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Who governs Ethereum? Galaxy report reveals all

A Galaxy Digital report reveals Ethereum’s decentralized governance avoids direct on-chain voting, detailing key stakeholder roles and transparency challenges.

StarkWare launches $1M research fund for ZK Bitcoin scaling

StarkWare’s fund seeks to promote research into OP_CAT and demonstrate its potential to unlock and benefit Bitcoin and the blockchain community in general.

Worldcoin suspends Spanish operations amid data protection probe

Worldcoin agrees to suspend activities in Spain until the end of the year or until a resolution is reached by the German data authority in ongoing data protection investigations.

Avail secures $43M in Series A for Web3 unification

Avail, led by a Polygon co-founder, raises $75 million to tackle Web3 challenges like fragmentation and data availability.

Polygon Labs acquires Toposware, pushing total ZK investment to $1B

The deal brings Polygon’s cumulative zero-knowledge technology investment to over $1 billion, the company said. Toposware’s team is behind Polygon’s Type 1 Prover technology.

Bitcoin dormant for 5 years or more awakens in new ‘distribution’

Bitcoin long-term holder “inactivity” is being slowly challenged as BTC emerges from hibernation, in some cases lasting over a decade.

Solana emerges as an institutional favorite following PayPal USD launch

Solana could emerge as a leading blockchain for payment institutions. Is a Solana-based ETF next?

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific strikes $3.5B AI partnership

Core Scientific expects that its AI collaboration with CoreWeave will generate $3.5 billion over 12 years from renting out 18% from its infrastructure.

Celebrity memecoin promoter Sahil Arora banned by X

Despite mounting scam allegations and social media bans, Arora continues to promote celebrity memecoins and partnerships.

Watford FC to make 10% digital equity shares offering via Republic platform

The English Football League participant aims to sell 10% of the club’s equity to investors and fans and plans to add token trading in the future.

Bitcoin NFTs hit $4B in all-time sales volume

Bitcoin holds the top four spot in all-time NFT sales volume, following Ethereum, Solana and Ronin.

Roaring Kitty’s $300M GME position sparks market manipulation claims

The allegations come weeks after Citron Research revealed its short position in GameStop.

How to build with PayPal USD (PYUSD) on Solana

The speed and scalability of Solana makes PYUSD accessible, cost-effective and instantaneous, facilitating an array of use cases.

Bitcoin hash ribbons flash the first buy signal since $25K BTC price

BTC price is “going a lot higher,” says Capriole Investments, and hodlers may not need to wait for Summer to be over for sky-high BTC price gains.

Galaxy Digital uses historic violin NFT to secure loan

The violin once belonged to Russian Empress Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great.

Deutsche Bank and Bitpanda join forces for real-time crypto payments

The partnership with Deutsche Bank allows Bitpanda to offer real-time inbound and outbound cash payments for German crypto traders using German International Bank Account Numbers.

Block Earner spared penalty in regulator’s crypto yield suit

The Australian federal court relieved Block Earner from paying a penalty in the local financial regulator’s legal action over unlicensed crypto yield-bearing products.

Dapper Labs’ $4M settlement reaffirms NBA NFTs aren’t securities: CEO

Dapper Labs has entered a $4 million agreement to settle an investor lawsuit that claimed it sold NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs as unregistered securities.

SEC Ethereum ETF decision unlikely driven by politics: Bernstein

Bernstein analysts Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra believe the United States securities regulator likely approved the spot Ether ETFs to avoid a legal battle.

E-Trade mulls booting meme stock trader Roaring Kitty: WSJ

The trading platform is reportedly concerned that the veteran meme stock trader could use his influence to pump his own GameStop holdings.

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