XLM reserves lock 1 XLM per funded account and 0.5 XLM per trustline, while the price holds above $0.166955 support on the chart. Stellar holders are reviewing how network reserve rules affect usable XLM supply. The debate centers on tokens held inside accounts and ledger entries. Cheeky Crypto said every funded Stellar account needs a
Belarusian nationals and residents have been barred from owning, controlling, or managing crypto-asset service providers regulated under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework from Aug. 25, extending the bloc’s sanctions on the country. Summary The European Union has barred Belarusian nationals and residents from owning or managing MiCA regulated crypto firms from Aug. 25.
The possibilities of zkSNARKs are impressive, you can verify the correctness of computations without having to execute them and you will not even learn what was executed – just that it was done correctly. Unfortunately, most explanations of zkSNARKs resort to hand-waving at some point and thus they remain something “magical”, suggesting that only the
In Bitcoin news today, Tesla absorbed a $112M impairment loss on its Bitcoin holdings in Q2 2026 and did not sell a single coin. The company’s 11,509 BTC position remained static throughout the quarter as BTC fell roughly 14%, sliding from around $83,000 at the quarter’s open to approximately $58,000 by the end of June.
Zhibao Technology has signed a non-binding agreement that could bring about 3,500 Bitcoin, valued at roughly $220 million, onto its balance sheet through a proposed stock sale paid in BTC. Summary Zhibao has signed a non binding agreement to receive about 3,500 Bitcoin through a proposed $220 million stock sale. The proposed deal would give
Vitalik suggested last week that I share my basic research and design philosophy in a blog post, I agreed but complained that it was still changing. My friend Jon West told me that everyone would really appreciate it if I told everyone about my Casper research, I mostly agreed. Then someone on reddit told me
Fintech firm Ripple made two moves on Thursday aimed at growing its dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, in a month when transfer volume across the token has dropped by 25%. The first is Ripple Mint, a platform that lets institutional customers create, redeem, bridge and track RLUSD through a web dashboard or direct integration. Until now, minting
Strategy, BlackRock, Coinbase and six other companies have formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium to fund work on Bitcoin’s long-term security. Summary Nine major firms pledged $15 million over three years to support Bitcoin security research worldwide. Post-quantum cryptography leads the consortium’s agenda, although no capable attack system currently exists anywhere. Members will fund chosen developers
This chapter describes the game theory and economic security modelling we were doing in the Fall of 2014. It recounts how the “bribing attacker model” led our research directly to a radical solution to the long range attack problem. Chapter 2: The Bribing Attacker, Economic Security, and the Long Range Attack Problem Vitalik and I
Coinbase is allowing businesses to accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents as part of a wider expansion of its agent-focused financial tools. Summary Coinbase Business will accept USDC payments initiated by AI agents through its native x402 support. Coinbase for Agents adds live market views and conditional actions controlled by user-defined trading guardrails. Developers
