BitVM3’s “garbled circuit” approach faces critical security and scaling research before it will be practical
As Satoshi-era wallets saw over $8 billion worth of BTC on the move, Congress is gearing up for “Crypto Week”
Buzzwords include: succinct universal proofs, zkVM, incrementally verifiable computation, distributed supercomputer and agentic AI
Mainnet goes live with a 16-node federation, promising five-second block times, low fees and Bitcoin-native DeFi
The proof-of-work L1 is betting on parallel-chain scaling, low fees, and a $50 million grant program to lure Solidity developers and tokenized RWA issuers
A vote ending Monday could introduce a new layer of security for Ethereum’s largest liquid staking protocol
Upcoming Ethereum fork is shaping up as a focused, low-risk upgrade to tighten execution-layer performance
The new airdrop campaign reaches 50,000 users, setting the stage for Spark’s 10-year token distribution
A new middleware layer promises lightning-fast confirmations and private orderflow on Ethereum mainnet
With over 5,000 participants, Union sets the stage for a high-speed, zero-knowledge interoperability layer
Real-time slashing, isolated vaults and a yield tug-of-war between sGHO and stkGHO
One lets everyone see your trades. The other hides everything. Which design wins in crypto’s next perps arena?
The Ethereum Foundation’s newly-formed Protocol division — leaner, led by EF veterans — sets the stage for the chain’s next major hard fork
Users can mint a dollar-denominated stablecoin, retain upside to BTC and use the borrowed funds elsewhere
Polygon and GSR partnered on Katana, angling for a “unified DeFi engine” to concentrate liquidity, recycle yield to users and showcase the AggLayer.
Response to the DEX exploit reveals tensions between credible neutrality and crimefighting
A community-driven, radically fair currency model is challenging Worldcoin’s biometric vision
Risks in concentrated liquidity design to be addressed, along with LP compensation