The pro-independence leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have scheduled a Cardiff summit for Sept. 14 to discuss cooperation on four policy areas, including self-determination. Summary Three pro-independence first ministers plan Monday talks covering self-determination, economic policy, energy, and European relations. The Telegraph reports leaders will sign an agreement, but officials have not published
We’re excited to announce that the next Devconnect will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 17th to the 22nd, 2025 at the iconic venue La Rural! This year, we are aiming for something bigger than just Devconnect: We want to support an effort that the local community has already started — bringing Argentina
Mexican authorities have seized roughly 300 GPUs from a suspected illicit crypto mining farm in Puebla while investigating possible electricity theft and money laundering. Summary Mexican authorities seized roughly 300 GPUs from a suspected illicit cryptocurrency mining operation in Puebla. Investigators are examining whether the remote facility illegally drew electricity from a nearby hydroelectric dam.
At 7:29 UTC today, on epoch 222464, the Pectra network upgrade went live on the Sepolia testnet. Unfortunately, an issue with Sepolia’s permissioned deposit contract prevented many execution layer clients from including transactions in blocks. The root cause was identified within minutes, and client teams immediately began working on a fix. This issue is due
Nasdaq Inc. is investing $100 million in crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, according to reports. The deal — not yet announced by either party — will help build out structure for tokenized stocks, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal values the crypto company at $21 billion, according to the
Goldman Sachs has revised its Federal Reserve forecast and now expects a 25-basis-point rate increase when policymakers conclude their Sept. 15–16 meeting. Summary Goldman Sachs now expects a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate increase at Wednesday’s policy decision meeting. August consumer prices rose 0.4%, while annual headline inflation stayed unchanged at 3.4% across America. Core CPI
The Mekong devnet was meant to be a playground for wallet developers to experiment with UX changes and for stakers to gain confidence in the upcoming Pectra changes. The Pectra network upgrade has been activated on the Ethereum Sepolia and Holesky testnets. These networks can now be used to test the Pectra upgrade features. In
STORJ gave back a 60% spike and is down 34% in a day, hours before Upbit delists it, with Storj Labs still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy court. STORJ traded for six and a half cents on Thursday. By Saturday morning it had printed seven and a half, a level the coin had not touched since
An open-source Bitcoin seed generator has converted radioactive decay events into 12-word and 24-word BIP39 recovery phrases using an offline hardware device. Summary Entropy32 Plus converts radioactive decay timing into twelve or twenty-four word Bitcoin recovery phrases offline. Firmware collects 512 comparison bits before conditioning the pool with its SHA-256 implementation locally offline. The device
