In today’s roundup, we’re excited to feature four recipients from a recent Local Grants wave in Japan! We see Ethereum as an ever-growing, creative and inclusive playground, and it is our responsibility to let everyone keep playing. It’s not easy to commit to public goods or novel use cases without a quick financial return, and
Ethena Labs has introduced a new stablecoin, USDtb, backed by BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. USDtb operates similarly to other popular fiat-backed stablecoins like USD Coin (USDC) and Tether (USDT), with reserves held in cash or cash-equivalent assets at a 1:1 ratio. Unlike most stablecoins, USDtb distinguishes itself by allocating 90% of its reserves
We are excited to announce a new wave of grants to fund formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains. We encourage academics, research centers, PhD Students and all those interested in researching Ethereum to submit their project proposals. This grants round has up to $750,000 in total
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. A veteran trader predicts Bitcoin at $150K and Ethereum at $5K by summer, spotlighting 5 altcoins primed for big gains. The crypto market is on the cusp of a seismic shift as a veteran
Today, we disclosed the first set of vulnerabilities from the Ethereum Foundation’s Bug Bounty Programs. These vulnerabilities were previously discovered and reported directly to the Ethereum Foundation or client teams via the Bug Bounty Programs for both the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer. Through its Bug Bounty Programs, which allow the Ethereum Foundation (EF) to
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Bull run sparks new highs, but tokens like PEPE and DOGE lag. Analysts see 1Fuel, in presale, primed for 500% growth. It’s no longer news that the bull run has begun, with several cryptocurrencies
The Kintsugi 🍵 merge testnet, launched late December, has been a valuable testing ground for The Merge. Through various test suites, multi-client devnets, shadow forks of Goerli, application deployments, and the community’s help #TestingTheMerge, we’ve arrived at a set of stable and robust protocol specifications. Now that clients have implemented these latest specs, a successor
Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional clients, has received approval for a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services. The approval authorizes Anchorage Digital’s subsidiary, Anchorage Digital NY, LLC, to offer regulated crypto trading services to institutions based in New York. Full capabilities are expected to be operational in early
tl;dr Kiln🧱🔥 is up, check it out #TestingTheMerge is in full swing. Do your part, get involved! Kiln🧱🔥 is up, check it out One week ago, the Kiln🧱🔥 testnet went through the Merge transition to evolve from a PoW testnet to a fully functional PoS testnet. If you run validators on Mainnet, now is the
Semler Scientific, a company focused on technology solutions for healthcare providers, announced an update on its Bitcoin holdings. Between December 5 and December 15, 2024, the company acquired an additional 211 Bitcoin (BTC) for $21.5 million, bringing its total holdings to 2,084 BTC. The recent purchase was made at an average price of $101,890 per
