Ethereum development firm Consensys Software Inc. is separating into two independent companies by late 2026. The existing entity will rebrand as MetaMask under Joe Lubin as chairman and CEO, while a new Consensys led by Mike Kriak will house Linea, Besu, and institutional infrastructure businesses.
Ontology blockchain has mandated an urgent upgrade to version 3.1.5 for all nodes following a chain restart caused by malicious activity. The attack path and details of the wider service recovery have not been disclosed.
Ontology's development team stopped the blockchain's mainnet block production on August 31 after flagging a potential security issue during routine checks. The network remained halted with no confirmed incident or restart timeline disclosed.
DeFi Development Corp, a Solana treasury firm holding over 2.2 million SOL, has launched State of Solana, a free public dashboard that tracks Solana price, staking yields, validator distribution, and live network throughput.
Nearly 29% of staked SOL went offline early Wednesday after a routing fault at hosting provider Teraswitch, bringing Solana within 4 percentage points of the 33% threshold at which the network stops finalizing blocks. The network recovered without a full halt.
Circle announced 11 founding validators for its Arc blockchain public mainnet launching September 16, including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, and SBI Group. The company reported Q2 revenue of $701 million with USDC circulation reaching $73.3 billion.
Pi Network has begun deploying Protocol 26, the ninth and penultimate upgrade to its Mainnet, with node operators required to complete the update by August 11, 2026. The upgrade is part of a two-step process leading to the final Protocol 27.
Pi Network has begun deploying Protocol 26, the ninth and penultimate upgrade to its Mainnet, with node operators required to complete the update by August 11, 2026. The upgrade is part of a two-step process leading to the final Protocol 27.
Solana engineering teams released new versions of Agave and Firedancer validator clients, advanced program SDK releases, and progressed core protocol work including RPC 2.0 and developer tooling improvements.
Solana has activated its Alpenglow upgrade for live validator testing, with co-founder confirmation that near-speed-of-light finality could arrive as early as next quarter. The upgrade aims to dramatically reduce transaction confirmation times.
