Due to a Chromium vulnerability affecting all released versions of the Mist Browser Beta v0.9.3 and below, we are issuing this alert warning users not to browse untrusted websites with Mist Browser Beta at this time. Users of “Ethereum Wallet” desktop app are not affected. Affected configurations: Mist Browser Beta v0.9.3 and below Likelihood: Medium
World Liberty Financial has added a new on-chain market, quietly expanding how its ecosystem puts capital to work. Summary World Liberty Financial launched World Liberty Markets, a lending platform built on Dolomite. Users can supply or borrow assets including USD1, ETH, cbBTC, USDC, and USDT. The platform is designed to support future tokenized real-world assets and governance-led expansion. World
Ethereum has grown very rapidly in the last few months. Transaction volume on the blockchain has more than doubled, surpassing 10 transactions per second for days at a time. The number of new accounts created per day passed 100,000, and the number of nodes has increased despite rising system requirements. As attention and interest in
According to a new report by the Cato Institute, U.S. debanking is largely attributable to government pressure. Regulatory intimidation involves the closure of accounts by cryptocurrency firms. The paper identifies government agencies as the primary contributors of U.S debanking. The main subjects of indirect regulatory pressure are crypto companies. Government agencies plan most of the
Lighter price slid sharply after breaking a key support level below, extending its post-launch sell-off and keeping short-term pressure firmly in place. Summary Lighter extended its sell-off after a clear technical breakdown Market participation is skewed toward short-term traders rather than long-term holders. Momentum indicators are weak, with RSI hovering in oversold territory. At press
The Ethereum community, key developers and researchers and others have always recognized scalability as perhaps the single most important key technical challenge that needs to be solved in order for blockchain applications to reach mass adoption. Blockchain scalability is difficult primarily because a typical blockchain design requires every node in the network to process every
10 Nov Bitfinex Alpha | Market Consolidating, not Cascading Posted at 13:10h in Bitfinex Alpha by Maria Lobusova Subscribeto Bitfinex Alpha! Want to receive Alpha from Bitfinex every week? Subscribe Bitcoin was down by as much as 21.46 percent from its October all-time high last week, briefly dipping below the psychological $100,000 mark to a
A large on-chain transfer linked to Pump.fun has put fresh focus on how the memecoin launchpad is handling the proceeds of its token sale. Summary A Pump.fun-linked wallet sent $148M in USDC and USDT to Kraken. Total deposits since November now exceed $750M from ICO proceeds. The move has renewed debate over treasury use and
Dear Ethereum community (and wonderful Etherheads!), Today, January 31, 2018, is my last day as Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation. I’m pleased to have been able to guide the Foundation as ED with my fellow directors, team leads, and outstanding group of team members, each of whom has contributed to our current position of
Ripple reportedly reached a $40 billion valuation after a fresh funding round, pushing headlines that XRP is “undervalued.” XRP traded near $2.06 on Jan. 12 as the news circulated, holding its range rather than breaking higher. That gap highlights a bigger theme in crypto right now: strong companies do not always lift the tokens linked
