TLDR Vitalik Buterin reassesses Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling vision in light of faster-than-expected base layer growth. Buterin emphasizes that Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks have not achieved the full decentralization once envisioned. Leading rollups such as […]
Startale Group and Japan’s financial conglomerate SBI Holdings have launched Strium, a layer-1 blockchain designed to support exchange-layer and settlement infrastructure for institutional trading of foreign exchange, tokenized equities and real-world assets (RWAs). The platform […]
Ondo Finance announced a major integration with MetaMask to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into the popular self-custodial wallet. Yet the ONDO token barely moved on the news, continuing a month-long decline that […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has withdrawn a Biden administration-era proposal that would have banned sports and political prediction markets, some of the most popular event contracts today. The recently confirmed CFTC chair, Mike […]
WisdomTree’s tokenised funds strengthen Solana’s institutional adoption narrative. SOL faces key resistance at $130 after forming support near $117. Rising on-chain activity boosts usage despite ongoing meme coin risks. SOL is currently trading around the […]
Bitcoin’s (BTC) struggle to hold above $70,000 carried on into Wednesday, raising concerns that the a drop into the $60,000 range could be the next stop. The sell-off was accompanied by futures market liquidations, a […]
Binance has completed two $100 million batches of stablecoin-to-Bitcoin conversions from its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), totaling $200 million or 20% of its $1 billion target. The conversions are part of a 30-day […]
Key takeaways World Liberty Financial has entered DeFi lending with the launch of World Liberty Markets, an onchain borrowing and lending platform built around its dollar-pegged stablecoin USD1. The platform uses smart contracts to manage […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reversed his long-held view that layer-2s should be the primary way to scale Ethereum, saying the approach “no longer makes sense.” “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reversed his long-held view that layer-2s should be the primary way to scale Ethereum, saying the approach “no longer makes sense.” “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a […]
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