Key Highlights Research from the Ethereum Foundation indicates that reducing settlement delays could cut capital lockup costs for cross-chain liquidity providers by as much as 75%. Major stablecoin issuers such as Circle charge fees and impose caps on expedited transfers while awaiting Ethereum’s standard finality process. A proposed change to validator mechanics would decouple consensus ...
Key Highlights The XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade, originally slated for Sept. 29 activation, has been delayed by at least 10 days after validator support temporarily dropped below the required threshold. The corrected amendment, BatchV1_1, regained support from 30 of 35 trusted validators on Sept. 25, initiating a new two-week countdown targeting an Oct. 9 activation ...
Key Highlights The XRP Ledger’s Batch V1.1 amendment has secured support from 30 of 35 tracked validators, exceeding the 28-vote threshold to begin a 14-day activation countdown. Batch enables exchanges, wallets, and marketplaces to attach service fees directly to customer transactions, processing payments and platform charges as a single atomic operation. Activation is projected for ...