Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s 2025 upgrades only matter if the network doubles down on its “world computer” mission: scalable, truly decentralized, walkaway-proof apps. Summary Buterin says 2025 brought major gains in speed, reliability, and node usability, laying groundwork for long-term Ethereum growth. He warns against chasing short-term metas like political meme coins or activity theater
The EF is excited to announce the results of the Medalla data challenge, a data hackathon focused on the Medalla testnet ✨ The prompt was open-ended: we asked for data tools, visualizations, and analyses of testnet data; in short, anything that would help the community make sense of all the data. Over the course of
Coinbase Ventures just spotlighted the biggest growth trends for cryptocurrencies in the year ahead, but what are their 2026 crypto predictions? Find out what lies ahead and what serious money is targeting in 2026, from real-world assets on-chain to AI-powered crypto tools and new types of DeFi credit. While Bitcoin and majors trade mostly sideways, venture
Early 2026’s Bitcoin rebound revives interest in verified crypto airdrops and on-chain reward campaigns. Summary Bitcoin and major altcoins show price recovery as fear-driven sentiment eases in early 2026, opening room for renewed risk-taking. Verified airdrop campaigns offer free token distributions to users completing tasks like wallet connections or social media engagement, reinforcing user acquisition
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 projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees! Where applicable, the grant recipient is listed
MiCA’s full rollout by July 2026 will tighten EU oversight of CASPs, DeFi front-ends and stablecoins while exempting fully decentralized code but raising compliance costs. Summary MiCA forces exchanges, custodians, stablecoin issuers and portfolio managers to obtain EU authorization, ending third‑country “equivalence” workarounds. ESMA’s “spectrum of decentralization” targets front‑ends and infra providers, echoing Tornado Cash
As Ethereum closes out a pivotal institutional year, ether.fi CEO and co-founder Mike Silagadze is already looking ahead to 2026, and he believes the network’s next phase will be defined less by speculation and more by financial products that feel familiar to everyday users, he told CoinDesk in an interview. Ether.fi is best known for
Community & education BlockchainsForSchools Sponsorship of BlockchainsForHacks, an ideation challenge for high school and college students to create innovative projects using blockchain technology. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Hubble Continued funding for work on an optimistic rollup hub allowing creation of any rollup chain simply by writing a solidity function. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The global tokenization market size reached approximately $1.24 trillion in 2025, a significant increase from $865.54 billion in 2024, with projections for multi-trillion-dollar growth by the end of the decade. This growth
While everyone is staring in amazement on December 1st, 12pm UTC anticipating the Eth 2.0 Beaconchain genesis, within the JavaScript team we quietly prepared our own little genesis release in the shadows. Being very much around the good ol’ Eth 1.0 chain we are nevertheless very much excited on this too. 😀 Some background story:
