stories have an actual transmission channel into price before markets open, and this edition sorts those from the rest.

Fund flow trackers reported a sharp jump in ETH purchases through U.S. spot exchange-traded funds this week. Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds absorbed a large single-day wave of buying this week, marking the strongest daily inflow the category has seen in ten months.

A new survey ties public disapproval to reported crypto gains of roughly $1.4 billion tied to the Trump family. A majority of Americans view President Trump's crypto-related earnings as inappropriate, according to a new Reuters poll.