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Avalanche (AVAX) activated its long-awaited Helicon upgrade on September 22, 2026, bringing a suite of changes aimed at improving reliability, staking flexibility, and network economics. The update, deployed via AvalancheGo v1.15.0, specifically targets businesses and institutional users looking for greater certainty and control when deploying capital on blockchain networks. Helicon introduces six key changes, including a significant reduction in the minimum staking period from two weeks to just 48 hours. This shorter lock-up period makes it easier for institutional treasuries to align staking with cash flow needs or test validator operations without long-term commitments. For context, staking still requires a…

Bitcoin Cash jumped 28% to nearly $349 over 24 hours, the largest move among sizeable tokens, after CME Group said on Monday it will list Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures from Oct. 19.Futures on a regulated U.S. exchange give funds a way to take a position without holding the coin, which matters for institutions whose mandates bar them from custodying crypto directly. It also gives market makers a hedging venue, which usually tightens spot pricing.Bitcoin itself is trading around $85,800, down under 1% over 24 hours after matching Monday’s intraday high near $87,300 and meeting the same selling into it.…

BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, September 23rd, 2026, PlayNewswire Cumulative BC Engine rewards have grown more than fourfold since late May, while the average daily pace of reward accumulation has increased by approximately 46% compared with the previous period. BC.GAME’s BC Engine has reached another major milestone, with cumulative rewards earned by eligible $BC holders surpassing 8.6 million BCD, equivalent to more than US$8.6 million. The milestone comes just over five months after BC Engine launched and brings cumulative rewards closer to the US$10 million mark. More importantly, the latest data highlights the growing role BC Engine is playing within the wider…

European asset manager 21shares has launched the region’s first exchange-traded product tied to Zcash, extending the privacy coin’s reach into regulated markets following its strong performance over the past year.On Tuesday, 21shares listed its physically backed Zcash ETP on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam, allowing investors to gain exposure to ZEC through brokerage accounts without holding the cryptocurrency directly.The asset manager also introduced an ETP tracking ETHFI, the governance and utility token of Ether.fi, a decentralized finance protocol that offers staking and other crypto-based financial services. The ETHFI product is physically backed and trades on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam.Both ETPs carry…

NVIDIA has unveiled DSX Ready, a qualification program designed to streamline power and cooling product selection for AI factory builders. Announced on September 21, 2026, the initiative helps identify products that align with NVIDIA DSX reference design standards, starting with battery energy storage systems (BESS) and cooling distribution units (CDUs). This development addresses growing infrastructure challenges as AI facilities scale in size and complexity. The DSX Ready program aims to reduce integration risks and accelerate deployment by certifying partner products. At launch, qualified BESS providers include Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution, and Tesla, while CDU solutions come from LG Electronics,…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 22nd, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has expanded its Opportunity Compass education initiative by introducing the MEXC Stock Trading Handbook, a new guide designed to help crypto traders bridge the knowledge gap as they enter the stock market. The Handbook reflects a broader evolution in how MEXC empowers users, moving beyond access to Wall Street to help users understand the market, navigate trading tools, and build long-term trading systems. Opportunity Compass is MEXC’s global markets education initiative, guided by the core message, “Know the Market, Know Your Opportunities,” and designed to help…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 22nd, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has launched its “Real Stocks, Real Friends”, allowing users to bring their friends to Wall Street through RealStocks and earn rewards. Building on MEXC’s previous “Trade Wall Street, Without Walls, the event reflects MEXC’s efforts to lower barriers to the U.S. stock market for crypto-native users. MEXC previously launched the “Trade Wall Street, Without Walls” campaign to help users break through five traditional barriers to stock market participation. These include the Access Wall, Fee Wall, Time Wall, Capital Wall and Direction Wall, in which MEXC addresses…

Animoca Brands suspended discussions for a proposed reverse merger with Currenc Group Inc. (CURR), which would have seen the digital asset investment company secure a Nasdaq listing.The two companies decided the proposed timeframe to finalize the transaction didn’t align with their respective goals, Animoca announced on Tuesday.Talks between Animoca and Currenc kicked off late last year, with plans for the former to own 95% of the merged company. Hong Kong-based Animoca said it “remains fully committed” to listing on a major public exchange, with co-founder Yat Siu adding it will “continue to pursue optimal routes” to a public listing. Animoca…

miami, united states, September 22nd, 2026, Chainwire SwapToZEC.com, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, provides cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency conversion services across supported digital assets, including an Ethereum (ETH) to Monero (XMR) exchange route. The ETH-to-XMR route enables users to convert Ethereum into Monero without requiring a separate fiat-currency conversion. Availability, exchange rates, network requirements, transaction limits, and applicable fees are determined by the platform’s current operating conditions. Ethereum and Monero operate on separate blockchain networks and have different technical characteristics. Ethereum’s network supports smart contracts and decentralized applications, while Monero incorporates protocol-level privacy features designed to limit the visibility of transaction information on its…

Tallinn, Estonia, September 21st, 2026, Chainwire NOWPayments today published new empirical data analyzing six months of enterprise payout activity, offering a comparative performance benchmark across TRON, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum to help businesses select optimal blockchain rails based on speed, transaction volume, and cost efficiency. The dataset reveals distinct operational advantages depending on transfer priorities: Solana recorded the fastest average payout speed at 1 minute and 45 seconds while accounting for 3.08% of volume and 3.86% of transactions. TRON led in total monetary volume at 43.69%, and BNB Smart Chain handled the largest share of individual payout…