The last week was quite hectic for all of us in the Ethereum ecosystem. The DAO has shown us that it takes much more effort to write smart contracts than we originally anticipated; but also that it takes a surprising amount of debate to reach a consensus on issues of this scale. Everybody in our community was very
06 Nov Tether Advances Tokenised Capital Markets Through Strategic Agreement with KraneShares and Bitfinex Securities Posted at 14:28h in Media Releases by Maria Lobusova 6 November 2025 – Hadron by Tether, the asset tokenisation platform of Tether, KraneShares, the global asset management group, and Bitfinex Securities, the regulated tokenised securities platform, have entered into a strategic agreement to accelerate the
Solana is entering a strategic détente with other major layer-1 networks, aiming to replace the current patchwork of payment channels with a coherent, cross-chain framework for institutions. Summary Solana has joined Polygon, TON, Sui, Monad, and Fireblocks to launch the Blockchain Payments Consortium. The group aims to create unified technical and compliance standards for blockchain-based
Affected configurations: geth 1.4.8 Likelihood: High Severity: High Details: An attack vector has been identified in the freshly released implementation of the DAO soft fork. The fork enactment code in geth (and other clients) allows execution of EVM code up to the block gas limit without paying for gas. This can slow down mining and prevent inclusion of
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), linked to US President Donald Trump, recently announced its plan to expand its presence on the Solana blockchain. According to the announcement, the plans involve forming fresh partnerships with Bonk, a memecoin platform, and Raydium, a decentralized exchange built on the Solana blockchain that combines automated market making (AMM), order book
XRP price approaches the $2.00 support after rejecting from key resistance at $2.72. Bearish momentum builds with signs of a potential bottom emerging. Summary XRP tests $2.00 high-timeframe support after impulsive correction. Holding this level could form a bottoming base for recovery. Break below $2.00 would confirm continuation of bearish structure. XRP (XRP) price is
The Devcon2 web site is officially live now! You can find it at https://ethereumfoundation.org/devcon/ Thanks for everyone’s interest, proposals, support and enthusiasm. We have an amazing community and are excited to present the first Ethereum Foundation event in Asia. This year, Devcon2 (September 19, 20, 21) will be a featured conference at the International Blockchain Week in Shanghai
With the federal government continuing in shutdown mode, there continues to be a dearth of official economic statistics, including the all-important monthly Nonfarm PayRolls Report, which plays a large role in informing the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. It’s thus elevated the status of some lesser-followed reports and at least one is flashing a major red
Coinbase Europe has conceded it breached anti-money laundering laws, agreeing to a settlement that includes a formal reprimand and a significant financial penalty from the Central Bank of Ireland. Summary Ireland’s central bank fined Coinbase Europe €21.5 million for anti-money laundering monitoring failures between 2021 and 2025. The exchange admitted it failed to properly review
Fusaka follows this year’s Pectra upgrade, representing a major step forward in Ethereum’s scaling roadmap that improves L1 performance, increases blob throughput, and enhances user experience. The Fusaka network upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet at slot 13,164,544 (December 3, 2025, 21:49:11 UTC). Fusaka also introduces Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks to
