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Polygon Activates Ithaca Hard Fork to Prevent Validator Stalls

Polygon's Ithaca hard fork activates at Heimdall block 50,185,000, adding automatic recovery and transaction safeguards after a known chain-stall risk.

Kadim

July 29, 2026
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Polygon POL Ithaca hard fork +5

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Cardano Enacts Van Rossem Hard Fork, Upgrades Protocol to Version 11

Cardano enacted its community-ratified van Rossem hard fork, bringing Protocol Version 11 and new Plutus capabilities to mainnet after a July 18 epoch boundary.

Kadim

July 19, 2026
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Cardano ADA van Rossem hard fork +5

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Stellar's Zipper Upgrade Is Live. XLM Still Has a Market Problem

Stellar activated Protocol 27, called Zipper, adding smart-account delegation and stronger replay protection as XLM trading volume surged but the token remained below 20 cents.

Kadim

July 11, 2026
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Stellar XLM Protocol 27 +5

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XRP Ledger Upgrade Just Cleared Its Key Validator Test

XRP Ledger v3.2.0 has reached about 89% adoption on the default validator list, but its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment still needs a separate on-chain vote.

Kadim

July 8, 2026
6 min read

XRP XRP Ledger XRPL +5

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