A former Solana exec is taking a page out of Wall Street playbook to make global crypto trades faster

CoinDesk

• February 26, 2026 at 03:00 PM

A former Solana exec is taking a page out of Wall Street playbook to make global crypto trades faster

The goal is to reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality.

Flare and Xaman unlock one-click DeFi access for over 2 billion XRP sitting idle in wallets

The integration lets XRP holders deposit into yield-generating vaults through a single transaction without leaving their existing wallet or bridging assets manually.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 05:00 PM

Bitcoin briefly crashes below $48,000 on upstart exchange despite crypto rally

A single large sell order triggered a 30% flash crash on decentralized perp exchange Lighter even as bitcoin was climbing elsewhere.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 04:08 PM

CoinDesk 20 performance update: index falls 1.4% as all constituents trade lower

Aptos (APT) declined 11% and Aave (AAVE) dropped 6.6%, leading index lower from Wednesday.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 02:23 PM

MetaMask expands debit card across U.S. after year-long pilot

The card lets users spend digital assets directly from their self-custodial wallets at various merchants.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 02:00 PM

Ethereum Foundation drops most ambitious roadmap in years, targets finality in seconds by 2029

The "strawmap" outlines seven forks through the end of the decade, including post-quantum cryptography, shielded transfers, and a 480x reduction in transaction finality time.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 01:34 PM

Indiana prepares to put bitcoin in its public retirement plans

Lawmakers pass HB 1042 allowing public funds to access bitcoin and ETFs, while banning crypto ATMs amid rising fraud concerns.

CoinDesk• Feb 26, 2026, 01:06 PM