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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Retakes $63,000 for the First Time in Two Weeks

Bitcoin rose 1.4% on July 4 to clear $63,000, a two-week high, with ether up 11.5% and solana 13.2% over seven days in thin holiday trading.

· 4 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

A Weak Payrolls Print Pushes the First Rate Hike to October

June payrolls came in at 57,000 against a 110,000 forecast, moving the first Fed hike out to October. Bitcoin held near $61,600, with solana up 17% on the week.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Anza and a16z Researchers Propose Gatling, Targeting 10ms Solana Slots

Researchers at Anza and a16z Crypto published Gatling, a design that runs nine consensus instances in parallel to produce a block proposal every 56 milliseconds, with 10ms slots as the theoretical target. It is a paper and a prototype, with no production timeline.

· 16 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Firedancer v1.0.0 Reaches Testnet, Completing Solana's C Rewrite

Firedancer reached v1.0.0 on Solana's testnet, finishing the ground-up C rewrite. It is not recommended for mainnet, where the Frankendancer hybrid still runs.

· 12 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Sheds $3B of Leverage in Two Days as Solana Hits a 2023 Low

About $3 billion of leveraged positions was liquidated over two days as bitcoin fell 4.90% to $63,682.64. Open interest dropped 8.5% to $111.4 billion, and Solana hit its lowest price since December 2023 with 94% of its liquidations long.

· 4 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Speed of Light: How Alpenglow Turns Solana Into a B2B Transport Layer

The Anza development team recently launched a major network update on the testnet. This new Solana Alpenglow upgrade radically overhauls core network protocols. Consequently, it slashes block finality…

· 29 May 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Why Solana Became the Main Playground for Meme Coin Traders in 2026

Crypto traders have seen this story before. A blockchain suddenly becomes the center of speculation, liquidity, and overnight hype. In 2026, that chain is Solana again. Over the…

· 25 May 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Wall Street Reveals Its Hand: What Will the Goldman Sachs Report Say About Crypto?

Today, April 13, 2026, Goldman Sachs releases Q1 earnings (estimated EPS: 16.34–16.86). Latest data reveals a 260M rotation into XRP and Solana, signaling a major pivot toward asset…

· 13 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read

Market

Why Funds Choose Ethereum and Solana During the Current Correction

Despite the market correction, major funds are actively increasing their positions in Ethereum and Solana. Current price levels are viewed as an attractive zone for long-term accumulation. Institutional…

· 9 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read

Markets

Why Funds Choose Ethereum and Solana During the Current Correction

Despite the broader market correction, major funds are actively increasing their positions in Ethereum and Solana -- a sign that institutional conviction in Layer-1s remains intact heading into Q2.

Alex Cipher· 9 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read

Bitcoin

Overnight Surge: How Bitcoin Gained 7.5% While Everyone Braced for a Drop

Executive summary: Bitcoin surged 7.5% overnight, hitting a local high above 72,700. Ethereum and Solana followed with double-digit moves. Here's the breakdown of what happened and why.

Alex Cipher· 8 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read

Blockchain

The End of Uncertainty: Why Solana’s Commodity Status Outweighs Any Exchange Listing

March 21, 2026. On March 17 at 2:00 PM EST, the SEC and CFTC simultaneously released a joint 68-page document. This move fundamentally rewrote the rules for the…

· 21 Mar 2026· 🕐 4 min read