Ethereum’s ZK rollups are engaged in a cutthroat competition. But they’ll need to join forces for Ethereum to win.
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Ethereum Name Service adds fiat payments for ENS domain registrations
Ethereum Name Service has integrated fiat payment options for new decentralized domain registrations in a new partnership with MoonPay.
Tornado Cash dev Alex Pertsev set to be released from prison under surveillance
The Tornado Cash developer was arrested in August 2022 by Dutch authorities as part of a criminal investigation against the crypto mixer service.
Ethereum gas fee jumped due to memecoin frenzy with mixed comments on network usability
Ethereum proponents celebrated the growth in daily revenue, while many others pointed toward network congestion and difficulty in usage.
Societe Generale launches euro-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum
The EURCV stablecoin is only available to institutional investors onboarded by Societe Generale through its KYC and AML procedures.
Subway-themed trading bot makes millions using ‘sandwich’ attacks
The anonymous MEV bot operator’s best day was April 18, where he profited about $950,000.
A16z’s hyped-up orange balls revealed to be an L2 rollup client
An earlier series of tweets sharing images of orange balls were the precursor to the announcement of a client for layer-2 solution Optimism.
Coinbase’s Base network gets OpenZeppelin security integration
Contract upgrades, admin changes and protocol tweaks can now be made using standard APIs that were previously unavailable on Base.
From SNL and The Tonight Show to Sotheby’s: NFT Creator Bryan Brinkman
Bryan Brinkman (of SNL and The Tonight Show) reveals that the secret to being a successful NFT creator involves spending just one-third of the time on art.
MetaMask denies claims of wallet exploit in 'massive' $10M hack
MetaMask stated its security team is working with others in the Web3 wallet space to uncover the source of this exploit.
US House committee chair repeatedly presses SEC chair: 'Is Ether a commodity or a security?'
Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler has said the SEC considers Bitcoin a commodity, but refused to pin down Ether at an oversight hearing.
Ethereum layer 2 bridging up sixfold year-on-year in Q1 — Alchemy
Layer 2s also saw increased development activity, with year-over-year smart contract deployment increasing by 160%.
Crypto regulation: Does SEC Chair Gary Gensler have the final say?
The chairman of the SEC recently said that almost all cryptocurrencies will be regulated as securities. Questions remain whether that’s an accurate statement and if the agency is regulating tokens by enforcement.
Bitcoin and liquid staking protocols lead crypto resurgence in Q1 2023
The first quarter of 2023 saw Bitcoin outperform traditional assets after a 72% quarterly gain in market capitalization.
9 Tech YouTube channels to follow
Discover nine tech-focused YouTube channels covering topics such as programming, machine learning, cybersecurity, blockchain and Web3.
Bitcoin 'mega whales' send BTC price to $30K as volatility hits crypto
Bitcoin sees a sudden return to form as a reshuffle of order book liquidity precedes a spurt above crucial BTC price resistance.
Ethereum is up 15% versus Bitcoin since Shapella — More ETH price gains ahead?
Ether stakers have withdrawn $1.21 billion worth of ETH from Ethereum staking contracts since the Shapella upgrade.
ETH staking passes withdrawals for the first time after Shapella upgrade
Over 1 million ETH has been withdrawn since the Shapella hard fork on April 12. However, a significant chunk of addresses has gone back to re-staking their ETH.
Privacy, scaling drives use cases for zero-knowledge technology
Zero-knowledge (zk) technology has seen major growth in adoption within the blockchain space in 2023, according to an inaugural quarterly report published by zkValidator.
Total Arbitrum accounts surpass 5M after airdrop hype: Report
The milestone was accomplished less than one month after a much-anticipated airdrop.