Ethereum developers have tentatively scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade for Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, even as private devnet testing continues to uncover bugs. The date gives developers a path toward a December mainnet release, but it remains conditional on whether the next testing phase can produce a stable network. Glamsterdam Date […]
Consensys has announced it will separate into two independent companies, MetaMask for consumer self-custodial finance and Consensys for Ethereum (ETH) protocols and institutional infrastructure, with the split expected to close by the end of 2026. The reorganization ends a single-company structure that has held for over a decade. MetaMask takes the self-custodial wallet, which the […]
Ethereum is targeting a quantum-resistant Layer 1 by December 2029, with the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster laying out a multi-fork plan as Hegotá enters its scoping phase. Post-quantum security sits alongside privacy, faster finality, state management and zkEVM development, while the next upgrade faces strict limits on additional scope. Ethereum Sets 2029 Deadline for Quantum […]
Standard Chartered extended its deliverable Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) spot trading to institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates on September 3, becoming the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the service in the country. The offering runs through Standard Chartered DIFC, the bank’s arm in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), […]
A sharp contrast has emerged in active addresses across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Cardano, as the four blockchains continue to show different patterns when it comes to network usage. Bitcoin’s count, for one, has dropped significantly compared with previous major cycles, even though its price remains far above historical levels. According to the latest observation […]
The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange warned its users that certain operations will be temporarily halted later this week. Prior to that, it revealed the delisting of three altcoins, which will take effect at the start of September. What Binance Users Need to Know The company announced that it will briefly suspend deposits and withdrawals on […]
A new academic study has identified 65,340 high-risk address misuse cases on Ethereum and BNB Chain, linked to about $574.8 million in lost crypto. The research shows how ordinary mistakes involving testnet addresses, reused contract addresses, and exposed private keys can become permanent losses, while newer tools such as EIP-7702 give attackers another way to […]
Ethereum continues to hold a commanding position in the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market, while Solana is emerging as the only other ecosystem to build significant spot trading activity, according to a new joint report by CoinShares and Token Terminal. Other major networks, including Arbitrum, BNB Chain, and Base, have yet to develop meaningful RWA […]
On-chain data shows that the Ethereum blockchain has developed a lot in the past few years, currently processing more activity than ever before. At the same time, the underlying asset has failed to benefit, as it continues to struggle below $2,000. One analyst believes this disconnect has become one of the biggest debates surrounding the […]
Liquid staking app Lido has started moving the bulk of its staked ETH onto Ethereum’s larger post-Pectra validators, and the operators running them are now putting up their own capital for the first time. The main idea is that Lido’s curated node operators stop running thousands of identical 32 ETH validators and collapse them into […]