Tagged: ethereum

September 13, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin, Etheruem, Solana, other digital assets briefly advanced after August US inflation figures arrived close to forecasts, then slipped again over the weekend as trading thinned. BTC, ETH, SOL and many smaller tokens rose Friday when markets judged that the Consumer Price Index did not… Read More

September 13, 2026 @ 12:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Harmony has formally proposed shutting down its independent Layer 1 blockchain and moving its native ONE token onto Ethereum. In a September 6 post, the project said pressure from state-backed attackers and AI agents had become too severe to keep operating a standalone network. Mainnet… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A collaborative research effort involving more than 100 participants and AI coding agents has sharply lowered a widely cited measure of the quantum resources needed for a core arithmetic step in a theoretical attack on the elliptic-curve signatures used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. The work,… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consensys Software Inc. is preparing to divide into two independently operated companies so that consumer and institutional digital finance can each receive dedicated leadership, capital, and operating models. The existing legal entity will keep running but will adopt the MetaMask name and concentrate on self-custodial… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wall Street research firm Bernstein has restated a constructive view on Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD), arguing that the brokerage’s proprietary blockchain is already contributing meaningful profit rather than remaining a speculative experiment. Analysts led by Gautam Chhugani kept an Outperform rating and a $160 price objective. That… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s core protocol teams have begun shaping the next major network upgrade, Hegotá, while setting a firm long-range goal: a Layer 1 that can withstand quantum computers by the end of 2029. The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster published its first unified assessment of the work… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly rejected a high-profile forecast that artificial intelligence will trigger a sharp collapse in Bitcoin. In a September 7 exchange on X, he said he stands on the opposite side of a claim that AI will erode confidence in Bitcoin’s… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed a substantial wave of new money last week, drawing approximately $987 million in net creations and extending a rebound in regulated demand for the leading digital asset. The figure, compiled from issuer flow data, marked the third week… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has expanded its digital-asset services in the United Arab Emirates, introducing institutional spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum through its Dubai International Financial Centre unit. The bank said the offering makes it the first global systemically important bank to provide this… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s largest retail investment platform, has begun listing Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded notes for eligible clients, ending a long period in which it stood apart from most rivals on crypto access. From 3 September 2026, the firm made nine products… Read More

August 28, 2026 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum researchers have put forward an early draft that would rebuild the smart contract used to admit new validators, creating a path to quantum-resistant staking keys before today’s cryptography becomes a liability. The plan focuses on the deposit contract, the gateway through which operators lock… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

X’s former product chief, Nikita Bier, used a seemingly sarcastic reply on August 25 to confirm a long-teased next step for the platform’s crypto tools: buy and sell controls attached to posts. The remark came after a trader joked that a bull market could begin… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY) has broadened its offerings for individual investors by introducing a new borrowing facility on its GalaxyOne platform. The Crypto Portfolio Line of Credit enables qualifying users to secure cash loans using their holdings in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana—including assets that remain… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recently highlighted vulnerability in Ledger’s Ethereum application for its hardware wallets has drawn attention in the cryptocurrency community. The issue involved a race condition in certain clear-signing processes. In these flows, users review human-readable transaction details on the device screen before approving them. Security… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperledger Besu, an open-source Ethereum execution client written in Java, has resolved a set of security weaknesses that could have compromised node stability. The fixes arrived in version 26.7.1, made available on July 27, 2026. Developers strongly recommended that operators apply the update without delay…. Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), chaired by Tom Lee, has expanded its Ethereum holdings to approximately 4.8% of the network’s circulating supply after another weekly purchase. The company reported acquiring an additional 9,926 ETH during the week ending around mid-August 2026. This brought its total… Read More

August 18, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s development community is now actively defining the contents of its next major network upgrade, Hegotá, which is scheduled for delivery in 2027. According to Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter, developers currently have 66 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) under consideration. Over the coming series of… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s current staked supply has risen to roughly 34 percent of the total circulating ETH. This elevated participation level has intensified debate over the long-term sustainability of native staking yields, particularly for institutions and specialized treasury firms that rely heavily on those returns. A draft… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is set to expand its presence in cryptocurrency-linked investment products through a major acquisition of Neos Investments. The Wall Street firm announced an agreement to purchase the specialized ETF provider in a transaction valued at as much as $2.25 billion, combining cash… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum researchers have put forward a draft improvement proposal designed to reshape how the network handles rewards for those securing it through staking. Known as the Tapered Issuance Burn under EIP-8361, the idea centers on gradually destroying a growing portion of the newly issued tokens… Read More