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The number of holders in Solana’s real-world asset (RWA) sector has surpassed 400K for the first time. That marks a sharp increase from under 10K in January 2025. The rise indicates rapid expansion in on-chain RWA adoption in less than two years.

Solana plans to roll out a Transaction V1 upgrade on Sept. 9, 2026, tripling the network’s maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes. The increase is designed to let a single transaction include complex operations such as zero-knowledge proofs and large multisignature data. The protocol-level performance change aims to raise the ceiling on application complexity developers can build, expanding capabilities tied to privacy, security and decentralized applications.

Cross-chain protocol Wormhole is introducing Dogecoin (DOGE) natively to the Solana network through the Sunrise project, enabling cross-chain transfers without wrapped tokens. The move aims to improve DOGE liquidity and usability within the Solana ecosystem, adding a new asset option for DeFi and payment use cases on Solana. The integration uses Wormhole’s cross-chain messaging technology to avoid the complexity and potential risks associated with traditional wrapped tokens.

Ethereum has completed the Hegotá upgrade, allowing decentralized application (dApp) users to pay gas fees with tokens rather than ETH, a change expected to benefit about 4 million dApp users. The upgrade simplifies transaction steps and lowers the barrier for new users. It could increase dApp activity and overall usage on the Ethereum network.

Blockstream and a whitehat hacker are conducting a public, on-chain exchange over a Liquid sidechain vulnerability incident involving about 4,000 BTC. The hacker says the funds will be returned after Blockstream fixes the bug and ensures every node is patched, while Blockstream has responded and acknowledged the communication. As of publication, roughly 3,998.5 BTC had not moved and discussions were still ongoing.

Blockstream-developed Bitcoin sidechain Liquid Network has halted operations after a vulnerability labeled “4,000” was exploited. The exploit led to the withdrawal of about 4,000 bitcoin, with losses estimated at roughly $320 million at current market prices. Liquid is designed to offer exchanges and institutions faster, more confidential Bitcoin transfers, and the outage has raised concerns about its security architecture. The team is working on the issue, but has not provided a timeline for a fix or updates on fund recovery.

As of early September 2026, assets under management for Solana (SOL) and XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were each nearing $1.5 billion, with the two products roughly even in size. It marks the first time crypto-asset ETFs tied to neither Bitcoin nor Ether have reached that scale. Some market views say these products could see sharp growth in the next market run, with SOL and XRP potentially posting significant gains.

Crypto ETF products have recorded more than $1.20B in net inflows, signaling sustained demand for major digital assets such as bitcoin. The latest wave of allocations has further boosted bitcoin buying interest. It suggests investors are still actively adding exposure to digital assets at current levels. Overall, strong demand through crypto ETFs indicates that optimism around bitcoin’s next move has not faded.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net inflows totaling $986.8 million over the week. The figures indicate strong demand for Bitcoin investment products. The data cover multiple Bitcoin ETFs listed in the United States and show a notable shift of funds into these funds during the week.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has made concessions to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements, announcing an end to government-level bitcoin purchases and the transfer of the country’s existing bitcoin reserves to a private operator for management. The move marks a significant shift in El Salvador’s bitcoin strategy, after the country made bitcoin legal tender and continued accumulating the asset.