11 stories about Upgrade from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Jul 20, 2026.
Hyperliquid is introducing permissionless prediction markets, first on testnet and later on mainnet, as part of the HIP-4 upgrade.
Cardano's latest upgrade, the Van Rossum hard fork, marks the first time the network's community voted on a major update. The change moves Cardano to version 11 and introduces new governance features.
Ethereum is undergoing its most significant upgrade since the Merge, with plans to rebuild nearly every core piece of the protocol over the next 3-4 years. Quantum safety and privacy are now top priorities, according to Vitalik Buterin.
Base's Beryl upgrade introduces the B20 native token standard, cuts withdrawal delays to 5 days, and activates on mainnet June 25.
Ethereum's biggest protocol upgrade in years, Glamsterdam, has entered its final development stage. Developers are now testing a version of the fork in a closed environment, marking a critical milestone before the upgrade goes live.
Zcash has finalized its Ironwood upgrade, which will introduce a new shielded pool and ensure the supply of ZEC remains bounded. The upgrade is scheduled to activate in July 2026.
Zcash's value surged by $2.5 billion after its developers announced a fix to address concerns about its coin supply. The upgrade aims to restore confidence in the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.
Zcash's price surged 42% after the team fixed a critical vulnerability in its privacy-focused Orchard shielded pool. The upgrade required a two-step process to ensure network security and stability.
The Sui blockchain experienced three halts in two days due to a bug in its latest upgrade. The issue stemmed from interactions between a new address-balance feature and the network's existing gas and consensus logic, according to the Sui Foundation's post-mortem.
Ethereum developers met in Norway to finalize plans for the Glamsterdam upgrade, setting a 200M gas limit floor. This change aims to improve network efficiency and reduce transaction costs for users.
The Ethereum Foundation has set a new gas limit floor and approved an improvement proposal for its upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade. This upgrade is expected to go live in the third quarter of 2026, improving network efficiency and cost.