Latest Technology crypto news, drawn from two or more publishers, with short briefs and links to the original reports.
Developers have raised concerns that the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade could break existing smart contracts due to new gas pricing rules. Security researchers estimate around 200,000 contracts may be affected.
Stellar activated its Protocol 30 Bell upgrade on the testnet on November 3. The upgrade adds smart‑account features for enterprises, including muxed contract addresses.
The Zcash network activated the NU7 upgrade at block height 3,543,405. The upgrade disables version 4 transactions. This change leaves thousands of ZEC in the legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable.
Ethereum developers have postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet.
Solana Labs released a beta mobile trading app named Leap. The app allows users to trade tokenized stocks, exchange-traded funds, metals, currencies, and crypto from a single interface.
Bitcoin developers expect the next soft fork to be the Great Consensus Cleanup, known as BIP-54. The upgrade targets four lingering flaws in Bitcoin consensus rules.
On November 2, the New York Stock Exchange announced that four transfer agents, Broadridge, Computershare, Equiniti and Superstate, joined its network for a planned tokenized securities venue.
Tesla and SpaceX have joined a growing list of companies objecting to third-party tokenized stock listings on the planned OKXICE venue.
Standard Chartered launched a blockchain-based tokenized deposits service in Hong Kong. The system allows corporate clients to move account balances around the clock.
Fifty publicly traded companies have objected to having their shares tokenized on OKXICE. Nvidia, Nike, Costco, Micron, and Reddit are among the 12 companies added to the opposition list since October 28.
Phase launched its new Layer 1 blockchain alongside the Phase Proxy service. The network lets smartphone users earn PHASE tokens by validating transactions and sharing internet connections.
Midnight has recorded over one million cumulative mainnet transactions. On-chain activity climbed sharply in October following the introduction of permissionless contract deployment.
VIA Labs launched mainnet cross-chain messaging between Stellar and Ethereum. Soroban smart contracts can now communicate with Ethereum contracts.
The XRP Ledger Foundation added Flare Networks to its recommended validator list, which now contains 35 validators. Flare's inclusion aligns it with XRPL governance and the ecosystem.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation launched a tokenization service allowing eligible users to mint digital representations of select traditional securities.
Intel, Oracle, IBM and IonQ have joined objections to the OKXICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 26 objecting issuers. OKXICE is a joint venture between Intercontinental Exchange and OKX's U.S.
Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launched a blockchain-based fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index on the Stellar network. The fund is named JQQQ and targets eligible professional investors outside the United States.
BlackRock signed a memorandum of understanding with SBI Holdings and Startale Group. The companies will study connecting tokenized money market funds with the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYSC.
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