Vitalik Buterin turns his attention to a part of Ethereum that most users never think about, but which has quietly become one of its biggest pressure points: who decides which transactions go into a block. In a new blog post published Monday, the Ethereum co-founder outlines a series of ideas aimed at preventing block construction, […]
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If you analyze what stands in the way of advancing the crypto industry’s main goal in Washington – the Clarity Act legislation – the part of the debate the industry can control is narrow: stable rewards. This isn’t the only issue that could potentially derail the bill aimed at finally establishing a legal framework fit
The crypto bear market has dragged most major digital assets down this year, but HYPE has moved in the opposite direction. Since the start of the year, the token is up 23.9%, matching gold’s gain over the same period. The S&P 500 is slightly negative, while bitcoin fell 23.7% and ether more than 33%. The
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Bitcoin’s latest governance dispute intensified this week as the first block signaling support for a temporary soft fork designed to restrict arbitrary, non-monetary data in blockchain transactions was produced by the Ocean mining pool. The proposal, officially assigned to BIP-110 after evolving from earlier versions, aims to reinstate strict limits on transaction sizes and arbitrary
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The Nasdaq exchange wants to list binary options linked to its flagship stock indexes, a move that would allow traders to bet yes or no on the direction of major stock indexes like the Nasdaq-100. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the exchange said it also plans to
Cryptocurrency prices are rebounding from their worst weekend levels in early U.S. trading Monday, alongside a sizable rebound in U.S. stock indexes. About an hour into the session, the Nasdaq was down just 0.1% after futures at one point indicated a fall of more than 2%. The S&P 500 and DJIA also show only very
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) announced on Monday that it purchased nearly 51,000 additional ETH tokens last week, bringing its holdings to 4.474 million. “In the midst of this ‘mini crypto winter,’ we continue to focus on methodically executing our treasury strategy and steadily acquiring ETH and, therefore, maximizing the return on our ETH holdings,” said
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of the leaders and laggards of the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1907.12, up 0.3% (+5.99) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Eight of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+12.4%) and SOL (+2.1%). Lagging behind: DOT (-7.3%)
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Turkey’s ruling AK Party has presented a sweeping economic bill to parliament that would formalize the taxation of cryptocurrencies while revising a series of tax and spending rules. The draft, currently before Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, would amend the Income Tax Law and the Expenditure Tax Law to create a new framework for cryptocurrencies, the
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ProCap Financial (BRR), the first publicly traded agent financing company, purchased 450 bitcoins BTC$65,959.52increasing his total holdings to 5,457 BTC. The acquisition makes ProCap the 19th largest publicly traded Bitcoin holder, while reducing the company’s average cost per coin. BRR shares rose 2% in pre-market trading following the announcement, while bitcoin traded above $66,000. Chairman
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