Tezos (XTZ) News Today: Why XTZ Is Down – 01 October 2026

• Ushuaia, Tezos' 21st protocol upgrade, activated on 30 June, raised Data Availability Layer bandwidth to 10 MB/s. • The upgrade cut Layer 1 confirmation times from about 66 seconds to 12–18 seconds. • No new Tezos protocol upgrade or ecosystem launch was announced between 29 September and 1 October. • Ganesha, a seventh Etherlink Mainnet upgrade proposal, was announced on 31 July. • Arthur B. is scheduled to join a TOKEN2049 panel in Singapore on 7 October at 08:20 UTC.