How Bitcoin’s Shift to Digital Gold Was Fueled by Institutions
Bitcoin, and eventually broader crypto, was steered away from being a decentralized alternative to the state and toward integration into the very financial system it was meant to replace.In an interview, Aaron Day, co-founder of Daylight…
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Binary State Trees and RISC-V Upgrade to Overhaul Ethereum’s…
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EIP-7864 proposes replacing Ethereum’s hexary keccak tree with a binary structure, cutting Merkle branch size by 75%.
Blake3 and Poseidon hash functions could accelerate Ethereum’s proving efficiency by up to 100x over…
Upbit Will List 2 Altcoins Today: Here’s How Prices Reacted
Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the listing of two new altcoins. The platform confirmed it will add spot trading support for Seeker (SKR) and Espresso (ESP).In addition, Bithumb will also list ESP today.…
Bitcoin’s $67K rebound defies war fears but signals deeper market risk
Bitcoin pushed back above $67,000 even as geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran rattled global markets and pressured risk assets.
The rebound has surprised traders who expected a deeper drawdown under heightened…
Polymarket Traders Make $1M on US-Iran Strike Bets, Spark Insider Concerns
Six Polymarket traders earned roughly $1 million after accurately betting that the United States would strike Iran before the end of February, triggering insider trading suspicions.The six wallets were all created in February and placed…
Wallet in Telegram Adds DeFi “Vaults” to Earn on BTC, ETH and USDt
Telegram’s built-in crypto wallet has introduced a feature that allows users to earn returns on major cryptocurrencies inside the messaging app.The update introduces vaults in TON Wallet, a self-custodial wallet integrated within Wallet in…
BSC Fees Hit Multi-Month Lows as History Signals Bitcoin Rebound Ahead
The slowdown in on-chain activity echoes a similar lull last summer that came right before a huge rebound in Bitcoin.
The total fees paid on the Binance Smart Chain…
Ethereum Smart Accounts Coming in Hegota Fork
Ethereum account abstraction, or smart accounts, will be shipped with the Hegota upgrade “within a year,” said Vitalik Buterin on Saturday.“We have been talking about account abstraction ever since early 2016,” said the Ethereum co-founder…
The Bitcoin And Altcoin Bottom Is Not In Yet: Here’s Why
Key points:Bitcoin’s relief rally is facing selling near $72,000, but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears.Several major altcoins are facing selling at higher levels, indicating that the sentiment…
Why TradFi Keeps Betting On An ETH Surge
Key takeaways:Institutional adoption of the Ethereum network accelerates despite Ether disappointing price action. Ethereum and its layer-2s hold 65% of TVL market share.Vitalik Buterin is shifting focus toward base layer scalability and…