Tagged: ethereum

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

August 12, 2026 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Chain, the Ethereum Layer 2 built by the trading platform using Arbitrum technology, has shown strong recent throughput. Over the most recent full week of available data, the network processed an average of approximately 11.6 million transactions each day. This level set a new… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sharplink, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET), a firm that has shifted its focus toward building and managing a large Ethereum treasury, released its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The report highlighted meaningful income generated from staking its ETH holdings while revealing a… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Token Terminal indicated that the market for tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds has shifted away from heavy reliance on any one blockchain network. Recent figures highlight a more balanced distribution of market value across several major platforms, underscoring growing maturity in the on-chain equities sector…. Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s largest banking group, Intesa Sanpaolo (BIT: ISP), has executed a notable shift in its cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded fund portfolio during the second quarter of 2026. According to its latest quarterly disclosure submitted to US regulators, the institution substantially reduced its position in a major Bitcoin… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 8:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A large Ethereum investor has liquidated a substantial portion of long-held tokens after more than three years, locking in cumulative losses exceeding $19 million. On-chain trackers identified the wallet, associated with the address beginning 0x7C5a, as having maintained its position through multiple market cycles before… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds attracted a combined $1.1 billion in net inflows during the most recent trading week.  This performance stands as the most robust weekly result for these vehicles since April, according to the latest figures and data compiled by SoSoValue…. Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin, the flagship digital currency, temporarily pushed past the $65,000 mark in early August 2026 following the release of weaker-than-anticipated U.S. employment figures. The move reflected shifting investor sentiment around Federal Reserve policy as markets digested evidence of cooling labor demand. On August 7, 2026,… Read More