May 2, 2026
Ethereum

Ethereum’s unexpected future direction | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Ethereum has been preparing what we consider to be the most exciting digital alliance since IBM and Microsoft partnered so successfully on the IBM PC. We know that you’ve been anticipating great things from Ethereum and we are delighted to present you with this exciting and unexpected news. As you know, mining in Ethereum is

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Bitcoin

Solana Crypto Lost 68% From Its All-Time High and Validators Are Disappearing at the Same Rate

Solana crypto hit an all-time high of $295 in January 2026. It now trades near $84 – a 68% collapse that has wiped out billions in market value and triggered over $300 million in long liquidations on a single day, including one individual position worth $6.69 million obliterated in hours. That kind of drawdown doesn’t

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Crypto

Anthony Scaramucci tells Bitcoin holders to stay calm

Anthony Scaramucci urged Bitcoin investors to stay focused after the asset dropped into the $72,000 range. He said the recent sell-off changed market sentiment, but not Bitcoin itself. Summary Anthony Scaramucci said Bitcoin holders should stay calm even after BTC fell into the $72,000 range. Bitcoin’s weekend drop triggered nearly 120,000 liquidations as leveraged long

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Ethereum

Implementing Vitalik’s vision | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Although the core concept was proven last summer when lead developers Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood, and Jeffrey Wilcke initiated the PoC (proof-of-concept) series in Python, C++, and Go, a lot of engineering effort has gone to solidifying these implementations. We’re all anxious to release a stable command line client and issues flagged in the external

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Bitcoin

CFTC Chair Mike Selig argues for agency’s ‘exclusive regulatory authority’ in prediction markets fight: State of Crypto

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its “exclusive regulatory authority” to oversee prediction markets in court. “It doesn’t matter if it’s on sports, politics or anything else, if it’s a validly offered product within a CFTC-regulated exchange, then we regulate that,” Selig said. You’re reading

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Crypto

 Justin Sun accuses WLFI of hidden token freeze backdoor

Justin Sun has accused World Liberty Financial, or WLFI, of hiding controls that could freeze token holders’ wallets. Summary Justin Sun said WLFI hid blacklist controls that could freeze wallets without notice or recourse. Onchain data tied the project to large token-backed borrowing that drew fresh criticism from observers. WLFI faced added pressure as token

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Ethereum

Bazaar Services | Ethereum Foundation Blog

I’m a great believer in judging the present through the knowledge of the past. In the past 25 or so years one of the biggest trends in business and technology was what might loosely be termed as the open source revolution. The notion of it being good business to share your source code might not

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Crypto

President Trump threatens Navy blockade over Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said the United States will begin naval action at the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Truth Social post shared Sunday.  Summary Trump said the US Navy will begin blockading ships entering or leaving the Strait immediately. The post said US forces may interdict vessels accused of paying tolls to Iran. Trump

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Ethereum

Blockchain Scalability: Chain-Fibers Redux | Ethereum Foundation Blog

History I came up with the first seed of this idea while chatting to Janislav Malahov in Berlin in Spring 2014. Unfortunately, the original article I wrote was lost along with my laptop when it was stolen in Vienna. After chatting over the principles with Vitalik more recently, we made a number of alterations and

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Bitcoin

Relics Of A Revolution, Part II: False Profits And Freedom

Revolutions leave behind artifacts — not always weapons or flags, but the quieter objects that carried a message before anyone knew how far it would travel. A wheat-pasted broadside on a Los Angeles overpass. A hand-lettered cardboard sign held up in the snow outside a Tokyo office building. A newspaper headline, pulled from the front

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