August 7, 2026
Ethereum

London Mainnet Announcement | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Important Update On July 21, 2021, a consensus issue was identified on the Ropsten network, where the go-ethereum, Erigon and Nethermind implementations had different transaction validation logic than Besu and OpenEthereum. New versions of the affected clients have been released and are linked in the “Client Versions” table below. The block number for London is

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Bitcoin

Margin Trading Arrives on Polymarket: Will Polymarket Hoover All Hyperliquid Liquidity?

Polymarket has filed for Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) registration with the National Futures Association (NFA) via an affiliate entity called Coming Home GBA, according to Bloomberg. The July 3, 2026 NFA filing signals the world’s largest prediction market’s intent to offer regulated margin trading to US users – allowing traders to take leveraged positions on

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Crypto

Ripple builds a $3.5B empire as XRP sinks toward the $1 mark

In the last week of June, XRP printed its weakest price since late 2024, briefly touching $1.01 before stabilizing in the $1.05 to $1.13 range where it has traded through early July. The token is down more than 25% for the year and roughly 65% below the $3.65 cycle high it set in July 2025.

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Ethereum

Road to Devcon Meetup and Event Grants

Community organizers are the glue that holds the Ethereum ecosystem together, and whether they’re leading large-scale events, local meetups, hackathons or seminars, we might all be wandering in the dark forest of the analog world without them. But where’s the fun in relying on chance encounters with kindred spirits identified by a telltale laptop sticker,

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Bitcoin

Bonzo Lend’s total value locked plunges 77% as $9 million oracle exploit rattles Hedera

Bonzo Lend, a decentralized lending protocol on the Hedera network, suffered an estimated $9.05 million loss after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in a third-party Supra oracle contract, allowing them to borrow assets far exceeding the value of their collateral. The attacker deposited 250 SAUCE tokens with little value, before submitting a manipulated price

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Crypto

Tom Lee predicts Ethereum will unite Wall Street and crypto

Tom Lee has reaffirmed that Ethereum will play the central role as traditional finance and cryptocurrency converge into a single market. Summary Tom Lee says traditional finance and crypto will eventually merge into one market, with Ethereum at the center. His comments come as Bitmine’s Ethereum treasury has grown to 5.74 million ETH, equal to

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Ethereum

Finalized no. 27 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

tl;dr Upgrade for London, yes you! The hotly anticipated upgrade to Ethereum mainnet — London — has a fork block scheduled, and mainnet client releases are out. As mentioned before, to allow for validator deposits, the beacon chain validators come to consensus on the state of the proof-of-work chain and process deposits sequentially from there.

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Bitcoin

Metaplanet Announces Joint Study To Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit To Japan

Metaplanet wants to turn its bitcoin pile into a credit market. On Friday, Japan’s largest corporate bitcoin holder said it has opened a joint study with three partners to build tokenized credit products backed by bitcoin, a step that pushes the company past simple treasury accumulation and toward the role of a financial platform. The

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Crypto

Hong Kong Clearing exposes fake crypto wallet scam using cash rewards

Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited has uncovered multiple counterfeit websites that use cash rewards and virtual wallet transactions to steal personal and banking information from users. Summary HKICL has warned of fake websites using cash rewards and virtual wallets to steal personal and banking information. The clearing company said the scam sites falsely pose as

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Ethereum

Grantee Roundup: July 2021 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees! InterRep For a user

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