January 28, 2026
Ethereum

Ethereum’s unexpected future direction | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Ethereum has been preparing what we consider to be the most exciting digital alliance since IBM and Microsoft partnered so successfully on the IBM PC. We know that you’ve been anticipating great things from Ethereum and we are delighted to present you with this exciting and unexpected news. As you know, mining in Ethereum is

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Crypto

21Shares launches first Dogecoin Spot ETF in US

21Shares has launched the first Dogecoin-backed spot exchange-traded fund in the U.S., marking the initial regulatory approval for a meme coin-based ETF product, according to the company’s announcement. Summary 21Shares launched the first U.S. spot Dogecoin ETF, developed with House of Doge, marking the SEC’s first approval of a meme coin–based ETF. The product gives

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Ethereum

Implementing Vitalik’s vision | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Although the core concept was proven last summer when lead developers Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood, and Jeffrey Wilcke initiated the PoC (proof-of-concept) series in Python, C++, and Go, a lot of engineering effort has gone to solidifying these implementations. We’re all anxious to release a stable command line client and issues flagged in the external

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Bitcoin

French Crypto Tax Platform Waltio Targeted in Extortion and Data Breach

Waitio was a target of the hacking group Shiny Hunters, and the resulting data breach may have leaked the data of nearly 50,000 crypto users. Some of the stolen data included email addresses and transaction histories, which means that the victims are at risk of phishing and identity theft. On the bright side, since Waltio

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Crypto

European banks form group to launch euro-pegged stablecoin

A consortium of 10 European banks has established a company called Qivalis to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin, according to an announcement from the group. The initiative aims to provide an alternative to U.S. dollar-dominated digital payment systems. Summary Major European banks have formed a consortium called Qivalis to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin, aiming to counter

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Ethereum

Bazaar Services | Ethereum Foundation Blog

I’m a great believer in judging the present through the knowledge of the past. In the past 25 or so years one of the biggest trends in business and technology was what might loosely be termed as the open source revolution. The notion of it being good business to share your source code might not

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Bitcoin

What are Prediction Markets? – Bitfinex blog

19 Sep What are Prediction Markets? Posted at 14:32h in Education, Freedom by ricardom Prediction markets, long valued for their ability to aggregate information into accurate forecasts, have evolved from informal betting and academic experiments into powerful decentralised platforms, capturing the interest of the cypherpunk movement in the 1990s as tools for truth-seeking and resistance

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Crypto

Altcoins pass $1.3t as ETH consolidates and BNB holds, while this leading crypto to buy now enters the final hours of stage 4

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. As ETH and BNB recover, investors seek early upside as APEMARS gains traction with a timely presale launch. Summary APEMARS gains traction as Stage 4 Lunar Drift goes live, offering early entry before the

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Ethereum

Blockchain Scalability: Chain-Fibers Redux | Ethereum Foundation Blog

History I came up with the first seed of this idea while chatting to Janislav Malahov in Berlin in Spring 2014. Unfortunately, the original article I wrote was lost along with my laptop when it was stolen in Vienna. After chatting over the principles with Vitalik more recently, we made a number of alterations and

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Bitcoin

Coinbase Adds Sentient Crypto Futures—Here’s What That Means for You

Coinbase announced it will list a perpetual-style futures contract for Sentient (SENT) on its regulated trading platform. SENT saw a short burst of trading interest after the news as derivatives traders positioned early. This move fits a bigger trend: US exchanges are racing to offer tools that once lived only on offshore platforms. (Source: SENTUSD

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