May 2, 2026
Crypto

CLARITY Act faces 2030 delay warning from Senator Lummis

A new push for the CLARITY Act is building in Washington as crypto policy supporters warn the timeline may be narrowing.  Summary Cynthia Lummis warned Congress may miss its best chance to pass the CLARITY Act soon. David Sacks and crypto leaders urged the Senate to move market structure legislation forward now. Senate progress may

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Ethereum

Ethereum Foundation Open Call re: Board Selection

With Ethereum getting close to its first official launch with Frontier, we have spent the last week of February at our holon in Switzerland discussing what the future of the Ethereum Foundation is going to look like. Since the start of the project, one of our primary dreams has been to not just deliver a

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Bitcoin

Tim Draper Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Tim Draper has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. The founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, Draper is one of the longest-standing and most vocal Bitcoin advocates in the venture capital world and one of the few investors who put real money behind the asset before it was

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Crypto

Binance tightens grip as crypto trading volume drops in Q1

Crypto exchange activity slowed in the first quarter of 2026 after the market cooled from its earlier peak.  Summary Crypto exchange trading volume fell sharply in Q1 2026 as market participation weakened after the cycle peak. Perpetual futures dominated March activity, with volume reaching four times the level of spot trading. Binance held the top

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Ethereum

Visions, Part 1: The Value of Blockchain Technology

One of the questions that has perhaps been central to my own research in blockchain technology is: ultimately, what is it even useful for? Why do we need blockchains for anything, what kinds of services should be run on blockchain-like architectures, and why specifically should services be run on blockchains instead of just living on

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Crypto

Why Pavel Durov says deleted Signal messages may not be gone

Pavel Durov said push notifications can create a privacy risk even after users delete messages and apps.  Summary Pavel Durov said push notifications may preserve data even after users delete chats and apps. Reports said FBI retrieved deleted Signal messages from iPhone notification logs in a criminal investigation. Interest in decentralized messaging apps rose as

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Ethereum

Visions, Part 2: The Problem of Trust

Special thanks to: Robert Sams, Gavin Wood, Mark Karpeles and countless cryptocurrency critics on online forums for helping to develop the thoughts behind this article If you were to ask the average cryptocurrency or blockchain enthusiast what the key single fundamental advantage of the technology is, there is a high chance that they will give

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Bitcoin

Better Than the FIL ICO? How BlockchainFX ($BFX) Became the Most Popular Crypto for Early Buyers

Did you stand on the sidelines while others turned small change into fortunes? Many people regret ignoring a popular crypto when it first appeared. Failing to act on the right price news often leads to years of wondering what if. The market is shifting with BlockchainFX ($BFX) news showing a massive move toward unified trading.

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Crypto

NASA Moon mission fuels Kalshi bets on post-splashdown remarks

Prediction market users turned to Kalshi and Polymarket as NASA’s Artemis II mission returned to Earth, placing trades not only on future Moon landing timelines but also on words that might appear in the agency’s post-splashdown briefing.  Summary Kalshi users traded contracts on NASA briefing words after Artemis II completed its Moon flyby. Prediction markets

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Ethereum

The end of the beginning…

As part of our tiered release process, we will soon be beginning the final phase prior to our Frontier release. So far our ongoing Proof-of-Concept IX testnet has been running smoothly for around a month with dozens of nodes around the world, well over 200,000 blocks and including clients on… Source link

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