Currently, two block builders, Beaverbuild and Titan Builder, dominate Ethereum block production. They hold approximately 88% of the market share, making the Ethereum network vulnerable to the risk of transaction censorship.
Alexander MardarDecentralized technology has won an important battle against the law, but the game isn't over yet.
Eva Senzaj PauramEthereum has reclaimed its position as the primary blockchain for hosting USDT for the first time since 2022. Tether is minting new stablecoins on Ethereum as it expects higher demand.
Sasha MarkevichCurrently, only whitelisted parties can deploy EVM smart contracts on the mainnet. However, anyone can interact with the already deployed smart contracts.
Alexander MardarWalletConnect - more like traditional web2 infrastructure than a blockchain. Season 1 of the airdrop will distribute 50 million $WCT tokens, but the tokens won't be transferable until 2025 due to ongoing tests for the WalletConnect network.
Alexander MardarCurrently, two block builders, Beaverbuild and Titan Builder, dominate Ethereum block production. They hold approximately 88% of the market share, making the Ethereum network vulnerable to the risk of transaction censorship.
Alexander MardarA wave of testimonies from debanked crypto founders and users has been flooding social media ever since Marc Andreessen discussed Choke Point 2.0 on Joe Rogan's podcast.
With Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Parity Technologies announces Polkadot 2,0 launch in Q1 2025. TON launches Teleport bridge for Bitcoin transfers as tgBTC in Telegram. Taiwan to implement crypto AML rules on Nov 30. Switzerland to investigate Bitcoin mining for energy efficiency. Hong Kong central bank to subsidize companies issuing tokenized bonds. XT Exchange
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things
The two-hour downtime was due to a bug in the transaction scheduling logic, which led to validators crashing. The incident resulted in a drop in SUI's price and raised doubts about the network’s ability to compete with Solana.
Google’s search engine added Ethereum ENS support, indexes the balance and the last update time of the wallet addresses on Bitcoin and six other blockchains.
Eva Senzaj PauramSince announcing his coming-of-age, the co-founder of Ethereum has come up with some chaotic ideas for the crypto community to try to make sense of.
Eva Senzaj PauramDegen Chain, a Layer 3 network built for memecoin trading, has seen over 10.5 million transactions and 500,000 new wallets in the last several days. Its native token, DEGEN, has surged 13x in the last two weeks, and currently boasts a market cap of over $500 million.
Alexander MardarThe meme token by the TON project exited the mining stage. The listing is expected within this month.
Sasha MarkevichWith their strategy to blend traditional finance with blockchain, Ondo is paving the way for wider asset accessibility and instant transactions, creating a new era in global investment.
Alexander MardarEthena Labs announces its ENA Governance token airdrop, distributing 750 million tokens, or 5% of its total supply, aiming for broader governance engagement. The project’s synthetic dollar stablecoin, USDe, offers a 35% APY, backed by notable investors and exchanges.
Alexander MardarThe world might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for the five-month-long conflict between Israel and Hamas. This week, the U.N. Security Council voted on a resolution calling for the immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, with 14 council members voting in favor and the
Eva Senzaj PauramFor all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. This week HSBC pushed the adoption of tokenized RWA forward by opening its gold
Alex HarutunianA wave of testimonies from debanked crypto founders and users has been flooding social media ever since Marc Andreessen discussed Choke Point 2.0 on Joe Rogan's podcast.
With Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Parity Technologies announces Polkadot 2,0 launch in Q1 2025. TON launches Teleport bridge for Bitcoin transfers as tgBTC in Telegram. Taiwan to implement crypto AML rules on Nov 30. Switzerland to investigate Bitcoin mining for energy efficiency. Hong Kong central bank to subsidize companies issuing tokenized bonds. XT Exchange
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things