AI Links Renewable Energy Growth to Bitcoin Mining Sustainability Artificial intelligence platforms monitoring mining infrastructure and energy flows are now detecting rising AI Bitcoin renewable energy usage across the Bitcoin network. According to blockchain data AI, an increasing share of global Bitcoin mining is now powered by renewable sources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric
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We are thrilled to announce the 39 grantees selected for the recent Academic Grants Round. This grants round invited researchers, think-tanks, Ph.D. students, and all those interested in advancing knowledge around the Ethereum ecosystem to submit academic proposals. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals, and congratulations to all the grantees. We are pleased
Pump.fun offloaded 4.19M SOL worth $757M and sent $617.5M USDC to Kraken since October 2025. Pump.fun moved another $50M USDC to Kraken recently, continuing large-scale on-chain transfers. Since October 15, the platform has deposited $617.5M USDC into Kraken. During the same period, $1.1 billion USDC moved from Kraken to Circle. These movements were tracked using
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
The Sepolia testnet will undergo a post-merge execution layer (EL) upgrade at block 1735371, expected on August 17, 2022 The upgrade will cause EL clients on the network to disconnect from peers which have not transitioned to proof-of-stake. It does not add additional functionality beyond this. Sepolia node operators must upgrade their execution layer client
Kraken backed platform xStocks launched on the TON crypto blockchain, letting Telegram users outside the US trade tokenized versions of US stocks and ETFs directly inside the chat app. The move adds a new on-chain venue to an already crowded race for tokenized stocks, where Solana and Ethereum hosts already hold around $180M in xStocks
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said the Bitcoin four-year cycle is being replaced by a “10-year grind” characterized by steady returns rather than spectacular gains. Speaking on CNBC’s Crypto World, Hougan argued that institutional adoption, regulatory progress, and stablecoin growth are stronger forces than the historical halving-driven cycle. “I do think the four-year cycle is less
tl;dr Merge sequence engaged 🚀 Mainnet Merge incoming Yesterday on the Consensus Layer call, client engineers agreed on Mainnet parameters for the Merge — a Bellatrix epoch of 144896 and a Paris TTD of 58750000000000000000000 (tentative). The TTD is based on Proof-of-Work difficulty and is thus a bit hard to estimate precisely. The target date
Uniswap recently executed a 100 million UNI token burn, permanently removing approximately $596 million worth of tokens from circulation. Summary Uniswap permanently burned 100M UNI after a 99.9% governance vote passed UNIfication. Protocol fees are now live while interface fees remain zero UNI jumped 19% during voting and rallied another 6% following the burn. The
