September 21, 2026
Ethereum

Ethereum Dev Update 2015 / Week 41

In an effort to bring the community more information about the going-ons at Ethereum, we’re planning to release semi-weekly updates of project progress. I hope this provides some high-level information without having to live on GitHub 😉 The Go and C++ teams have daily standups and are making regular progress along with several other improvements around the ecosystem.

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Bitcoin

SEC Chairman Wants To Advance Crypto Clarity Act

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins has thrown support behind the long-awaited crypto market structure bill.  Writing on X Tuesday, the chief of Wall Street’s biggest regulator said that he was “committed to supporting Congress in advancing” the bill.  A number of lawmakers are hoping the Clarity Act gets passed before Congress departs for

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Crypto

US-Iran MoU revival gains pace despite Tehran denial

Regional mediators are reportedly close to a proposal that could restart the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, although Tehran continues to deny seeking renewed talks with Washington. Summary Pakistan, Egypt and Qatar are reportedly pushing a plan to revive the US-Iran MoU. Iran and Oman have reportedly accepted a proposal addressing disputes over the Strait of

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Ethereum

Vitalik’s Research and Ecosystem Update

Over the last five days, myself, our executive director Ming Chan, and several others from the Ethereum team and Ethereum-based projects and businesses including Maker, String/Dfinity and Consensys have been visiting China and Hong Kong, where there have been a series of back-to-back conferences and events most notably including the Blockchain Workshop in Hong Kong

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Bitcoin

MEXC Users Put Nearly a Third of First-Month RealStocks Volume Into SpaceX

Mutsamudu, Comoros, July 28, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, published first-month trading insights for RealStocks, which lets eligible users buy real US stocks and ETFs through a licensed securities broker partner. June carried two currents side by side, with one event-driven name pulling enormous consensus and AI interest fanning out

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Crypto

CLARITY Act delay risks US crypto lead, lawmaker warns

Florida Rep. Mike Haridopolos has renewed his push for the CLARITY Act as Senate delays narrow the bill’s path to passage before the August recess. Summary Haridopolos warned that continued delays could push US crypto businesses and investment overseas. Senate leaders prioritized 74 federal nominees and a Russia sanctions bill over the CLARITY Act. The

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Ethereum

Security alert [Implementation of BLOCKHASH instruction in C++ and Go clients can potentially cause consensus issue – Fixed. Please update.]

Summary: Erroneous implementation of BLOCKHASH can trigger a chain reorganisation leading to consensus problems Affected configurations: All geth versions up to 1.1.3 and 1.2.2. All eth versions prior to 1.0.0. Likelihood: Low Severity: Medium Impact: Medium Details: Both C++ (eth) and Go (geth) clients have an erroneous implementation of an edge case in the Ethereum

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Bitcoin

Will the Elon Musk Prediction Prove Right About AI Abundance

The Elon Musk prediction everyone is talking about came when the billionaire told The Economist that money will effectively cease to exist as a concept within a decade, and that claim lands like a wrecking ball at the foundation of Bitcoin’s core investment thesis. Speaking in an interview published in late July 2026, Musk predicted

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Crypto

Bitcoin’s biggest risk comes from within, Saylor warns

Michael Saylor has warned that changes to Bitcoin’s consensus rules pose a greater long-term threat than rival cryptocurrencies, governments, or external competition. Summary Saylor called internal rule changes Bitcoin’s “gravest threat” after the asset gained broad market recognition. He argued that consensus rules protect property rights, scarcity, settlement, and limits on power. Saylor said proposals

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Ethereum

Nick Szabo Confirmed as Keynote Speaker of Ethereum’s DEVCON1

London, United Kingdom, October 22nd – The Ethereum Foundation is pleased to announce the Keynote Speaker of Ethereum’s annual conference DΞVCON1, Nick Szabo. Nick’s keynote will focus on the history of the blockchain, smart contracts and assets on the blockchain. Nick is a computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer known for his research on digital

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