Crypto ownership in Canada has more than doubled since 2023, even as regulators warn that many investors still misunderstand platform protections and industry rules. Summary 25% of Canadians owned crypto in 2026, up from 10% in 2023. The Ontario Securities Commission survey found 59% of respondents were aware of crypto assets. Only about half of
Hi everyone – Vlad here. I’ve been working on the analysis and specification of “proof-of-stake” blockchain architecture since September 2014. While Vitalik and I haven’t agreed on all of the details of the spec, we do have consensus on many properties of the proof-of-stake protocol that will likely be implemented for the Serenity release! It
Some of the world’s biggest banks have completed real cross-border payments using tokenized money in a test led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), another sign that tokenization is moving into the plumbing of global finance. Project Agorá, which brings together five central banks and 28 commercial lenders including JPMorgan, Citi, UBS, Deutsche Bank
Apple faces bipartisan pressure to rule out memory chips from two Chinese suppliers as an AI-driven shortage tightens global supply and raises production costs. Summary Six US senators asked Apple to reject memory chips supplied by China’s CXMT and YMTC. Apple must provide a formal commitment by Aug. 21, according to the lawmakers’ letter. Both
After a smooth launch, please find a few updates of note below. These probably will be of interest only to the more advanced users amongst you – if you’re not a miner, there is nothing to action. Epoch switch in 2 hours Let’s start with a quick heads up to miners, the network will be
More support has been thrown behind the Clarity Act as lawmakers rush to get the long-awaited bill over the line. This time from the Major Cities Chiefs Association. The nonprofit — made up of police chiefs from major U.S. cities — said Thursday that it was happy with how the bill addresses financial crime. Lawmakers
A major U.S. police organization has endorsed the latest CLARITY Act draft, but unresolved disputes over political ethics, DeFi protections and stablecoin rewards continue to threaten its passage before the Senate recess. Summary Major Cities Chiefs Association endorsed the CLARITY Act after lawmakers added new enforcement provisions. Polymarket traders place the bill’s chance of becoming
Here comes the first Frontier patch, and this is a big one! Before you go further, if your keys date back from Go 1.0 rc or C++ 0.9.36, note that you should regenerate all of your keys NOW. Though some releases of the pre-alpha and alpha clients are secure, this depends on which codebase and
Seoul, South Korea, July 30th, 2026, Chainwire Flowra, the open orderflow auction and validator infrastructure platform for Solana, today announced a collaboration with compliance infrastructure provider Honeypot to integrate sanctions and risk screening directly into the block-building process. The collaboration combines Honeypot’s compliance intelligence with Flowra’s Programmable Block Policy (PBP), enabling institutional validators to define
The company raised $544.5 million in one week by issuing common shares, bought no bitcoin with it, and put it in a reserve whose stated purpose is covering preferred dividends. The obligation runs $1.76 billion a year. The flywheel that made Strategy famous now turns in the opposite direction, and the coverage is calling it
