August 5, 2026
Ethereum

Security Alert – Solidity – Variables can be overwritten in storage

Summary: In some situations, variables can overwrite other variables in storage. Affected Solidity compiler versions: 0.1.6 to 0.4.3 (including 0.4.4 pre-release versions) Detailed description: Storage variables that are smaller than 256 bits are packed together into the same 256 bit slot if they can fit. If a value larger than what is allowed by the

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Bitcoin

Ethereum Staking Hits Record 34% as Rewards Fall to Their Lowest Level Ever

Ethereum staking reaches a record 41.04M ETH, 34% of supply, worth $77.7B, as rewards fall to 2.62% and issuance rises to 0.842%. Ethereum staking has reached a new record, with 41.04 million ETH now locked across the network. The figure represents about 34% of the total ETH supply. Merlijn The Trader said the staked ETH

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Crypto

Nvidia and Meta warn U.S. against sweeping curbs on open AI models

Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft have joined 22 other organizations in warning U.S. policymakers that sweeping controls on open-weight AI models could weaken American leadership as competition with China intensifies. Summary Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft oppose sweeping U.S. restrictions on open-weight AI models. The coalition favors targeted enforcement against intellectual-property theft and other proven misuse. Elon

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Ethereum

Analysis of Storage Corruption Bug

This blog post provides an update on our findings following the discovery of the storage corruption bug last week. In summary, the bug was much less severe than we initially thought. The small number of affected contracts we found is either only exploitable by the owner, or the exploit can only cause a disruption in the user interface and not

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Bitcoin

Building Financial Infrastructure on Bitcoin with Ark

Three years after Bitfinex covered Ark as an unimplemented proposal, two different implementations — Ark Labs’ Arkade and Second’s Bark — are now live on Bitcoin mainnet and gaining real-world traction, with interest in similar approaches now spreading well beyond the teams that built them. A lot has changed since Bitfinex last discussed Ark in

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Crypto

LMAX taps Morgan Stanley to weigh $5B sale or Nasdaq listing

LMAX Group has enlisted Morgan Stanley and KBW to assess a sale or public listing that could value the institutional trading company at up to $5 billion. Summary LMAX has tapped Morgan Stanley and KBW to review strategic options worth up to $5 billion. A Nasdaq IPO is preferred, although a sale, SPAC merger or

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Ethereum

Whoa… Geth 1.5 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

The Go Ethereum team is very proud to finally release Geth 1.5, which can almost be called a complete internal rewrite of the Go Ethereum (go-ethereum) codebase. We’ve packed a huge number of changes into this release, and simply listing them wouldn’t do them justice. Instead, we’ve decided to write them up in a more informal way, explaining

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Bitcoin

Seven Straight Bitcoin ETF Inflow Days Recover Just 15% of June’s Losses

In Bitcoin news today, US spot BTC ETF funds recorded nearly $1Bn in net inflows over seven consecutive sessions through July 22, 2026 – their longest positive run in 11 weeks, with BlackRock IBIT capturing $319.16M of the $499.05M added this week alone. However, that streak has already come to an end, as yesterday’s session

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Crypto

National police union reverses course to back the CLARITY Act

A US police union representing more than 382,000 members has reversed its position and endorsed the latest CLARITY Act after lawmakers added language addressing its concerns about cryptocurrency investigations. Summary The National Fraternal Order of Police has reversed course and endorsed the latest CLARITY Act. The union says revised provisions preserve law enforcement powers to

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Ethereum

Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon

The Ethereum network will be undergoing a hard fork at block number 2,675,000, which will likely occur between 15:00 and 16:00 UTC on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. A countdown timer can be seen at https://fork.codetract.io/. The Morden test network will be undergoing a hard fork at block number 1,885,000. As a user, what do I

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