SOL Mainnet Upgrade Cuts Finality to 150 Milliseconds【MEXC Alpha Trader – Daily Market Brief (October 22, 2026)】

I. Macro & Market Sentiment

· Market Data: BTC $83,384 (+0.54%) | ETH $2,451 (-0.11%) | SOL $106 (-0.37%)

· Market Sentiment: Funding Rate -0.0010% | Fear & Greed Index 68 (Greed)

· Oil Prices & Interest Rates: WTI reached $100/barrel, while the probability of rates being held steady in October stands at 85.1%; energy-driven inflation and high-rate expectations are jointly compressing risk-asset valuations. Read more

II. Trading Signals / Highlights

· [Today's Focus] SOL | Alpenglow goes live, shifting the performance narrative into the mainnet testing phase.

· As a proxy for high-frequency on-chain activity throughput, Alpenglow is now live on mainnet-beta, reducing finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds.

· Takeaway: The consensus upgrade shifts performance expectations into live operational validation; on-chain trading volume and failure rates will determine whether the pricing adjustment persists.

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· [On-Chain] ETH | Institutional staking and queue activity heat up together, further locking up circulating supply.

· As an asset supporting RWA and stablecoin settlement layers, Bitmine added 159,700 ETH to staking; the staking entry queue has reached 1.33 million ETH, with waits exceeding 23 days.

· Takeaway: Entries into the queue far exceed exits, making changes in staked and locked ETH a core metric for assessing ETH's circulating supply structure.

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· [Market Watch] Tokenized Stocks | DEX growth shifts toward a new asset class, prompting a reassessment of on-chain liquidity structure.

· As a driver of incremental on-chain trading activity, tokenized stock DEX volume reached approximately $50 billion in Q3, up roughly 9x quarter-on-quarter and accounting for about 9% of spot DEX volume.

· Takeaway: Trading expansion is being driven by the onboarding of equities onto the blockchain; liquidity growth does not necessarily indicate a parallel increase in native crypto risk appetite.

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III. Regulation & Major Events

· U.S. OCC | The final stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act will take effect on January 18, 2027, setting out a framework for issuance eligibility, reserve management, and case-by-case reviews of third-party rewards. Read more

IV. Platform-Exclusive Benefits

· Loss Compensation Campaign, Round 4 (Futures)

· Alpha Trader October Trading Competition (Futures)

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Recommended Reading: MEXC On-Chain Daily Report: Solana Alpenglow Goes Live on Mainnet

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