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Meta Platforms plans to distribute one non-voting Class C share for each existing share held by shareholders. The new stock gives Meta a way to raise capital without diluting voting power. Meta says the dividend will leave every shareholder's voting power unchanged. Neither Meta's earnings release n

Solana activated Alpenglow on Wednesday, introducing a voting system intended to finalize payments and trades within a fraction of a second. The upgrade targets finality in about 150 milliseconds, compared with several seconds under the previous system. Finality marks the point when an application c

Meta Platforms plans to distribute one non-voting Class C share for each existing share held by shareholders. The new stock gives Meta a way to raise capital without diluting voting power. Meta says the dividend will leave every shareholder's voting power unchanged. Neither Meta's earnings release n

Solana switched on its Alpenglow upgrade Wednesday, introducing a new voting system designed to make payments and trades final in a fraction of a second.The upgrade targets about 150 milliseconds before the network considers a transaction locked in, replacing the multi-second wait under its previous

Key takeawaysMeta stock surged in after-hours trading after the company reported Q3 revenue of $64.6 billionMeta announced plans for an effective 2-for-1 stock split in January 2027Meta raised its 2026 AI spending forecast to as much as $145 billionMeta stock jumped in after-hours trading on Wednesd

Odaily Planet Daily reports: On Solana, the meme coin Kimchi reached a market cap of $40 million yesterday before continuously declining; its current market cap stands at $21.51 million, down over 50% from its peak. A large whale invested $144,000 when the token’s market cap was $33.7 million and is

BlockBeats news, October 22: According to GMGN market data, the Solana-based meme coin Kimchi rapidly reached a $40 million market cap yesterday but has since declined, currently trading at $21.51 million—a drop of over 50% from its peak.The top individual holder of this token invested $144,000 at a

A person with direct knowledge of the talks said Elon Musk's public support this week for a potential $3.5 trillion SpaceX-Tesla merger has unsettled some participants. The person said participants fear the comments could attract shareholder scrutiny and postpone the process by several weeks. The pe

CoinDesk reports:IT Home, October 22 — According to the Science and Technology Daily, at the 2026 World Physical AI Conference and Unitree Partner Ecosystem Conference, Unitree Technology founder Wang Xingxing stated that since its launch in May 2024, the Unitree G1 robot has accumulated production

CoinDesk reports:NEAR rose 5% today, driven by advancements in AI staking, the launch of Near Business, and increased cross-chain activity.Despite the staking yield being nearly halved compared to Q3 2025, users have staked 46% of the token's total supply.DFINITY founder Dominic Williams stated that

Nokia’s third-quarter profit came in ahead of analyst expectations. The reason was not phones, and not the cell towers people still picture when they hear the name.Instead, the Finnish company rode a wave of spending on data center networking gear, the plumbing that connects the servers behind the a

Monitoring shows that the probability of Polymarket's Predict.fun FDV exceeding $800 million within one day of launch has risen to 74%, a 60% increase over 24 hours.If the Predict.fun governance token's fully diluted valuation (FDV) exceeds $800 million one day after launch, this prediction event wi

ChainCatcher report: Enact Intelligence, a robotics startup headquartered in Zurich, has announced the completion of a $30 million Pre-seed funding round, with investors including Redalpine, Notion Capital, and Firstminute Capital. This marks the largest Pre-seed round in Swiss history. Yann LeCun a

CoinDesk reports:In shortPreviously a software company, MicroStrategy, under the leadership of its co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor, has transformed into a Bitcoin treasury company by adopting BTC as its primary reserve asset.The strategy sold 6,948 BTC between May and August 2026, cashing out

Industry experts say declining natural water supplies are driving China to invest heavily in manufactured freshwater and become a major supplier across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. China's companies sell desalination membranes, filtration equipment and engineering services to Egypt, Saudi Arabi