The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 13,773,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones. Please upgrade your node before Sunday, December 5, 2021 to account for the variable block times. What is
On 30 December 2025, Bitwise Asset Management announced submitting applications to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 11 new “strategy” exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Bitwise’s filings target an array of altcoins, including DeFi leaders like AAVE and UNI, privacy coin ZEC, AI-focused TAO, and others such as CC, ENA, HYPE, NEAR, STRK, SUI, and
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. In early September, Nasdaq filed a rule change with the SEC to allow tokenized stocks and exchange-traded products, or ETPs, to trade on its platform. At first glance, this appears to be
The Ethereum Foundation is allocating 1 million USD in grant funding to organizations that educate governments and policymakers about Ethereum and blockchain technology. We encourage others in the Ethereum community to support their important work. A space to grow, and to do good We understand that transformative technologies raise new questions for regulators and governments.
Base’s promotion of creator coins, largely through its close alignment with NFT marketplace Zora, is drawing mounting criticism from community members who say the strategy is alienating projects that helped bootstrap the network’s early momentum. In recent months, the layer 2 Base network has become the epicenter for “creator coins,” which are tokens tied to
Despite a disastrous year, Bitcoin is still flexing its muscles on the world stage. A new analysis from Taurex shows that the top cryptocurrency, with its $1.7 trillion market cap, remains one of the strongest long-term performers across both the stock and digital asset markets — and one of the most efficient paths to millionaire
tl;dr Kintsugi🍵 in progress At the start of November, the Kintsugi🍵 month-long Merge sprint began! Kintsugi specs and milestones/plans were released, and now client teams are deep into the sprint with an aim to launch a persistent testnet in the first week of December. Kintsugi specs incorporate all of the learnings and minor adjustments from
Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered cryptocurrency mining, proposing criminal penalties that include forced labor and prison sentences, little more than a year after formally legalizing the industry. The Ministry of Justice on Monday published draft amendments to the Criminal Code that would reclassify many forms of illegal crypto mining from an
As stablecoins dominate regulatory headlines and tokenization edges closer to institutional reality, the real work of bringing traditional assets on-chain is happening quietly in the background. Dave Hendricks, founder and CEO of Vertalo, has been building that infrastructure for years. A serial entrepreneur with prior exits including LiveIntent and CheetahMail, and experience at Oracle and
Since 2019, we have supported UNICEF’s CryptoFund with recurring contributions, and we are excited about our most recent donation too. Today, I would like to share the story of our journey together, to recognize some of the achievements of our partnership, and to speak a bit more about what’s next. Why and how we started
