January 30, 2026
Crypto

Sui blames consensus bug for Jan. 14 six-hour network outage

Sui has published a post-mortem explaining the six-hour network outage on Jan. 14, confirming a consensus bug halted activity but user funds were safe. Summary Sui confirmed a consensus divergence among validators caused its Jan. 14 mainnet outage. The network halted for about six hours while safety mechanisms prevented inconsistent state. Validators deployed a fix

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Ethereum

Onward from the Hard Fork

The foundation has committed to support the community consensus on the admittedly difficult hard fork decision. Seeing the results of various metrics, including carbonvote, dapp and ecosystem infrastructure adoption, this means that we will focus our resources and attention on the chain which is now called ETH (ie. the fork chain). That said, we recognize

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Bitcoin

Senate Democrats, Crypto Reps Resume Talks After Bill Delay

U.S. Senate Democrats are reportedly set to reopen talks with representatives from the cryptocurrency industry on Friday, according to people familiar with the plan speaking to CoinDesk.  All this comes less than two days after a last-minute postponement of a key Senate Banking Committee hearing on sweeping digital asset legislation. The call follows Wednesday night’s

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Crypto

Crypto in a tizzy, stablecoin bill hits Senate speed bump

Last year around this time, crypto bros were taking victory laps as Donald Trump was getting ready to return to the White House. A year later, reality crashed the party. Summary The Senate Banking Committee postponed discussion of a key stablecoin bill after Coinbase withdrew its support. Crypto execs, despite getting their way with the

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Ethereum

On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy

The primary expense that must be paid by a blockchain is that of security. The blockchain must pay miners or validators to economically participate in its consensus protocol, whether proof of work or proof of stake, and this inevitably incurs some cost. There are two ways to pay for this cost: inflation and transaction fees.

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Bitcoin

Analysts Say Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) Could 5000x While Cardano Struggles and Solana Hits a Wall

The crypto market is heating up fast in 2026. Cardano and Solana are seeing renewed energy, and short-term price targets are being hit again after months of market uncertainty. Cardano price prediction models are pointing to $0.45, while Solana is being watched for a potential breakout into the $146–$150 range, driven by ETF anticipation and

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Crypto

Dems slam SEC over crypto ‘pay-to-play’ concerns

A group of Democratic lawmakers has sharply criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for what they describe as a dramatic retreat from enforcing U.S. securities laws against major cryptocurrency firms, warning that the move threatens investors and market integrity. Summary Ongoing litigation against Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and others abruptly ended after Trump was elected.

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Ethereum

Dev Update: Formal Methods | Ethereum Foundation Blog

I’m joining Ethereum as a formal verification engineer. My reasoning: formal verification makes sense as a profession only in a rare situation where the verification target follows short, simple rules (EVM); the target carries lots of value (Eth and other tokens); the target is tricky enough to get right (any nontrivial program); and the community

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Bitcoin

What is Rayls (RLS)? – Bitfinex blog

15 Jan What is Rayls (RLS)? Posted at 12:16h in Education by Maria Lobusova Rayls is an institutional-grade blockchain ecosystem designed to bridge traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi). Positioned as “the blockchain for banks,” it provides financial institutions with the infrastructure to operate privately, settle securely and access global liquidity—without compromising compliance, confidentiality

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Crypto

State Street introduces a new digital-asset platform

State Street Corp., long a stalwart of traditional finance, is making its biggest move yet into digital assets, unveiling a platform to support tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and crypto-backed funds for institutional clients. Summary The Boston-based custodian will develop and manage money-market and exchange-traded funds alongside cash products such as tokenized deposits and stablecoins. Last month,

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