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The SEC's Nasdaq Texas Order Explained: Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP Named as Digital Commodities and a New 15% Rule for Crypto ETFs

SEC Order 34-106268 approved Nasdaq Texas listing rules that define digital commodities, let commodity trusts hold up to 15% of assets in non-qualifying tokens and drop the requirement that such trusts be passively managed. Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP appear in the order's worked example. What the order does, what the headlines overstate, and why XRP and SOL holders cheered.

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Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Explained: Finality in 150 Milliseconds, a Lower Bar for Validators and Why It Is Trending With SOL at $120

Alpenglow is the biggest change to Solana's consensus since the network launched. Rolled out in stages between August and October 2026, it replaces Proof of History and TowerBFT with a system built around Votor and Rotor, cutting transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to 100 to 150 milliseconds and lowering the minimum profitable validator stake from around 4,850 SOL to roughly 450. What it means for users, stakers and the price.

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XRP Ledger's Permission Delegation Upgrade: What Activates on 5 October, Why It Matters for RLUSD and Institutions, and XRP at $1.51

The XRP Ledger's PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment reached its two-week activation window after 29 validators approved it, with the earliest activation at 11:18 AM UTC on 5 October. It lets accounts delegate specific permissions to other accounts without giving up control, a feature built for institutions issuing regulated assets such as RLUSD. What it does, what could delay it and where XRP stands.

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Ethereum at $2,700: Why ETH Is Inflationary Again, What the Blast Layer-2 Shutdown Means and the $580 Million Dormant Wallet That Moved

Ether traded around $2,704 on 5 October, up 2.7% on the week and 7.8% on the month, but the stories moving ETH holders are structural. The network now issues more ETH than it burns, supply is about 1.6 million above its post-Merge level, the Blast layer-2 is closing with a 26 October withdrawal deadline, and a $580 million dormant wallet moved without denting the price.

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