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Protocol2026-08-27

Solana Activates 350ms Mainnet Slots in August Engineering Update

Solana shortened mainnet slot time from 400ms to 350ms while new Agave, Firedancer, and developer-tool releases moved forward.

Infrastructure2026-08-27

Coinbase says a payments issue affecting some USDC transactions on Polygon was resolved; Base and Ethereum payments were not affected.