Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has become the largest holding in three major U.S. preferred stock ETFs, which collectively own $756 million of the security even as its price remains about 13% below its $100 par value. Summary STRC has become the largest holding in three major preferred stock ETFs with $756 million invested. Institutional holdings
Mist leaks some low level APIs, which Dapps could use to gain access to the computer’s file system and read/delete files. This would only affect you if you navigate to an untrusted Dapp that knows about these vulnerabilities and specifically tries to attack users. Upgrading Mist is highly recommended to prevent exposure to attacks. Affected configurations: All
Strive’s SATA preferred shares have recovered nearly 16% from their June low to about $97, prompting Jan3 CEO Samson Mow to predict that the rebound could help Strategy’s STRC return to its $100 par value. Summary Strive’s SATA has rebounded nearly 16% from its June low to about $97. Samson Mow expects SATA’s recovery to
One of the important indicators of how much load the Ethereum blockchain can safely handle is how the uncle rate responds to the gas usage of a transaction. In all blockchains of the Satoshian proof-of-work variety, any block that is published has the risk of howbecoming a “stale”, ie. not being part of the main
Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley Bitcoin exchange-traded fund now has close to $400 million in assets under management — despite only launching in April. The NYSE Arca-listed fund, which is the first by a bank, got off to a roaring start when it debuted, bringing in over $33 million in fresh cash on its first
The US House of Representatives has passed a congressional stock-trading ban by a 232-198 vote, sending the measure to the Senate despite criticism that it leaves existing holdings untouched. Summary The House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act in a 232-198 vote. Elizabeth Warren criticized loopholes allowing lawmakers to retain and sell existing stocks. Bryan
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
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
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
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
