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Solana is ramping up testing of Firedancer, the long-awaited software upgrade that promises to significantly increase blockchain’s processing speed. By the end of this week, Solana’s core developers want a “supermajority” of the processing power on the chain’s low-stakes test network to be running Frankendancer, an early version of Firedancer, according to messages in Solana’s […]

Welcome to the protocolCoinDesk’s weekly roundup of the top stories in cryptocurrency technology development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s features and opinion editor. In this issue: HyperLiquid responds to criticism over decentralization StarkWare launches appchains on Starknet Arbitrum deepens ties with South Korea’s Lotte Group Do Kwon’s criminal trial is set for 2026 Pyth Network partners

Cardano’s ADA led losses among crypto majors on Thursday as bitcoin’s weakness showed no sign of stopping, putting any chance of a rally in altcoins on hold. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to nearly $93,000 on Wednesday as fresh economic data sent US Treasuries soaring, leading to a drop in stocks. The latest report from the Institute

US stock markets were closed on Thursday in memory of former President Jimmy Carter, but crypto is 24/7 bearing the brunt of any jitters ahead of tomorrow’s December employment report. In late afternoon action, the price of bitcoin (BTC) had returned to levels not seen in more than a month, barely holding above $91,000 and

MANTRA, a layer-1 blockchain designed for tokenized real-world assets (RWA), entered into an agreement with United Arab Emirates-based real estate conglomerate DAMAC Group to bring at least $1 billion of the firm’s assets to blockchain rails, the companies announced Thursday in a press release. The deal will allow investors to fund DAMAC’s portfolio companies spanning

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3298.7, down 2.2% (-74.23) since 4 PM ET Wednesday. One in 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LTC (+1.9%) and POL (-0.3%). Backlog: RENDER (-5.1%) and ICP (-5.1%). The