Solana Governance Milestone: Validators Vote to Accelerate Token Disinflation Rate

August 29, 2026

Solana validators have approved SGP-0002 in the network's first on-chain governance vote. The historic decision doubles the disinflation rate of SOL emissions following a pivotal late vote flip by Kraken.
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Ethereum Community Debates EIP-8361: A Proposal to Burn Validator Rewards and Limit Staking Growth

August 21, 2026

EIP-8361 proposes burning validator rewards as Ethereum's staking ratio rises, targeting zero net issuance at 50%. The proposal has sparked community debate over timing and protocol economics.
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SharpLink Opposes Ethereum EIP-8363 Proposal to Burn Staking Yields

August 19, 2026

SharpLink has voiced firm opposition to Ethereum's EIP-8363 proposal, warning that burning validator rewards could destabilize $35 billion in liquid staking collateral and prompt institutional ETH sell-offs.
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Solana Avoids Network Halt as Major Hosting Provider Outage Disconnects 28% of Staked SOL

August 17, 2026

A major routing failure at cloud provider Teraswitch temporarily disconnected 28.83% of Solana's staked SOL, pushing the high-performance blockchain within 4.5 percentage points of losing block finality.
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