Important update: since the initial publication of this post, Lodestar has published a new release, v1.15.0, which Holesky users must upgrade to prior to Dencun’s activation on February 7th. Additionally, Prysm and Nimbus have both published highly recommended releases for Holesky. Prysm users are encouraged to use v4.2.1, and Nimbus users v24.2.0. Goerli blobs are
A cryptocurrency exchange is closing its doors after nearly a decade in business. CoinEx, which has its operating headquarters in the Seychelles, says it is entering an orderly wind-down with all user assets fully backed. Withdrawals opened September 15, 2026, and remain available until 02:00 UTC on December 22, 2026. The platform launched December 22,
Bitcoin holds at $75.6k as a TD Sequential buy signal lands on the 4-hour chart. Analysts watch $76K support and $83K resistance. Bitcoin is trading near $76,000 as a TD Sequential buy signal appears ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. Market analyst Ali Charts said the signal formed on Bitcoin’s four-hour chart before the
France’s Council of State has rejected an emergency request from Bull Bitcoin and Paymium to suspend the French decree implementing the European Union’s DAC8 crypto tax reporting rules while a separate challenge seeking to annul the measure remains before the court. Summary France’s Council of State rejected Bull Bitcoin and Paymium’s emergency request to suspend
A look back at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies ahead in 2024 2023 was an excellent year for the team behind the ethereum.org website, and its community — we already feel a little nostalgic, but it’s important to make space for celebrating the things the ethereum.org community helped us build in 2023 and
The anticipated launch of USDt on RGB in 2026 would bring the stablecoin back to Bitcoin for the first time since its early Omni Layer implementation. When Bitfinex last wrote about RGB in 2023, the protocol was still on testnet. It has since moved to mainnet and developed a broader ecosystem of wallets, standards and
Hyundai Card has moved its Avalanche-based stablecoin payment experiment toward a new scale-testing phase after completing a live $20,000 corporate transfer between Hyundai Motor entities in the U.S. and Mexico. Summary Hyundai Card says its Avalanche pilot settled a $20,000 intercompany transfer in roughly seven minutes. Hyundai Motor America converted dollars into USDT before sending
The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) is a program designed to reduce the barrier to entry for developers interested in working on the core protocol. As core developer (and EPF creator) Piper Merriam likes to say, the door is comically wide open. EPF helps you walk through it. Over the past two cohorts, one of the
Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration debate has moved toward wallet security and dormant-coin handling after Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet argued that choosing a new signature scheme may prove easier than moving Bitcoin users and existing funds safely. Summary Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet says Bitcoin faces a migration challenge, not an immediate quantum crisis. SHRINCS combines stateful signatures
The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on September 15, falling short 49-50 in a procedural cloture vote, and the crypto market’s leveraged bulls paid almost immediately, especially in BTC USD and Ethereum. Exchanges liquidated roughly $571M in bullish futures positions over the following 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data, with BTC and
