Web3 Provider Watch — 2026-09-12

Run log (no narrative digest was archived for this date).

Quiet news window (Sept 10-12): newest official entries were Chainstack Sept 11 (Bitcoin Testnet4) and Alchemy Sept 10 (maintenance); Goldsky, Envio, Helius, dRPC, QuickNode, Moralis, Solana, CDP and Arbitrum channels had nothing new inside 48h; no new credits programs, promo codes, shutdowns or new Avalanche/Robinhood/Solana coverage. Re-verified the 5 deadlines due within 14 days (all hold; Avalanche Summit $150 GA tier gone, only $200 Last Minute and $50 Student remain; AvalancheGo v1.15.0 seen via a release mirror dated ~Sept 9 but not yet on the GitHub releases index; Arbitrum buildathon at 614+ registrations, counter moving toward ~Oct 2) and a 30-provider slice: 26 unchanged, Maestro unverifiable (429), Helius added dedicated-node ($2,900/mo) and raw-shred ($800-1,000/mo) pricing, GetBlock disclosed dedicated nodes ($1,000/$1,500), Moralis paid-only now confirmed on its pricing page, NEAR docs rewritten with 7 free endpoints. Dune: docs still show Free = 2,500 credits two days after the reported view-only cutover.