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Ethereum Institutional backed Ethlabs’ proposal to reduce Ethereum block times, citing rising institutional activity on the smart-contract network. Cointelegraph reported the signal on Sept. 18, 2026, without details on approval or timing.
Ethereum Institutional supports Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity on the smart-contract network. The report does not give a proposed interval, approval status or implementation timeline.
Solana plans to reduce its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, accelerating block production by 17%. The change should provide fresher data to applications, but transaction capacity will remain unchanged as work per slot is reduced.
Solana is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, speeding block production by 17%. Applications should receive fresher data and validators will have shorter control windows, while transaction capacity remains unchanged.
Zcash is targeting November for its NU7 mainnet upgrade, with block times set to fall to 25 seconds. Testnet activation is planned for October 6, while the network’s existing halving schedule will remain unchanged.
Zcash is targeting a November mainnet launch for NU7, which would shorten block times to 25 seconds while preserving the halving schedule. Testnet activation is planned for October 6, Cointelegraph reports.
The Fed has kept its reserve-plumbing authority, but its current schedule shows no net reserve-management purchases, according to CryptoSlate. The update offers no confirmed signal or forecast for Bitcoin’s next rally.
Avalanche’s Sept. 22 upgrade will reduce validator lockups to 48 hours and add auto-renewal. CryptoSlate reports that the shorter commitment period will also make securing rewards for a full cycle more difficult.
A crypto tax bill cleared a House committee after a Clarity Act setback. The proposal would exclude qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions for tokens quickly sold and repurchased.
A crypto tax bill cleared a House committee after a setback for the Clarity Act, Decrypt reported. The proposal would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict deductions after quick token repurchases.
The CLARITY Act retains a procedural route after Senator Thom Tillis moved to reconsider a failed cloture vote. Crypto executives are divided over whether Congress has enough time remaining to advance the legislation.
Some Democrats plan to submit a counterproposal to the GOP’s “final” CLARITY bill offer, citing dissatisfaction with its crypto ethics provisions just hours before a key procedural vote, Politico reported.
