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.
Solana’s meme-coin frenzy leads to SOL’s price surpassing $200 and on-chain trading volumes reaching a new high of nearly $4 billion. Concurrently, the network sees over $100 million raised through meme-coin presales in just three days.
Alexander MardarThe exchange has ceased activities in the country, but that hasn't stopped the government, which has detained two Binance executives for over three weeks already.
Sasha MarkevichThis Sunday, Ireland and the world celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. Dressed in green and wearing three-leaved shamrock plant accessories, thousands join parades celebrating the day Saint Patrick arrived in Ireland. The festivity has long transcended its religious origins and is today much more a time to celebrate, drink good
Eva Senzaj PauramThe decentralized stablecoin project MakerDAO saw another shake last weekend, this time caused by the bullish outlook on the crypto market. It prompted an emergency intervention by the project’s guardians and put the project in hibernated mode right before the launch of its Endgame
Alex HarutunianWhile the crypto markets went quietly into the correction, we reflect on the major flip-flops on crypto brought by this cycle. Donald Trump, Larry Flink, and Peter Schiff are among the public figures and billionaire investors who have recently changed their minds about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
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. A senior Indian regulator has admitted that the traditional finance sector needs to compete
Alex HarutunianThe Securities and Futures Commission added 11 products offered by the exchange to its suspicious investment products list and accused Bybit of conducting regulated activity without a license.
Sasha MarkevichAmong the chosen tokens are KIMBO, COQ, GEC, TECH, and NOCHILL. The strategy reflects a broader effort to attract more users and traders to Avalanche.
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