We’re excited to announce the grantees selected for the recent staking community grants round. This grants round invited proposals that make the Ethereum staking experience easier, safer, and more secure. We were thrilled to see all of the great work proposed by these teams, and we’re looking forward to continuing to find new ways to
The crypto market pulled back during Asian and European hours on Monday, with bitcoin BTC$62,886.70 falling to $63,100 from above $64,300 at the weekly close at midnight UTC. That’s a decline of about 1%. Steeper losses hit the altcoin market. Lighter (LIT) led the downside cascade, sliding 8% in its first major selloff since rallying
SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation have formed a strategic partnership to develop an onchain financial market based in Japan. Summary SBI and Solana target stablecoins, tokenized assets, payments and institutional services across Japan and Asia. Solana Foundation will join SBI R3 Japan, which plans to become SBI Solana Global soon. The venture aims to
tl;dr Eth2 Workshop: Eth1+Eth2 Merge and Sharding Last week, the EF eth2 research team hosted an online workshop focused on the two major upgrades slated for the beacon chain — the eth1+eth2 merge and sharding. Client devs — both eth1 and eth2 — and researchers from across the stack joined to listen for a dynamic
Bitcoin traded near $62,800 on Monday as investors prepared for a packed week of economic releases and geopolitical news. Summary Bitcoin faces inflation data, Iran tensions, retail reports and major bank earnings in coming days. Oil prices and rate expectations could decide whether Bitcoin holds $60,000 or retests resistance again. ETF inflows offer support, but
This month, we’ve got the latest on from two groups doing great work to grow the Ethereum ecosystem! Couger for education and community building in Japan Specializing in AI, Couger might seem like an unlikely champion of Ethereum education! However, Couger has not only explored the intersection of Ethereum and AI and piloted a zero
PEPE trades below the yellow trend line as traders watch $0.00000083 support and $0.00000460-$0.00000713 resistance. PEPE remains under short-term pressure as price continues to trade below a key trend line. The meme coin has not yet confirmed that its recent decline has ended. The latest chart view points to a possible corrective bounce before another
Ross Gerber has renewed his criticism of Strategy founder Michael Saylor, saying the company’s financing model is hurting Bitcoin. Summary Gerber says Strategy’s leveraged Bitcoin model creates selling pressure instead of lasting value for investors. Strategy sold Bitcoin to fund dividends, weakening Saylor’s long-standing image as a permanent corporate holder. Supporters argue limited sales show
Oh wow, it’s been a while… over 1.5 years since we’ve released Geth v1.9.0. We did do 26 point releases in that time frame (about one per three weeks), but pushing out a major release is always a bit more special. The adrenaline rush of shipping new features, coupled with the fear of something going
Ethereum researchers have published a paper proposing native UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) support for the network’s execution layer, and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson responded on X with a pointed claim: Cardano has been running this model for over a decade, and Ethereum is arriving late without acknowledgment. In a July 7 tweet, Hoskinson said: “It’s
