The Chainlink price narrative shifted this week when the protocol upgraded its Data Streams infrastructure to deliver near-real-time pricing for US stocks and ETFs on a 24/5 basis, giving DeFi protocols access to the same equity data that covers roughly $80 trillion in global market value. Summary Chainlink’s 24/5 US Equities Streams launch on April
Over the next few weeks, I am going to make a series of posts that is going to be a large overview of the possibilities for scalability of Ethereum, intending to create a precise understanding of the problems at bay in implementing a scalable cryptocurrency infrastructure, and where the least-bad tradeoffs and sacrifices required to
Visa, Stripe, and Zodia deepen roles in blockchain validation infrastructure Tempo scales stablecoin payments with institutional-grade validator support Agentic payments push automation in cross-border blockchain transactions Visa, Stripe & Zodia Custody Join Tempo as Blockchain Validators, marking a clear step in institutional blockchain participation. The development links traditional payment networks with onchain validation infrastructure. It
Ethereum is edging toward a high‑risk liquidation zone where a clean break above $2,451 would put an estimated $1.473 billion of short positions at risk across major centralized exchanges, according to derivatives tracker Coinglass. Summary Coinglass data shows $1.47b in ETH shorts at risk if price breaks $2,451. A drop below $2,220 could trigger $1.10b
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir and Zack Hess for ongoing research and discussions on proof-of-stake algorithms and their own input into Slasher-like proposals One of the hardest problems in cryptocurrency development is that of devising effective consensus algorithms. Certainly, relatively passable default options exist. At the very least it is possible to rely on a
Since the break below our 10/10 lows, which marked the largest liquidation event in crypto history, the market has been in a downtrending phase. The latest leg down was not driven by liquidations but rather by aggressive spot selling. The spot volume delta metric highlights that the same entity (or a group of entities) have
The BNB price reclaimed fourth place in the global crypto market cap rankings from XRP on Tuesday as seven straight months of XRP losses combined with BNB’s completed 34th quarterly burn and a broad Tuesday market rally pushed Binance’s native token back ahead in a race that has changed hands multiple times since March. Summary
Who are you? I’m Gav – together with Jeffrey Wilcke and Vitalik Buterin, I’m one third of the ultimate leadership of Ethereum ÐΞV. ÐΞV is a UK software firm that is under a non-profit-making agreement with the Ethereum Foundation to create version 1.0 of the Web Three software stack. We three directors—who are ultimately responsible
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, posted seven words on April 14 that pulled in more than 3.7M views in less than 24 hours, sparking excitement that X Money is finally on the way: “Crypto has had a rough year. Maybe we should launch something to fix it.” The detail most headlines are skipping is
Solana price is at $83.37 on April 14, down 3.63% on the session, as a symmetrical triangle formed on the daily chart over the past two months continues to compress price action toward its apex. A daily MACD bullish crossover has now printed inside the pattern, adding a momentum signal to a setup that traders
