Blockchain

Ethereum must pass the Walkaway test to be self-sustaining

According to co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum needs to reach a point where its value proposition remains even if developers stop actively working on the...

Bank of Italy models a transition scenario from ether to zero in a stress test

The Bank of Italy modeled what would happen to Ethereum's security and settlement capacity if the price of Ether fell to zero, treating the...

Solana Seeker phone users will be able to apply for the SKR token on January 21

Solana Mobile announced that its long-awaited SKR token will launch on January 21, and Solana Seeker smartphone users will be able to earn up...

Ethereum is the Linux for an open Internet of value

According to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum network, a Layer 1 decentralized blockchain that executes clever contracts, is analogous to the open-source Linux...

The Starknet team reveals the root cause of the latest network outage

The outage was the second major network failure in 2025, and both events required the reorganization of blocks, which resulted in the suspension of...

Nasdaq and CME join forces to launch the Nasdaq-CME cryptocurrency index

The Nasdaq Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group have joined forces to unify their cryptocurrency indices, renaming the Nasdaq Crypto Index...

BNY launches tokenized bank deposits for institutional clients

BNY, a financial services company with roots in one of the oldest financial institutions in the United States, launched tokenized bank deposits for its...

Optimism proposes using 50% of Superchain revenues to redeem OP tokens

The Optimism Foundation has made major changes to the dynamics of the Layer 2 OP token, proposing to allocate 50% of Superchain revenues to...

Banks need to upgrade their blockchain infrastructure

Opinion: Igor Mandrigin, co-founder and chief technology and product officer of Gateway.fmFor years, private distributed ledger systems like Hyperledger have provided banks with a...

Rumble and Tether releases the Rumble wallet for in-app cryptocurrency advice

Stablecoin company Tether and video platform Rumble launched a no-deposit cryptocurrency wallet on Wednesday, allowing users to tip Rumble content creators in digital currencies.The...

Ethereum and Solana Take Different Paths to Blockchain Resilience

Not only are Ethereum and Solana divided by issues of scalability, but they are increasingly divided by competing visions of what blockchain networks must...

Jupiter launches BlackRock’s BUIDL-backed JupUSD Stablecoin on Solana

Jupiter, a Solana-based DeFi protocol and trading platform, has launched JupUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued natively on the Solana platform and developed in partnership...

The Ethereum validator exit queue drops to zero as ETH increases

The queue to exit an Ethereum network validator dropped to zero for the first time since July last year, which could ease selling pressure,...

The Starknet mainnet is experiencing fresh outages

Starknet, Ethereum's Layer 2 network that uses zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups, is experiencing fresh disruptions on the mainnet as the project enters 2026.WX postthe Starknet...

Vitalik Buterin claims that ZK-EVM and PeerDAS solved the Blockchain problem

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claims that Ethereum has "solved" one of the biggest challenges in cryptocurrency: the blockchain trilemma.In Saturday's post, X Buterin he...

Perpetuals DEX volume reached 7.9 thousand. dollars in 2025 as Onchain Trading Scales

Decentralized perpetual exchanges close 2025 with cumulative trading volume reaching $12.09 trillion, up from $4.1 trillion at the start of the year. DefiLamy data...