Solana Hits 100K TPS with Mainnet Stress Test

Solana Hits 100K TPS with Mainnet Stress Test

Solana throughput briefly spiked to six figures under a high load of program call transactions over the weekend, according to a developer.  Mert Mumtaz, the co-founder of the Solana developer tooling firm Helius, said on Sunday that Solana became the “first major blockchain” to record 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) on its mainnet. He shared…

BTC's Rising Leverage Trades Show Signs of Stress, Galaxy Digital Says

BTC’s Rising Leverage Trades Show Signs of Stress, Galaxy Digital Says

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Leverage in crypto markets is surging back to bull-market levels, even…

Saylor And Strategy To Announce Another Bitcoin Buy

Saylor And Strategy To Announce Another Bitcoin Buy

Saylor hints at an incoming announcement regarding Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase last week. The business intelligence company now holds 628,946 BTC, accumulated for $46.09 billion. Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), recently hinted at their company’s incoming Bitcoin (BTC) purchase announcement. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), he…