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The S&P 500 rose 0.32% to a new all-time high, supported by strong data and AI optimism ahead of the PCE inflation report. Gold rose 0.43% to $3,413 as safe-haven demand and a weaker dollar offset strong US data. Fed independence concerns and rate cut bets supported the rally. The Coindesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, rose 0.26%, with Bitcoin and Ether down 0.15% and 2.99%, respectively in the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this link.
Today’s top performer is SOL, up 4.5% after Solana announces Alpenglow upgrade targeting sub-second finality.
Solana (SOL), founded in 2017, is a decentralized Layer 1 blockchain that uses a Proof-of-History consensus mechanism to achieve high throughput and low transaction costs. Its native token, SOL, is used for paying transaction fees and interacting with the network’s wide range of decentralized applications. Solana’s proposed Alpenglow upgrade (SIMD-0326) aims to cut finality from 10–20 seconds to 100–150ms by moving validator voting off-chain. This change would reduce consensus overhead by ~20%, free up blockspace, and enable real-time settlement for DeFi apps. Validators would pay a fixed 1.6 SOL “Admission Ticket” per epoch instead of spamming onchain votes. Governance is still debating economic implications and rollout plans, but Alpenglow would mark one of Solana’s most significant performance upgrades.
The US Department of Commerce has partnered with Chainlink and Pyth Network to publish official economic data—including GDP, inflation, and domestic demand—on nine public blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche. This initiative, led by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and supported by President Trump, aims to make US macroeconomic statistics immutable, transparent, and globally accessible. The data is distributed via Chainlink oracles and Pyth feeds and updated in sync with BEA releases. The effort signals a significant step in integrating blockchain into public data infrastructure, potentially expanding to more networks based on demand.
Category | Flow (millions) |
GBTC | 0.0 |
Non-GBTC | 115.2 |
Total | 115.2 |
Yesterday, BTC spot ETFs saw $115.2M in total inflows, all from non-GBTC funds, while GBTC recorded no flow.
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