The Stateless Ethereum Summit It’d be a fools errand to try and provide a representative or objective summary immediately following this week in Paris — I and everyone else whom were present shall be spending the coming weeks refining our takeaways, and adjusting for the year ahead. But for you, dear reader, who felt the
Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at a $20B valuation to support tokenized securities and derivatives expansion. Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, according to Wu Blockchain. The deal marks Crypto.com’s first institutional funding round. The investment comes from the largest retail market maker in the United States.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has confirmed that hackers compromised his X account earlier this week after the profile published a lengthy thread about blockchain-based real-world asset tokenization. Summary Brian Chesky confirmed his X account was hacked after it posted a crypto tokenization thread. Airbnb treated the incident as a high-profile compromise and worked with X
Strange times. I hope you are all well and continue to take care of yourselves, your families, and your communities. We’re a bit overdue on a quick update. My apologies. I’ll keep them coming at a regular clip after this one. Eth2 is looking good — Phase 0 is stable, client teams are crushing it,
Despite the dual shocks of the “Black Saturday” geopolitical escalation in Iran two weeks ago, combined with a disappointing United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) print showing the loss of 92,000 jobs, the $60,000–$64,000 floor for bitcoin has demonstrated unexpected resilience. Oil prices moving nearly 80 percent higher since then will likely play a role in
1inch co-founder Anton Bukov says he has fully stepped away from the decentralized finance project’s operations after more than seven years and is now launching a new venture called Second Tier. Summary Anton Bukov says 1inch fired him in November 2025 after he pushed for management changes. Bukov says he remains a co-founder and 50%
Hey Ethereum! Here’s the latest update from the ethereum.org team: Style guide & Design upgrade Ethereum.org is getting an upgrade! In January we released a style guide (figma doc) for public comment and feedback, and we’re currently in the process of rolling it out live on the site. We also published a set of design
In major news today, Binance has reportedly launched an $800,000 XRP reward campaign running until August 14, 2026, distributing XRP to users who hold RLUSD, or Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin, in qualifying accounts. The Binance airdrop pushed XRP price to around $1.12, a roughly 2% gain on the day, as analysts flagged the campaign as a
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest has purchased about $52.1 million of SpaceX stock, lifting its investment since the June IPO above $475 million as the shares trade below their $135 offer price. Summary Ark Invest bought $52.1 million of SpaceX shares as the stock fell below its IPO price. SpaceX has dropped about 42% from its
Special thanks to Sacha Yves Saint-Leger & Joseph Schweitzer for review. Sharding is one of the many improvements that eth2 has over eth1. The term was borrowed from database research where a shard means a piece of a larger whole. In the context of databases and eth2, sharding means breaking up the storage and computation
