Upgrades
XRP Ledger Upgrade Lays Groundwork for Lending, Tokenization Expansion
One of the amendments in the new release corrects an accounting error affecting Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs) held in escrow.
Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, but Fails to Finalize
The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn't entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.
Avalanche Unveils $40M Grant Program Ahead of 'Avalanche9000' Upgrade
The program, called Retro9000, is supposed to encourage developers to build on Avalanche ahead of a much-anticipated upgrade known as Avalanche9000.
Ethereum Developers Confirm Plan to Split 'Pectra' Upgrade In Two
The decision to split up the upgrade wasn't unexpected. Developers had discussed that Pectra was becoming too ambitious to ship all at once, floating the idea of splitting it up to minimize the risk of finding bugs in the code.
Ethereum Devs Poised to Split Blockchain's Next Big Upgrade, 'Pectra,' in Two
On Thursday, Ethereum developers will decide if Pectra will be split into two forks. If developers agree on the split, the first package could come in 2025, as early as February.
Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance
The highly anticipated upgrade turns Cardano's ADA cryptocurrency into a governance token.
Coinbase Gets Another Upgrade, This Time at Raymond James, as Bears Capitulate
The brokerage firm lifted its rating on the crypto exchange’s shares to market perform from underperform.
Bitcoin Core's 'v26.0' Upgrade Aims to Impede Eavesdropping, Tampering
The v26.0 upgrade contains experimental support for the v2 transport protocol as defined by Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 (BIP324).
Layer-2 Blockchain Starknet's ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Goes Live, for Speedier Transactions
The upgrade for Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain or "rollup" to the Ethereum blockchain, went live following a community vote that overwhelmingly agreed to deploy it to mainnet.
Starknet Plans ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Next Week After Testnet Version Deployed
The upgrade will increase the number of transactions per second the blockchain can handle as well as reduce the time-to-inclusion.
