December 8, 2025
Altcoins

Aster price risks dip below $1 despite major buyback plan

The ASTER token is teetering near a critical support level of $1.03-$1.00. A potential drop below $1 risks triggering further declines to $0.90. The outlook is despite a buyback plan the Aster team announced on Friday. Aster DEX, a decentralized exchange backed by YZi Labs and linked to Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, has unveiled a

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Ethereum

Validated, staking on eth2: #6 – Perfect is the enemy of the good

T'was the day before genesis, when all was prepared, geth was in sync, my beacon node paired. Firewalls configured, VLANs galore, hours of preparation meant nothing ignored. Then all at once everything went awry, the SSD in my system decided to die. My configs were gone, chain data was history, nothing to do but trust

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Crypto

XRP price set for breakout as Ripple ETF and CME futures cross key milestones

XRP price rose by over 3% today, Oct. 24, as the crypto market rebounded, following encouraging Ripple ETF and options news. Summary XRP price has formed an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern. The XXRP ETF assets have crossed the important milestone of $100 million. More data shows that CME futures have crossed $26 billion in volume. Ripple

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Altcoins

Crypto wrap: Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana, and XRP muted after CPI report

Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana, and XRP traded higher and then pared gains. Sentiment improved with the release of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, but prices failed to rally. Analysts say the CPI data makes a Federal Reserve rate cut on October 29 “highly probable”. Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana,

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Ethereum

Ethereum.org Translation Program: Milestones and Updates

We hope that you are all excited for the upcoming year-end holidays. Today, we’ve got some exciting new changes to announce for Ethereum.org’s Translation Program and some milestones to celebrate. To start, we can’t thank you enough for all of your support this year. Thanks to you we’ve been able to update 16 languages in

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Crypto

SpaceX transfers another $134m BTC to new wallets: Arkham

SpaceX has again transferred Bitcoin worth millions of dollars to news wallets, with $134 million in the flagship cryptocurrency moved on Friday, October 24. Summary Elon Musk’s SpaceX has again transferred Bitcoin to new wallets. Data from Arkham shows the aerospace company moved nearly $134 million worth of BTC on Oct. 24, 2025. SpaceX also

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Altcoins

What next for Avantis price after the 73% recovery?

Avantis whale activity remains weak despite strong short-term price gains. Technical breakout hints at reversal, but confirmation needs $1.00 break. TVL surge and new listings boost adoption amid rising volatility. After a steep correction that erased much of its September gains, the Avantis price has staged an impressive rebound, rising 73% over the past week

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Ethereum

Grantee Roundup December 2020 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

We’re here with our last hurrah before we head into 2021 – read on for the latest news on a few grantees! Gitcoin for CLR matching Gitcoin’s CLR grants were one of the first real-world uses of quadratic funding, with the number of unique contributors to a grant carrying greater weight than the dollar total

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Crypto

Ripple closes Hidden Road deal, renames it Ripple Prime

Ripple has finalized its acquisition of Hidden Road and has renamed the prime brokerage firm it acquired in April 2025 as Ripple Prime. Summary Ripple has completed the acquisition of prime brokerage firm Hidden Road. The platform has now been renamed to Ripple Prime and will be key to further XRP and Ripple USD adoption.

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Ethereum

The State of Eth2, Jan 2021

At the start of December, the Ethereum community bootstrapped the new beacon chain proof-of-stake consensus mechanism — the foundation of Ethereum’s long-term and sustainable home. The launch was a resounding success, and the operation of the beacon chain has proved, thus far, stable and robust. As I write these words, the beacon chain is live

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