Russia's recent crypto laws favored mining and cross-border payments with crypto. The new regulations were allegedly approved mainly due to the changing global landscape and Western sanctions.

"The request for funding requests roughly ~50% of the [Curve's] community fund. This is an extreme concern around sustainability for the ecosystem and growth initiatives overall," one critic says.

Now the team is planning a network update with a hard fork set for about three weeks from now, aiming to fix the security vulnerabilities they've found and get their fraud proofs back up and running.

The combination of Justin Sun’s reputation and the existing troubles at Bitgo, Wrapped Bitcoin's (WBTC’s) custodian, is causing alarm within the crypto community. Many fear that this mix could lead to instability and credibility issues for the largest Bitcoin to Ethereum bridge.

The Interchain Foundation faces growing scrutiny as allegations of opaque leadership and mismanagement surface within the Cosmos community.

Researchers found that in the second half of 2023, several major block builders excluded Tornado Cash transactions from MEV blocks.

This token will help develop a network owned by developers, turning active contributors into stakeholders.

Despite relatively poor token performance, Blast is demonstrating strong traction, with 1.5 million users and 800,000 daily transactions.