December 8, 2025
Crypto

Bank of England defends stablecoin caps to ensure stability

The Bank of England’s proposed restrictions for stablecoins will be temporary, according to Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden, who has clarified that the central bank is simply concerned about the potential impact on the country’s financial system. Summary Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said the proposed limits on stablecoin holdings will be temporary measures.

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Ethereum

The potential to empower disenfranchised communities in Latin America using Ethereum

The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Marcus AM. Hola 👋, my name is Marcus and I’m a researcher and builder from Guatemala, and an EF Fellow. An optimist at heart, I’m driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innovation to build better societies – a conviction I’ve held from a young age.

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Lithosphere News Releases

Imagen Network Expands Grok-Enabled Tools to Facilitate Smarter Creator Workflows

Imagen enhances creator productiveness by AI-powered Grok integration designed to simplify and personalize decentralized content material improvement. October 16, 2025 1:00 AM EDT | Supply: Kaj Labs Singapore, Singapore–(Newsfile Corp. – October 16, 2025) – Imagen Network (IMAGE) has expanded its Grok-enabled toolkit to streamline creator workflows throughout its decentralized platform. This initiative enhances

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Crypto

YZi Labs leads $50M funding round in payment protocol BPN

YZi Labs has led a $50 investment million in Better Payment Network, supporting its plan to build a programmable global payment layer centered on stablecoins. Summary YZi Labs led a $50M funding round in BPN to expand stablecoin payment infrastructure on BNB Chain. BPN enables multi-stablecoin minting, swapping, and settlement via CeDeFi rails. Funds will

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Ethereum

Edelweiss Interop Recap | Ethereum Foundation Blog

With The Merge now firmly behind us, protocol developers have been making progress across a (record?) number of areas over the past few months. Withdrawals, danksharding, EOF, verkle tries, history expiry, SSZ and more have all seen significant progress recently! In order to help move each of these threads forward, and to run through one

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Crypto

Erebor secures conditional OCC charter for crypto banking

Erebor has obtained preliminary conditional approval for a national bank charter, positioning itself to target the innovation economy and become a cornerstone for crypto and AI startups. Summary Erebor has received preliminary conditional approval from the OCC to operate as a national bank. Backed by Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and Joe Lonsdale, Erebor aims to

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Ethereum

Layer 2 Community Grants Winners

The Privacy & Scaling Explorations team is excited to announce the winners of the Layer 2 Community Grants 2022. The Layer 2 Community Grants round started on October 24th, 2022 and was open for 6 weeks. In total we received 130+ proposals and thank each project for taking the time to apply. The wishlist compiled

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Crypto

Syndicate becomes first DAO to release compliant financials

While quarterly financial reports are not new for companies, they are new for DAOs, potentially setting a new standard for transparency. Summary Syndicate released its full quarterly financial report, compliant with U.S. law Public corporations are required to publish these reports, but DAOs are not The move makes it the first DAO to publish its

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Ethereum

Finalized no. 38 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Withdrawals are imminent. tl;dr Shanghai+Capella (aka Shapella) is on the horizon. Stakers, node operators, infrastructure providers — pay attention and test! The Academic Grants Round is live! Applications are due by February 27, 2023 Shapella on the horizon 🌅 After much testing and development, the Shanghai+Capella (Shapella) mainnet upgrade is moving into the final pre-launch

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Crypto

Fed’s Miran calls for urgent rate cut amid trade tensions

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran is calling for more and higher interest rate cuts, noting that urgency is key as trade-war tensions between the United States and China ramp up. Summary Fed Governor Stephen Miran says there’s need for urgent interest rate cuts. He told CNBC that the latest flare in trade tension between the

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