
The Ethereum Foundation is restructuring its management approach, with a renewed focus on scaling Layer 1 as its top priority.
Alexander Mardar
As Europe advances its mission to safeguard personal data, it walks a fine line between protection and prohibition. The European Data Protection Board’s latest blockchain guidelines seek to align decentralized technologies with GDPR — but risk crippling public blockchain innovation in the process.
Mathieu Legrand
In 2024, flash loan transaction volume surpassed $2 trillion, establishing flash loans as a key mechanism for maintaining capital efficiency across DeFi markets.
Alexander Mardar
The latest Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report offers an intriguing snapshot: U.S. dominance, a breakdown of energy sources and costs, and the surprising role AI may play in mining’s next chapter. Plus, fascinating facts about Bitcoin—from its origin story to the latest network stats
Sasha Markevich
Ethereum’s founder says privacy can no longer be ignored, and the developers must gradually integrate privacy features into future upgrades.
Alexander Mardar
The Ethereum Foundation is restructuring its management approach, with a renewed focus on scaling Layer 1 as its top priority.
Alexander MardarArizona Governor vetoes Bitcoin Reserve bill, calls BTC “untested investment". Vitalik proposes 5-year plan to simplify Ethereum. FinCEN flags Huione Group in $4B crypto scam, ties to North Korea. Goldman Sachs to tokenize US Treasuries and money market funds for 24/7 on-chain trading. Brown becomes the third US

Evolving beyond a staking protocol, the project is transforming into a full-fledged fintech platform, featuring its own credit cards and a variety of DeFi integrations for its users.

Arbitrum improves blockchain transaction processing with a new feature called Timeboost. The transaction ordering mechanism lets MEV searchers bid for priority transaction placement, creating also a new revenue stream for the DAO.

Synthetix's main stablecoin, sUSD, has been trading significantly below its $1 peg for over a month after the implementation of the SIP-420 protocol upgrade. In an act of manual intervention within a decentralized system, the project’s founder has urged users to take action and help restore the peg

India's cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is preparing to relaunch operations following a devastating $234.9 million hack in July 2024. A pivotal hearing in the Singapore High Court, scheduled for May 13, 2025, will determine the fate of its restructuring and user compensation proposal.

Liquidity lockers are now vital for project founders to establish trust with their communities. UNCX Network, one of the largest in the space, secures over $240 million in liquidity, showcasing its significance.

Ethena and Securitize unveil a new blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) and digital money. The new chain will be optimized for launching both permissionless and permissioned RWA applications, leveraging Arbitrum’s tech stack and Celestia for data availability.

The project aims to disrupt the reinsurance industry by bringing reinsurance contracts on-chain and making them accessible to a broad range of Web3 investors.

MANTRA's OM token faced a sudden crash, with over 14 million tokens dumped on OKX alone. Speculation points to a large-scale liquidation by an unnamed exchange. The incident raises concerns about transparency and mirrors past crypto collapses like Terra LUNA and FTX

Happy Sunday, Observers! The wave of day traders and degens throwing in the towel continues, but on the institutional size, the game is just getting started. In the past seven days, MoonPay acquired Iron, MEXC Ventures invested $16 million in ENA and $20 million in USDe, MGX invested $2 billion
Eva Senzaj Pauram
Hardware wallet provider Ledger evaluated it's competitor's Trezor Safe wallet family and reported on a potential risk in Trezor’s Safe 3 model.
Sasha Markevich
The International Monetary Fund is pressuring El Salvador to scale back its Bitcoin adoption by leveraging loan funds. Despite the IMF agreement, El Salvador remains committed to expanding its BTC reserves, with President Bukele insisting, "It won’t stop now, and it won’t stop in the future."
Rebecca Denton
According to the press release, this is the most significant investment into a crypto company, the largest investment paid in crypto (stablecoin), and the first institutional investment in Binance.
Rebecca Denton
Happy Sunday, Observers! The summit that leads from “asset light” to “asset heavy” feels more like a roller coaster than ever. With President Trump at the helm, calling and firing what sometimes feels like rather random shots, markets are losing it. The White House’s announcement that it would establish
Eva Senzaj PauramArizona Governor vetoes Bitcoin Reserve bill, calls BTC “untested investment". Vitalik proposes 5-year plan to simplify Ethereum. FinCEN flags Huione Group in $4B crypto scam, ties to North Korea. Goldman Sachs to tokenize US Treasuries and money market funds for 24/7 on-chain trading. Brown becomes the third US

Evolving beyond a staking protocol, the project is transforming into a full-fledged fintech platform, featuring its own credit cards and a variety of DeFi integrations for its users.

Arbitrum improves blockchain transaction processing with a new feature called Timeboost. The transaction ordering mechanism lets MEV searchers bid for priority transaction placement, creating also a new revenue stream for the DAO.

Synthetix's main stablecoin, sUSD, has been trading significantly below its $1 peg for over a month after the implementation of the SIP-420 protocol upgrade. In an act of manual intervention within a decentralized system, the project’s founder has urged users to take action and help restore the peg

India's cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is preparing to relaunch operations following a devastating $234.9 million hack in July 2024. A pivotal hearing in the Singapore High Court, scheduled for May 13, 2025, will determine the fate of its restructuring and user compensation proposal.

Liquidity lockers are now vital for project founders to establish trust with their communities. UNCX Network, one of the largest in the space, secures over $240 million in liquidity, showcasing its significance.

Ethena and Securitize unveil a new blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) and digital money. The new chain will be optimized for launching both permissionless and permissioned RWA applications, leveraging Arbitrum’s tech stack and Celestia for data availability.

The project aims to disrupt the reinsurance industry by bringing reinsurance contracts on-chain and making them accessible to a broad range of Web3 investors.

