Solana just moved Alpenglow to public testnet.
The upgrade aims to cut finality from roughly 13 seconds to just 150ms.
If testing goes well, this could be a major infrastructure upgrade for SOL.
#Bitcoin is back near $84K after briefly trading above $87K.
The pullback came as U.S. Treasury yields moved higher.
Strong momentum is still there, but macro is back in the driver’s seat.
More than $1B in crypto positions were liquidated during the latest move.
Around $844M were shorts.
The squeeze helped fuel the rally. Now fresh buying matters more.
Cardano is now part of the x402 toolkit for automated payments.
That could give AI agents a way to pay with ADA and Cardano tokens.
Still early, but interesting.
@AshCrypto btc reclaiming key levels gets attention, but the bigger confirmation would be eth/btc and market breadth continuing higher.
that would make the shift much harder to ignore.
@dangambardello bitcoin near $100k with retail still relatively quiet is probably the most interesting part here.
if participation starts broadening from here, that changes the setup fast.
@AshCrypto crypto leading the quarter is hard to ignore.
the real signal is whether this rotation keeps broadening beyond BTC and ETH into the rest of the market.
🚨 ALERT: ZEC just pushed above $1,600 after gaining more than 10% yesterday.
The move follows renewed demand around Zcash and the launch of Europe’s first ZEC ETP.
Privacy coins are back in focus.
Ethereum is back near $2.7K, but the bigger signal may be the return of ETF demand.
Ether ETFs recorded about $143.8M in net inflows on last Friday, while Bitcoin funds took in $433M.
If ETH can keep attracting capital alongside BTC, the broader market gets more interesting.
Bitcoin just pushed above $86K for the first time since January.
What makes the move more interesting is the combination of ETF inflows, short covering and renewed institutional demand.
The next thing to watch is whether that demand stays strong after the breakout.
Solana is getting attention for the price move, but the network changes may matter more.
Transaction V1 is now live on mainnet and slot times are down to 250ms.
Faster infrastructure alone does not create demand. If activity keeps growing, SOL is worth watching.