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Solana posted on platform X that it has gradually reduced the target Slot Time from 400 ms to 250 ms, during which the network's block skipping rate remained stable, and the downtime caused by continuous block skipping has also been shortened.However, the shorter Slot Time has led to an increase in voting delays, with nodes in Asia and South America being the most affected. Therefore, further reducing it to 200 ms before the launch of Alpenglow still requires caution.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko stated that the industry is "not ready" for the next major upgrade of the chain, Alpenglow.Previously, Anza engineers had migrated the Solana developer network to the Alpenglow consensus protocol, which will change the way blocks are processed, aiming to reduce the transaction finality time from about 12.8 seconds to 100 to 150 milliseconds.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated during the podcast "When Shift Happens" that he remains bullish on Bitcoin but denies having the ability to influence the price of the entire crypto market. Previously, on August 19, when Bitcoin was around the $60,000 range, Zhao Changpeng posted that if one wants their future self to thank today's decisions in two years, immediate action is needed. This post was interpreted by the market as a hint to buy Bitcoin, and in the following days, the crypto market rose by about 20%.Zhao Changpeng responded that he does not have the ability to drive the entire market price. He stated that he has always been bullish on the crypto industry, and almost all of his posts have a bullish tendency, posting 5 to 10 times a day, so it is not surprising that one of his posts coincidentally appeared before positive news.Zhao Changpeng mentioned that about 5 hours after the post was published, Trump gave a relatively positive speech about the crypto industry, mentioning the push for Hyperliquid to enter the U.S. market, but he did not know the content of the speech in advance. He emphasized that if he had any information that could affect the market, he would not post about it. Therefore, the post and the subsequent market rise were merely a coincidence in timing.Regarding the Bitcoin cycle, Zhao Changpeng stated that the crypto market has roughly followed a four-year cycle to date. At that time, some speculated that Bitcoin might bottom out in October, but he believes there is no need to wait until October to express a bullish view.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated during his appearance on the podcast "When Shift Happens" that he does not oppose Hyperliquid and welcomes more centralized and decentralized trading platforms to participate in innovation, as the industry is far from saturated. He estimates that the proportion of the population holding some form of cryptocurrency is about 5% to 15%, but when calculated based on individual wealth allocation, the penetration rate of cryptocurrency assets may be less than 1%, indicating that the industry is still in its early stages.Changpeng Zhao mentioned that some members of the Hyperliquid community are trying to establish their own community by criticizing centralized trading platforms and Binance, but he views this as normal competition and does not oppose the project. Previously, Trump mentioned Hyperliquid, which is very good for the industry. Assets like HYPE, BNB, and Bitcoin could all benefit from the overall growth of the industry.Changpeng Zhao also pointed out that first movers do not necessarily become the long-term biggest winners. Google, Facebook, and Binance were not the first products in their respective fields, and later entrants can often further optimize based on the groundwork laid by the pioneers. Although he holds a significant amount of Binance shares and BNB, the centralized trading platform is just part of his asset allocation; rather than expanding a single platform, he hopes to promote the growth of the entire cryptocurrency industry.

According to CoinDesk, the Solana consensus upgrade Alpenglow has completed the switch to Testnet and Devnet on September 24 and 25, respectively, and is currently running on the two major public test networks, allowing application teams to test compatibility before launching on the mainnet. Alpenglow aims to reduce the final confirmation time from about 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds by allowing validators to exchange votes directly instead of writing votes as transactions into blocks, enabling consensus to be reached within one to two rounds of voting.The Solana Foundation reminds that the transaction statistics containing validator votes may decrease after the upgrade, but user payments and transaction volume may not necessarily decline; applications that simply send transactions and read account balances do not need to migrate. The 150 milliseconds is a simulated target and has not yet been validated in a real mainnet environment, and wallet processing and exchange deposit confirmations may still increase waiting times. The exact date for the mainnet launch has not yet been announced.

The Solana core consensus upgrade Alpenglow has officially entered the second public test network, and the transaction settlement delay is expected to be reduced from approximately 13 seconds to 150 milliseconds.

Zhao Changpeng posted that today is a difficult day for Bitget. He believes and knows that Binance, the BNB Chain ecosystem, and the community will do everything possible to provide assistance, and he calls on the community to stay "SAFU".

The Alpenglow upgrade of the blockchain network Solana has entered the public testnet, where developers will test reducing transaction finality from about 13 seconds to 0.15 seconds, or 150 milliseconds. This upgrade will replace Solana's existing TowerBFT consensus system with Votor, allowing validators to confirm blocks through one to two rounds of direct voting, but the way users send funds will not change.The first testnet migration requires using Agave 4.3 and does not currently support Firedancer or Frankendancer. The mainnet update on September 28 is still a tentative arrangement and not a confirmed launch date for Alpenglow.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that every decline is an opportunity.

Regarding the recent collaboration between Binance and Robinhood at the ecosystem level, BNB Chain ecosystem member Spigg stated that the Binance wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain, PancakeSwap has been deployed to Robinhood Chain, and Binance contracts have also launched Robinhood Chain tokens, while Robinhood has reciprocally launched BNB, with both parties as "competitors" still opening up their ecosystems to each other.In response, Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng posted, "The BNB ecosystem is open." He also jokingly remarked that while some ecosystems claim to be "decentralized," they actually operate in a very "closed garden" manner.

According to SolanaFloor, Jump Crypto's Firedancer team will stop supporting the Solana transitional validator client Frankendancer after Alpenglow is activated on the Solana mainnet, with the upgrade expected to go live in October with v4.3.The team stated that the decision was made due to the maintenance and security burden, and they will subsequently focus resources on the complete Firedancer client.

On September 9, at the 2026 JD Global Technology Explorer Conference, the Chairman of the JD Group Technology Committee and President of JD Cloud, Cao Peng, announced the latest progress of JD in the three major AI infrastructures of computing power, data, and models.In terms of computing power, JD Cloud has collaborated with partners such as Moore Threads to create a domestic 10,000-card cluster and plans to build a 100,000-card cluster.In terms of data, JD Cloud's 10 million hours of the largest human-scale data collection initiative is progressing smoothly.In terms of models, JD has formed a JoyAI foundational model matrix covering multimodal models, world models, and embodied models, and has released the real-time interactive world model JoyAI-Echo WM.

Xiaopeng Robotics production line officially launched today. The world's first advanced general-purpose humanoid robot completed automated assembly and autonomously walked off the production line, marking a key leap for Xiaopeng Robotics from research and development to production manufacturing.This production line is independently designed and developed by Xiaopeng, deeply integrating the mature quality systems of the automotive industry with the precision manufacturing of humanoid robots, achieving an automation rate of over 80% in core processes. The Xiaopeng robot has 76 degrees of freedom and is equipped with three Turing AI chips, with an effective computing power of 2250 TOPS.The Xiaopeng robot will officially enter large-scale production by the end of this year and will be launched and delivered in 2027.

Zhao Changpeng retweeted on platform X to clarify that his account has not been hacked, stating that he had only unfollowed some inactive accounts that had been inactive for over 30 days, and said "that's all."

Solana's official disclosure data shows that the transaction volume in August reached 5 billion, surpassing the total transactions of all other blockchain networks, equivalent to processing over 100,000 transactions per minute, while maintaining transaction fees far lower than other public chains.In addition, the Alpenglow upgrade, aimed at significantly improving network confirmation speed, is expected to launch in October this year, promising to reduce transaction confirmation time from about 12 seconds to 400 milliseconds.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that he attended the third official meeting of the National Crypto Committee chaired by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov.The meeting focused on topics such as crypto regulation, compliance and anti-money laundering and anti-fraud measures, stablecoins, and tokenization pilots.

According to Be In Crypto, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng recently stated that YZi Labs' investments over the past few months will become the highest return layout, as they invested in cryptocurrency prices close to the lows of the bear market.YZi Labs has disclosed seven investments in 2026: in January, they invested in the on-chain trading terminal Genius and the digital asset custodian BitGo; in March, they led a $52 million investment in RoboForce and invested $1 million in the venture project Atlas Scout; in April, they made an additional investment in the prediction market Predict.fun; in May, they led an $8 million seed round investment in the AI agent payment settlement layer AEON; in August, they invested in the cross-chain fixed-rate lending platform TermMax.Zhao Changpeng believes that the influx of funds into AI is eliminating short-term cryptocurrency teams, and the return of AI funds to digital assets has already begun. Bitcoin has rebounded after a 47% drop from its peak, but it is still far below the October high.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, and old friend Zhaslan Madiyev in Kazakhstan, stating that the local cryptocurrency industry is developing rapidly.It is reported that Zhaslan Madiyev served as the General Manager of Binance Kazakhstan from 2022 to 2024, and was appointed as the "Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry" starting in May 2024, and then promoted to "Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development" in 2025 and 2026.

According to Hong Kong 01, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng reflected on his journey from a rural area in Jiangsu to a net worth of hundreds of billions in an exclusive interview, sharing his "Four No" financial principles: do not buy stocks, do not speculate on real estate, do not trade cryptocurrencies, and do not hold excessive cash. He explained that real estate transactions are time-consuming and the returns are not worth it, and he never trades stocks or engages in short-term cryptocurrency trading, only holding long-term and selling some crypto assets when needed. "Holding fiat currency is the dumbest investment method; cash continues to depreciate."In 2013, Zhao Changpeng sold his house and invested all his money into Bitcoin, which at one point dropped two-thirds in value and remained stagnant for a year and a half. In 2017, he founded Binance, which became the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange in just five months. In 2023, he was sentenced to four months in prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, and was pardoned by Trump last year. His current net worth is approximately $114.6 billion. He admitted that success is a matter of luck, but the key lies in consistently making the right decisions and quickly correcting mistakes.

Zhao Changpeng appeared on the podcast "Meanders" and discussed the pressures, adaptability, and lifelong motivation in the cryptocurrency field. When talking about pressure, Zhao Changpeng stated, "I generally do not set goals; I just do my best. This year the market is not good, so the company's performance may decline, but I have tried my best, I did not slack off, and I did not make any major mistakes. I handle problems in the same way.""No matter how difficult the problem is, I just try my best to deal with it. I also believe in simulation theory; I believe this world is simulated, so it’s like a game. It is simulated, but that does not mean this game is unimportant. However, in this game, I just need to do my best; you try your best to handle it, and after handling it, you can only wait, just lie back and win."Zhao Changpeng mentioned the industry, saying, "As for blockchain itself, I think the improvement in performance is still too slow. But because Bitcoin upgrades slowly, it is particularly stable, which is also an advantage. So there are advantages and disadvantages. Many of the ideas we had in the early days had many implementations, many that were not implemented, and many unexpected things happened."Regarding RWA, he said, "Even a year and a half ago, I would have doubted whether RWA could succeed, but now it is growing very fast. To be honest, I might have had some doubts about stablecoins five years ago, wondering how long they could last; at that time, I did not fully understand them. Stablecoins have their own uses. So these things are all things we did not think of before."