blockchain

Aptos

2026-10-04 01:57:35

Aptos CEO rejects rumor that the blockchain will shut down within six months

Aptos Labs co-founder and CEO Avery Ching has dismissed claims that Aptos will shut down its blockchain in the next six months, calling the assertion a "stupid rumor" in a post on X. Public governance records currently show that the network still has upgrade proposals under discussion, and that mainnet feature updates have already been carried out. Based on those records, there is no official plan indicating that the Aptos mainnet will be shut down. The response directly addresses a market rumor and points back to on-chain governance activity and executed network changes as the publicly available basis for rebutting the claim. The information cited in the report does not show any announced timeline or formal process tied to a mainnet shutdown.

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Xiao Feng

2026-10-04 00:02:45

Xiao Feng says financial centers that reject tokenization and 24/7 markets risk being left in an older system

Wanxiang Blockchain chairman Xiao Feng used a keynote speech at the 12th Blockchain Global Summit in Shanghai to argue that tokenized assets, onchain finance, stablecoins and 24/7 trading should not be treated as a narrow product upgrade. In his view, they could reshape how international financial centers compete, pulling liquidity, capital and asset issuance toward markets that move first. He said the implications go well beyond longer trading hours, touching pricing power, settlement design, disclosure standards, cross-border financing rules and the structure of global market infrastructure. Xiao linked the shift to changes already under discussion in the United States. He referred to remarks by the CFTC chair on large-scale tokenization, onchain finance, round-the-clock trading and stablecoins, and argued that the next decade could bring changes larger than those seen in previous decades of US market evolution. He also said the US push is tied to the need to finance a new AI infrastructure cycle, from power to data centers, and to prepare markets for a future in which AI agents may participate in trading and payments. His broader warning was directed at other financial centers. If they do not accept tokenization, blockchain-based infrastructure and continuous trading, he said, they may remain in an older financial system while the largest markets move on. That, in turn, could affect liquidity, issuance, market standards and even who gets to set prices for assets traded across borders.

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NEAR

2026-10-02 02:14:58

NEAR forum proposal seeks to cut token issuance rate to 1.6% over 24 months

A new proposal has been posted on the NEAR governance forum calling for a reduction in the NEAR token issuance rate from 2.5% to 1.6% over a 24-month period. The proposal was put forward by Sal Ternullo, CEO of Svrn AI, and also points to a longer-term direction of moving toward a fixed total supply. It is now open for discussion among validators, House of Stake representatives, and the broader NEAR community. Separately, NEAR said the recent NEAR Intents incident did not involve any vulnerability in NEAR Protocol or the native NEAR token. According to the official statement, the network kept producing blocks and processing transactions throughout the period, with zero downtime.

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Robinhood

2026-10-01 13:37:48

Robinhood CEO says Robinhood Chain will stay neutral rather than back specific protocol winners

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the company does not want Robinhood Chain to succeed by choosing or promoting a small set of preferred crypto projects. In an interview with The Rollup on Oct. 1, Tenev said one reason the chain can work is that Robinhood has not tried to pick winners, including the kind of established DeFi protocols raised in the interview, such as Uniswap. He said Robinhood wants to support developers, but placed greater weight on keeping the platform neutral and pushing costs down as much as possible. Tenev added that, in his view, Robinhood already ranks first in developer activity. He also described the team’s standing priority in simple terms: get as many people as possible onto Robinhood Chain and keep improving the network.

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Petrobras

2026-09-30 17:17:54

Petrobras builds Cardano-based tools to track SAF and renewable diesel claims

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has built two blockchain applications on Cardano to record sustainability data tied to sustainable aviation fuel and its Diesel R renewable fuel. According to the Cardano Foundation, one tool tokenizes environmental attributes linked to SAF into digital units called CS-SAF, using a Book-and-Claim model designed to stop the same claim from being counted twice. Those tokens carry metadata aligned with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, and passengers can claim them through an app and receive a certificate tied to their trip. A second application creates digital checkpoints for the production, transport and use of Diesel R, with the foundation saying the data may support Scope 3 emissions reporting. The work sits within a research partnership that started in 2023 with blockchain education for Petrobras staff and expanded in 2025 into energy-sector research with PUC-Rio’s Ledger Labs. The Cardano Foundation did not disclose fuel volumes covered by the applications or when broader deployment might happen. The announcement also places Petrobras’ move alongside other SAF tracking efforts, including Shell’s Avelia platform and a January agreement between Australia’s Viva Energy and NoviqTech.

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Morgan Stanle

2026-09-30 17:07:35

Morgan Stanley launches digital asset lab to test stablecoins and tokenization

Morgan Stanley has launched a digital asset lab to test stablecoins, tokenized assets, and other crypto infrastructure technologies. The lab will examine how blockchain can be used in financial services, with a focus on improving efficiency and developing new products. According to Bloomberg, the move marks Morgan Stanley’s latest step in digital assets as the bank looks to keep pace with innovation across the sector. The announcement centers on experimentation and product exploration rather than a disclosed commercial rollout. No further details were provided in the brief on timeline, scale, or specific pilot programs.

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SEC

2026-09-30 11:19:13

SEC proposes transfer agent rule overhaul to bring blockchain into securities records and settlement

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 1 proposed its first major overhaul of transfer agent rules since the 1970s, with the proposal opening a path for blockchain technology to be used in securities registration and settlement. Under the proposal, transfer agents would be allowed to use distributed ledger technology to record and transfer securities. At the same time, the SEC said ownership records should not be fragmented across token wrappers, special purpose vehicles, broker-dealer internal ledgers, and offline databases. The proposal addresses a core recordkeeping issue as tokenized securities infrastructure develops. Fairmint and other organizations have argued that an on-chain capitalization table should serve as the official record required under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act. The move puts blockchain-based record systems directly into the discussion around regulated securities operations rather than leaving them outside the formal transfer agent framework.

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Solana

2026-09-30 06:24:35

Four Pillars CEO says Solana generates more than 38% of onchain revenue

Steve Kim, co-founder and CEO of Four Pillars, said at the Solana Summit Korea event that companies building on Solana are generating real revenue and forming genuinely sustainable businesses. He said that matters more than anything else. Kim added that more than 38% of onchain revenue is currently generated on the Solana network. He also said there are now so many revenue-generating applications on Solana that people have started saying: if you want to make money, build on Solana. His remarks framed Solana not just as an active blockchain ecosystem, but as one where applications are already producing measurable business results. The comments were delivered during a public event and focused on revenue generation and business sustainability among projects building on the network.

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