Ethereum is “getting its own MicroStrategy era,” said former developer Eric Conner on X on Tuesday, drawing comparison to the world’s leader in corporate Bitcoin accumulation: Michael Saylor’s Strategy. The developer highlighted two “live experiments” of companies that have already started Ethereum treasuries, Tom Lee’s BitMine and Joe Lubin’s SharpLink. These two could be the […]
A Bloomberg report has revealed that former Blackstone Inc. executive Chinh Chu and Reeve Collins, co-founder of stablecoin giant Tether, are teaming up to raise $1 billion for a listed crypto vehicle that aims to build a portfolio of digital assets. The capital is being raised through M3 Brigade Acquisition V Corp, a Special Purpose […]
On Tuesday, the largest publicly traded holder of Ethereum announced that it had strategically increased its total holdings to 188,478 ETH. The firm acquired an additional 12,207 ETH for $30.6 million at an average price of $2,513 per ETH, between June 16 and 20, it added. SharpLink’s Ethereum treasury is currently worth around $460 million […]
A new report from Flashbots has warned that Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) is quietly becoming one of the biggest roadblocks to blockchain scaling. According to the research, rampant “spam auctions” driven by MEV searchers are systematically consuming most of the new capacity on high-throughput chains like Solana and Ethereum Layer-2s (L2s), neutralizing scaling gains and […]
In a display of crypto’s long game paying off, a participant in Ethereum’s 2014 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) awoke after 10 years of dormancy and deposited 2,000 ETH that they had acquired at the time onto Binance. If they cashed out, the potential windfall from a mere $620 investment during Ethereum’s genesis would represent an […]
Geopolitical uncertainty hurt risk assets last week, but digital assets showed notable resilience, pulling in capital alongside traditional safe havens like gold. Weekly inflows into digital asset products reached $1.9 billion, extending a nine-week positive trend. Altogether, inflows during this streak hit $12.9 billion, with year-to-date figures now at a record $13.2 billion. According to […]
Christine Kim, former Vice President of Research at Galaxy Digital, has shared her concerns about the new leadership structure at the Ethereum Foundation (EF). She pointed out that key people are now handling too many roles and said the new organizational chart is confusing. Is The EF Leadership Being Overambitious? In a July 11 X […]
Ethereum prices tapped $2,822 following a 4% gain on the day during early trading in Asia on Wednesday morning. It is the highest price the asset has traded for since February 24, when it reached a similar level. ETH has now broken above resistance at $2,700, which stopped it from climbing higher four times over […]
“The American values of economic liberty, private property rights, and innovation are in the DNA of the DeFi movement,” said SEC Chair Paul Atkins at the regulator’s latest Crypto Task Force Roundtable on decentralized finance on June 9. Atkins criticized applying “century-old regulatory frameworks” to DeFi and blockchain innovation, noting that current securities rules were […]
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has rolled out a new treasury strategy that aims to protect its ETH reserves with a 2.5-year runway while also targeting a 5% spending limit. The new plan prioritizes transparency, operational efficiency, and alignment with the blockchain’s long-standing values. The Treasury Strategy In a June 4 blog post, the Foundation outlined […]