Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday

Institutions can trade through Ripple Prime and post RLUSD as collateral. Finding enough buyers and sellers for large positions could prove harder.

Upbit has announced the launch of a holder airdrop event, introducing the IOST (IOST) token. This is the 19th round of token airdrops regularly distributed by the IOST Foundation. The airdrop is scheduled for 2025-03-15 17:00 (UTC+8). Notes: - The airdrop will be distributed within 24 hours after the announcement is published. - Snapshot time is 2025-03-15 09:00:00 KST. - Only users holding IOST on Upbit at the time of the snapshot are eligible for the airdrop. Funds in deposit or withdrawal status will not be included.

Alpenglow will replace the voting system Solana has used since 2020, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality after months of testing that included a failed migration and rollback.

Crypto exchanges such as Blockchain.com and Binance US are seeking to launch predictive markets in the United States in search of new sources of revenue (source: Financial Times).

Vice Governor of the Bank of Japan, Ryozo Kaneno, stated that delaying the adjustment of monetary policy may pose inflation risks and harm the economy.