Scheduled for September 30 at 18:00 UTC, Cobalt would let B20 issuers opt into seizure policies independent of ordinary transfer restrictions.
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New full-day measurements correct the block-halt claim, while separate data show a steep drop in successful app traffic.
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Scammers built a counterfeit version of Upbit-backed GIWA blockchain and lured 1,333 wallets into depositing 767 ETH, worth about $2 million, before draining almost all of it. The fake network appeared to be GIWA’s anticipated Ethereum Layer 2 mainnet, complete with an RPC endpoint, cross-chain bridge, and Chain ID 9134, the identifier associated with the […]
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The disclosed flaw affected older software and could mislead merchants; the tapd and lnd fixes shipped in 2025.
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Operators must update fault-proof services and withdrawal tooling before a targeted cutover, while users need no action.
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Ethereum and Coinbase-backed layer-2 network Base have abandoned an effort to agree on how the next generation of crypto wallets should work. On Sept. 14, Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang said collaboration between developers working on Ethereum’s EIP-8141 Frame Transactions and Base’s EIP-8130 broke down last week after attempts to produce a shared account-abstraction standard failed to […]
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Robinhood Chain’s rapid growth ran into two problems at once on Sept. 4 as the network briefly stopped producing blocks while AMC challenged its fast-growing Stock Token business. On Sept. 4, the Ethereum layer-2 network halted block production for at least 14 minutes, stalling transactions before activity began recovering. Robinhood had not publicly disclosed the […]
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The Ethereum layer 2 stopped deposits and warned that exit routes differ before its network and explorer shut down.
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Apps captured the headline revenue while Robinhood’s disclosed fee split offers no bridge to its corporate accounts.
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The Aug. 31 target keeps the stream parseable while forcing direct consumers and forwarding RPC providers to audit placeholder values.
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GnosisDAO has approved a plan to retire Gnosis Chain’s standalone Layer 1, a shift that will unlock roughly 350,000 staked GNO. Under GIP-153, Gnosis Chain will become a zero-knowledge-proven Ethereum Economic Zone rollup that settles directly to Ethereum every block. The network will eventually retire its independent validator set and inherit security from Ethereum validators […]
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Its provider feed showed 16 delegations after Aug. 15, while the cost of missing its Aug. 5 request remains unknown.
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In an Aug. 3 post, Bitcoin bridge Boltz said automated, AI-assisted probing led to several contained exploits before the attack accelerated sharply. Boltz's non-custodial design kept every user's funds safe through months of attacks. Yet the Bitcoin swap service shut down anyway. Boltz said its team could no longer keep pace, so swaps will remain […]
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Ethereum turned 11 on July 30, the anniversary of the day users generated and loaded the Frontier genesis block in 2015. In its first decade, the network survived the DAO crisis, executed the Merge to proof-of-stake, and became the leading public venue for stablecoins, decentralized finance, and tokenized assets. Its second decade brings a harder […]
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Relay says the money spent is gone, while private keys and unrelated balances remain untouched.
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Swell warned users to bridge out by June 23, turning a planned L2 shutdown into a test of user exit procedures.
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Ethereum researcher ladislaus.eth published a walkthrough last week explaining how Ethereum plans to move from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs. The post frames it as a “quiet but fundamental transformation,” and the framing is accurate. Not because the work is secret, but because its implications ripple across Ethereum's entire architecture in ways that […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has signaled a fundamental shift in the blockchain’s roadmap that declares the era of the “branded shard” effectively over. On Feb. 3, Buterin argued that the industry’s previous “rollup-centric” vision no longer makes sense, citing faster scaling on the main Ethereum layer and the sluggish pace of decentralization among major rollups. […]
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Ethereum was cheaper than expected in 2020, and rollup decentralization was slower than promised in 2021. Those two realities are forced the ecosystem to rewrite what “a layer-2” is for. Vitalik Buterin's recent post on Ethereum Research bluntly frames the shift: the original vision of layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “branded shards” of Ethereum is no […]
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Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was designed to set people free. That line from the Trustless Manifesto drew criticism when it was published, and Vitalik Buterin repeated it on Jan. 5. The argument: Ethereum's mission differs fundamentally from the efficiency game DeFi protocols compete in. The goal is […]
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The Ethereum blockchain recorded its strongest operational year in history in 2025, processing record transaction volumes and securing the vast majority of the DeFi market. However, the crypto asset that powers the network failed to mirror that growth, posting double-digit losses for the year. According to CryptoSlate's data, ETH is trading down 10% year-to-date at […]
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2025 was supposed to be crypto's maturation year, with regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and infrastructure built to last. In fact, the foundation for all these topics was laid down. Yet, it also delivered a master class in how quickly narratives collapse when opacity meets price discovery. Tokens that launched with maximum hype, extracted maximum fees, […]
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Ethereum’s transparency has long been one of its greatest strengths—but for many real-world applications, it has also become a structural limitation. From MEV-driven trading inefficiencies to data leakage in DeFi, gaming, and AI-driven workflows, the assumption that everything must be public in order to be verifiable is increasingly being challenged. TEN Protocol is built around […]
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The zkEVM ecosystem spent a year sprinting on latency. Proving time for an Ethereum block collapsed from 16 minutes to 16 seconds, costs dropped 45-fold, and participating zkVMs now prove 99% of mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds on target hardware. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) declared victory on Dec. 18: real-time proving works. The performance […]
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Cardano is signaling a fundamental shift from the network's roots in academic research toward a commercially driven “operating system” model. On Dec. 17, the Intersect Product Committee released a report titled “Vision 2030,” outlining a strict set of performance benchmarks intended to redefine how the market values the network. Intersect, the member-based organization tasked with […]
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The next major Ethereum upgrade, called Fusaka, a hybrid of “Fulu” (consensus) and “Osaka” (execution), will modify how the network handles data and fees without altering the primary user experience. Beneath the surface, it’s a statement of direction: Ethereum’s main chain is staying the final settlement and data-availability hub, while everyday activity continues to flow […]
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This week, the Ethereum ecosystem has been rocked by a $654 million ETH transfer by the Ethereum Foundation. This triggered intense scrutiny over developer compensation, transparency, and leadership, culminating in the public resignation of core developer Péter Szilágyi and renewed criticism of governance practices. Simultaneously, Polygon’s AggLayer upgrade has faced launch delays and network instability, […]
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When Kadena Organization, the company behind the Kadena blockchain, announced it was shutting down operations on Oct. 21, the message was formal, quiet, and devastatingly simple. The company thanked its community, cited “market conditions,” and confirmed that it would cease all business activity and maintenance of the blockchain immediately. In a final note on X, […]
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An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails. AWS reported a fault in its US-EAST-1 region starting at 03:11 ET, with DNS and EC2 load-balancer health monitoring failures […]
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Arbitrum, the largest Ethereum layer-2 protocol, has launched a new initiative designed to channel liquidity into decentralized finance. The DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP), announced on Sept. 3, will allocate up to $40 million in rewards to users performing targeted on-chain actions rather than simply generating attention. The program, structured by Entropy and powered by […]
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