tl;dr Merge progress — minor spec updates, engineering full steam ahead 🚂 No progress in client diversity. Be selfish, run a minority client! Merge update First of all — fantastic work to all of the engineering teams on the Kintsugi sprint, which culminated in the launch of the Kintsugi Merge testnet. It is incredible to
Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion for its fourth fund, extending one of crypto venture capital’s biggest names into a wider set of technology markets. The firm said the new vehicle will back builders working in crypto, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other areas near the edge of current software and hardware development. Summary Paradigm’s new fund
Since this weekend’s geopolitical turbulence, there has been a notable increase in spot market strength and we consider there to be a possibility of relief over the coming weeks and months should this trend follow through. There is notable aggression from spot market participants bidding BTC higher since 1 March. Aggregated across exchanges, a total
In our last post, we outlined Devconnect as a week-long gathering that will feature independent Ethereum events, which aim to bring the Ethereum community together in smaller groups to talk, learn about, or make serious progress on specific subjects. Learn more at Devconnect.org Announcing Devconnect Dates Save the date: Devconnect is scheduled to take place
A reported Justice Department memo has put Binance’s law enforcement cooperation back in focus. The Information reported that DOJ staff were told to expect less support from the exchange in crypto cases starting June 8. Summary DOJ reportedly expects slower Binance action when prosecutors seek account freezes or crypto seizures abroad. Binance denies any change,
Community & education Web3 Lagos Conference in Lagos, Nigeria covering a variety of topics including making the switch from Web2 to Web3. Community & education Blockchain Fellowship ESatya Three month online course aiming to familiarize Nepalese developers with the key elements of blockchain technology through instruction and project-based learning. Community & education Ethereum Eje Cafetero
In crypto news today (July 8), Bitcoin has experienced a slight retracement, still sitting comfortably above $60,000, but down -1.1% over the past 24-hours and trading for around $62,600. Liquidations have slowed since yesterday, dropping from over $532M to $345M, with over $240M of that figure coming from long positions, highlighting that overly optimistic bulls
Real-world asset tokenization has gained a lot of traction within few years and is no longer limited to experimentation alone. Did you know that the total value locked in tokenized real-world assets is over $374 billion? (Source) We are excited to announce that our new RWA tokenization course launched recently is a great resource to
Binance Wallet has added Plume’s institutional yield vault, nBASIS, giving users on-chain access to tokenized fund products tied to Bitwise and Invesco. The rollout brings real-world asset yield into a crypto wallet interface. Summary Binance Wallet users can now access tokenized Bitwise and Invesco funds through Plume’s nBASIS vault. The vault links crypto wallets with
Queridos Amigos, A few years ago, we outlined what Devcon was all about in the original version of this post, and spoke to our renewed focus on growing the Ethereum ecosystem. In this updated version, we’re excited to re-announce Devcon 6, and to share details on our site-selection, timing and more. 🥁 Devcon 6: 11-14
