August 2, 2026
Crypto

Michelle Bond loses dismissal bid as FTX-linked trial nears

Michelle Bond has lost her bid to dismiss criminal charges, with a federal judge setting her trial to begin on Nov. 9 after rejecting arguments tied to her husband Ryan Salame’s plea agreement. Summary A federal judge has denied Michelle Bond’s bid to dismiss campaign finance charges and scheduled her trial for Nov. 9. Prosecutors

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Ethereum

Devconnect Argentina Recap | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapped up as the largest Ethereum Foundation event yet, bringing together a global mix of developers, founders, creators, and curious newcomers. Key numbers from the week 14,000+ attendees from 130+ countries 45% from Argentina 53% first-time EF event attendees 1,000+ visas issued in collaboration with Argentina’s Dirección Nacional de Migraciones 80+ application

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Crypto

Cathie Wood predicts inflation collapse as Fed hike fears grow

Cathie Wood has dismissed mounting inflation fears despite U.S. headline CPI rising to 4.2% in May, arguing that underlying price pressures are close to disappearing. Summary Cathie Wood says underlying inflation is near 0.5% despite headline U.S. CPI rising to 4.2% in May. The ARK Invest CEO cites productivity gains and Truflation data to argue

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Ethereum

The Future of Ethereum’s State

Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Stateless Consensus team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen Ethereum. Special thanks to Ladislaus von Daniels and Marius van der Wijden for reviewing this article.

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Bitcoin

Upheaval at the foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish

Yakovenko’s comments stood out because they came from one of Ethereum’s most prominent competitors. While debates between Ethereum and Solana supporters have often been contentious, Yakovenko’s reaction reflected a view shared by many currently at the top of the industry: that leaner organizations can sometimes make better decisions than larger, more bureaucratic ones. The emergence

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Crypto

World equips AI agents with human credentials to fight bots

World has expanded access to AgentKit, a framework that has enabled verified users to connect AI agents to their digital identities and prove those agents represent real people rather than automated bot networks. Summary World has expanded AgentKit, allowing AI agents to operate on behalf of verified human users through World ID. The framework supports

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Ethereum

Shipping an L1 zkEVM #2: The Security Foundations

Thanks to Arantxa Zapico, Benedikt Wagner, and Dmitry Khovratovich from the EF cryptography team for their contributions, and to Ladislaus, Kev, Alex, and Marius for the careful review and feedback. The zkEVM ecosystem has been sprinting for a year. And it worked! We crossed the finish line for real-time proving! Now comes the next phase:

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Bitcoin

Unauthorized Emails Impersonating Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin.com is aware that fraudulent emails were recently sent through our third-party email service by an unauthorized party. We identified the breach, revoked access, secured our systems, and directly contacted Bitcoin.com users who were affected. All user funds are safe. What happened An attacker unlawfully gained access to our email service and used it to send

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Crypto

DOJ challenges law enforcement claims over CLARITY Act loopholes

The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected warnings from four major law enforcement organizations, arguing that the CLARITY Act would not weaken criminal investigations and that claims about enforcement loopholes are factually incorrect. Summary The DOJ rejected claims that the CLARITY Act would create enforcement loopholes, calling the criticism factually inaccurate. Four law enforcement organizations

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Ethereum

Hegota Upgrade EIP Proposal Timelines

Fusaka shipped PeerDAS in addition to a myriad of minor features and Glamsterdam’s major features will include Block-level Access Lists and enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation. Now we begin outlining the subsequent upgrade: Hegotá. Timeline Jan 8th – Feb 4th: Headliner proposals (EthMag) Feb 5th – Feb 26th*: Headliner discussion & finalization (ACD calls) 30-day window to

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