May 2, 2026
Crypto

House Rejects Iran War Resolution 213-214

The House voted to reject a resolution Thursday directing President Trump to remove US armed forces from hostilities against Iran, 213 to 214, falling one vote short along almost entirely party lines. Summary Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York proposed the resolution directing the president to end military action in Iran unless explicitly authorized by

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Ethereum

Ethereum Project Update | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Development of the Ethereum project has gone very well over the months since inception.  The core activity — development of the software platform — is on track and many developers around the world are starting to build small, exploratory distributed applications on the platform, even though we are still not yet in alpha release. The

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Bitcoin

XLM Holds Key Support, Eyes Move Toward $0.53

Stellar XLM holds support at $0.1360-$0.1278 as traders watch $0.1729, $0.2193 and a possible move toward $0.53. Stellar (XLM) is trading near a long-term support zone after a deep pullback from its recent highs. The area between $0.1360 and $0.1278 is a key area to watch. Traders are now watching whether XLM can hold this

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Blockchain

Success Story: Fabio Fiorentini’s Learning Journey with 101 Blockchains

About Fabio Fiorentini Full Name: Fabio Fiorentini Designation: Creator of Blockchain for Healthcare Country: Italy Fabio’s Learning Journey That Inspires Which courses or certifications by 101 Blockchains have you completed? The first learning resource I picked from 101 Blockchains was the Certified Enterprise Blockchain Professional (CEBP)™ certification course. As I wanted to follow a clear and

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Crypto

NJ Special Election Tests House GOP Majority

Voters in New Jersey’s 11th congressional district are heading to the polls today in a special election that could tighten the Republican House majority to its absolute limit, pitting progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia against Republican Joe Hathaway in a district that Democrats carried by 9 points in 2024. Summary The NJ special election fills the

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Ethereum

On Mining | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Decentralization, n. The security assumption that a nineteen year old in Hangzhou and someone who is maybe in the UK, and maybe not, have not yet decided to collude with each other. There has been a large amount of ruckus in the past week about the issue of mining centralization in the Bitcoin network. We

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Bitcoin

Privacy Layers: From Privacy Coins to Privacy Infrastructure

While the late-2025 rally in privacy coins like Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR) has since cooled, demand for anonymous, permissionless digital money — the cypherpunk vision that motivated early Bitcoiners — is unlikely to change. What has changed is where privacy innovation is being directed.  Rather than existing primarily as standalone coins and separate networks,

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Blockchain

101 Blockchains Rejoins Paris Blockchain Week 2026 as an Official Partner

Paris Blockchain Week, one of the biggest community events in the web3 space, is set to return in 2026. 101 Blockchains is proud to be associated with Paris Blockchain Week 2026 as an ecosystem partner. As an official partner of PBW for the last two years, we have stood at the frontlines of innovation in

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Crypto

Quantum Stocks Surge on NVIDIA Ising Launch

Quantum computing stocks surged in double digits on April 14 and 15, as NVIDIA’s launch of Ising, the world’s first open-source quantum AI model family, reignited investor conviction that commercial quantum computing is accelerating faster than previously priced. Summary IonQ closed up 20.95% to $43.25, D-Wave Quantum gained 22.63% to $20.81, and Rigetti Computing rose

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Ethereum

Advanced Contract Programming Example: SchellingCoin

Writing effective decentralized applications in Ethereum is at the same time easy and hard. The easy part we all know: rather than needing to create your own blockchain, manage complicated database code, deal with networking and NAT traversal, or any of the other complexities involving writing a peer-to-peer app from scratch, you can write code

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