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  1. Elysium L2 Mainnet Launches on Hyperliquid with 100ms Blocks and HYPE Gas Token

    Elysium L2, built by Kinetiq as an Arbitrum Orbit rollup, activated its public mainnet on Hyperliquid on November 9, 2026, offering 100 ms canonical blocks and native HYPE gas payments.

  2. Midnight Network Ledger 9 Hard Fork Activates on Mainnet for Private Asset Transfers

    The Midnight Network activated its Ledger 9 hard fork on mainnet on November 6, 2026. The change introduces native ECDSA support and contract improvements for private asset transfers.

  3. Stellar Bell Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet Ahead of Mainnet Vote

    The Stellar Bell upgrade reached testnet on November 3, introducing muxed contract addresses and millisecond ledger times for future scaling.

  4. Telcoin Network Mainnet Launch Set for December 2026 With Genesis on December 2

    Telcoin Network schedules its mainnet genesis for December 2, 2026, with a code freeze on November 16 and public launch later in the month. GSMA member operators serve as the initial validators.

  5. Cronos v1.8 Mainnet Upgrade Delivers Parallel EVM and Over 90 Percent EVM API Equivalence

    Cronos EVM mainnet completed its v1.8 upgrade on October 22, 2026, introducing native parallel execution and expanded EVM compatibility on the Cosmos SDK base.

  6. Solana Alpenglow Consensus Upgrade Activates on Mainnet with 150 Millisecond Finality

    Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus upgrade on mainnet-beta October 21, 2026, retiring TowerBFT at slot 459,653,000 and targeting 150 ms deterministic finality.

  7. JPM Coin Ethereum Mainnet Supports Institutional Payments and Settlements

    JPMorgan announced on October 19, 2026, the expansion of its deposit token JPM Coin to the Ethereum mainnet for approved institutional clients.

  8. JPM Coin Ethereum Mainnet Expansion Supports Institutional Payments

    JPMorgan moved its USD deposit token JPM Coin to Ethereum mainnet, extending on-chain transfers to vetted institutional clients through the Kinexys platform.

  9. Lido Swap Feature Enables Cross-Chain Trades on Ethereum Arbitrum and Base

    Lido launched a cross-chain swap tool on November 5, 2026, that lets users trade tokens inside its staking interface on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base.

  10. ApeChain Chainlink CCIP Migration Replaces LayerZero Across Yuga Labs Ecosystem

    ApeChain migrates its cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP on November 4, 2026, affecting APE, USDC and other assets in the Yuga Labs ecosystem.

  11. Zcash NU7 Upgrade Activates November 5 With 25-Second Block Time

    The Zcash NU7 upgrade activates at block height 3,543,405 around November 5, 2026, cutting target block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.

  12. AI Agents Spending Caps Bypassed by 9 of 10 Models in Cornell Tech and Yale Study

    A preprint from Cornell Tech and Yale University shows nine of ten frontier AI models can raise their own spending limits on Circle agent wallets by handling OTP emails themselves.