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Ether Staking Deposits Top Withdrawals for First Time Since Shapella Upgrade
9.5.2023
The divergence comes amid a meme coin frenzy that has pushed up fees on the Ethereum blockchain
Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ Explosion Sends Users Scrambling for Options, Including Lightning
9.5.2023
The effects of the BRC-20 mints range from halting of bitcoin withdrawals on Binance to frustration with the sudden high costs of making bitcoin payments in places like Africa and South America
Ordinals Upend Bitcoin Mining, Pushing Transaction Fees Above Mining Reward for First Time in Years
9.5.2023
Several mining pools such as Luxor Technologies and AntPool mined blocks on Monday where fees exceeded Bitcoin’s block subsidy of 6.25 BTC
Canto Blockchain Set for Vote on Reduction in Liquidity Incentives, Block Rewards
8.5.2023
If passed, the mining incentives for each liquidity pool on Canto will be reduced on average by roughly 38%, and data-block rewards known as "security emissions" would decrease by 15%
PEPE Meme Coin Craze Spreads Wealth to Ethereum Validators Running Blockchain
8.5.2023
As risk-taking crypto traders sought to make tremendous profits off of surging prices for the suddenly-hot PEPE, a resulting surge in transaction fees brought a windfall to validators running the Ethereum blockchain
Privacy Project Railgun DAO Adopts Chainway’s ‘Proof of Innocence’ Tool
8.5.2023
Railgun DAO’s new functionality – initially developed by the developer Chainway for use on Tornado Cash – could allow users to mathematically demonstrate that coins involved in transactions did not come from blacklisted addresses. Digital Currency Group, owner of CoinDesk, is an investor in Railgun...
Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Releases First Major Consumer Product
8.5.2023
Worldcoin’s “minimalist” wallet, World App, wants to help you prove you’re human in the age of AI
Block Demand Leads to Fee Spike as Bitcoin-Based Memecoins Flourish
8.5.2023
Over 11,000 tokens have been issued and traded on the Bitcoin network, data shows
Aave DAO Passes Proposal to Deploy on Ethereum Layer 2 Metis Network
8.5.2023
The move could bolster market liquidity for the burgeoning Metis ecosystem, community members say
Emerging tech to create “new ethics” for humankind: MEWS 2023
5.5.2023
Dr. Stephen Castell commented that emerging technologies like blockchain, the metaverse and AI will usher in a new set of ethics and human species
US vice president gathers top tech CEOs to discuss dangers of AI
5.5.2023
Vice President Harris gathered the heads of several AI development firms to discuss potential risks posed by the budding technology
El Salvador Eliminates All Taxes on Technology Innovations, AI, App Programming
5.5.2023
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has enacted a law that eliminates all taxes on technology innovations, software and app programming, AI, computer, and communications hardware manufacturing. The law is expected to boost the country’s technology sector, generate more jobs for...
Bitcoin’s Frenzy of Activity Pushes Average Transaction Fee Over $7, Nearly 2-Year High
4.5.2023
The average transaction fee on Bitcoin has shot above $7, pushing total fees up nearly five-fold in two weeks– thanks to a surge in Ethereum-style “BRC-20” tokens and NFT-like “inscriptions” on the increasingly popular Ordinals project
Blockchain Developer Platform Alchemy Launches Public Support for ZK Rollup StarkNet
4.5.2023
The blockchain is the first with native account abstraction that the web3 developer platform offers, allowing developers to build applications with Alchemy’s infrastructure on StarkNet
Layer 2 Network Optimism to Use Ethereum Attestation Service to Promote User Trust
4.5.2023
The attestation service will allow any Optimism user to create digital sign-offs on all kinds of information involving the blockchain’s activities and users
Arbitrum-Based Exchange Chronos Attracts $170M to Yield Pools in a Single Day
4.5.2023
The price of the DEX’s native chr token jumped 25% in 24 hours
Solana Founder Brushes Off FTX Woes, Remains Confident in Crowded Blockchain Landscape
4.5.2023
Prominent projects are porting over to the Solana network and developer activity remains strong, Anatoly Yakovenko said in a CoinDesk TV interview
Curve Finance Deploys Native Stablecoin on Mainnet
3.5.2023
The deployment marks a major milestone for the public release of Curve’s highly anticipated native stablecoin
CoinDesk Validator ‘Zelda’ Successfully Exits Ethereum as Withdrawal Queue Shrinks to 9 Days
3.5.2023
It took about 12 days for Zelda to fully exit the Ethereum blockchain. For any new staking withdrawal requests, the wait to get out has shrunk to nine days from 17 days
Blockstream Developer Neigut Expects ‘Cambrian Explosion’ of Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocols
3.5.2023
Bitcoin already has one of the most diverse layer 2 ecosystems of any network, according to Bitcoin developer Lisa Neigut