Solana's core development team Anza announced that the new consensus protocol Alpenglow will be launched on Mainnet beta on October 21st at 22:50 (UTC+8). Alpenglow will replace TowerBFT and remove the Proof of History (PoH) mechanism, reducing the final transaction confirmation time to approximately 150 milliseconds, and voting will be moved off chain to free up block space. The protocol has been migrated on the testing and development networks, and has undergone 1500 node simulation tests with a vulnerability bounty of over 25000 SOLs.

Strategy 报告显示，2026 年第三季度全球银行比特币采用指数升至 34%。其中 Fidelity 占比 77%，JPMorgan Chase 占比 47%，BNY 占比 46%。该指数提升受比特币 ETF/ETP 产品接入、机构托管服务增加及 BTC 抵押借贷业务发展推动。

[Coinbase Releases Post-Quantum Security Migration Strategy Recommendations for Bitcoin] Coinbase has published an article discussing migration strategies for Bitcoin to address threats posed by quantum computing, recommending the adoption of hybrid transition constructions and flexible output architectures to ensure asset security. Coinbase holds approximately 5% of the global BTC and has already joined the Bitcoin Security Alliance while investing in open-source research. Key recommendations include adopting flexible output architectures such as P2MR or P2TRv2, implementing 1-of-2 hybrid transition constructions, prioritizing support for stateless signature schemes, and requiring candidate solutions to possess MPC (multi-party computation) compatibility.

Hardware security researcher Joe Grand's investigation found that unauthorized circuits, additional lines, and antennas were implanted inside the Ledger Nano X purchased by users in Thailand in August 2025. The incident occurred more than a year before the controversy surrounding the Ledger supply chain attack this week, which resulted in the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency.

[Main password: Main force or intention to suppress, put sell orders at key positions above BTC] Concentrated fund movements stir market suspense, with potentially intricate intentions lurking beneath…