Author: Michael Johnson
Ether holders on the exchange can borrow up to $1M in USDC using ETH as collateral. That ensures access to liquidity/cash without selling their holdings. The service is available in all US states, excluding New York. Leading exchange Coinbase has introduced a new feature that will likely reduce selling pressure amid the current broader crypto market turmoil. The trading platform has launched Ethereum-backed loans, allowing users in most American states to access on-chain cash without offloading their holdings. Notably, borrowers can use ETH assets as collateral and receive loans of up to $1,000,000 in USDC stablecoin. The team has confirmed…
The campaign runs between 19 November and 3 December. Eligible users should buy or deposit SOL worth over $50 using the Crypto.com App. The top 2,000 participants will receive $10 in ETH each. While the broader market seeks footing, with Bitcoin at $90,000, Crypto.com has announced a remarkable opportunity for its users. The exchange took it to X on November 19, to confirm the official launch of the SOL App Campaign, which offers $20,000 Ethereum reward pool for participants who interact with SOL. The SOL App Campaign is live ⚡️ Stand a chance to win from a US$20,000 $ETH prize…
Citadel Securities made a strategic investment at a $20 billion valuation. Institutional investors led the first tranche of funding. Kraken plans to grow across Latin America, APAC, and EMEA. Kraken is entering a new phase of global expansion after securing fresh capital that places the company at a valuation of $20 billion. The update outlined how this raise will support the firm’s plans for 2026 and strengthen its position across regulated markets, tokenized products, and institutional services. The company also linked the funding to its broader push into global regions, deeper derivatives activity, and new financial tools. The announcement signalled…
Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Account Abstraction team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen Ethereum. Since the early days of Ethereum, the promise has always been bold: a global, permissionless, censorship-resistant computing platform. Today, that promise is more alive than ever. Ethereum has scaled through rollups, where blockspace is abundant and transactions are cheap. The challenge now is not just throughput, but seamless user experience across that multichain horizon. What if all the L2s felt…
A Toronto outlet handed over $1,900.00 in cash using only a $5 bill for verification. Ukraine-based exchange 001k offered to deliver $1,000,000.00 in cash in Montreal. Over 20 crypto-to-cash services were found operating unregistered across Canada. A report by CBC has revealed how Canada is witnessing the rise of unregulated crypto-to-cash services that enable large-scale anonymous financial transfers. These operations not only bypass anti-money laundering laws but also establish an untraceable money trail that financial intelligence agencies are unable to track. Across cities from Toronto to Montreal, crypto platforms are facilitating discreet cash handovers worth thousands and even millions, without…
Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-6 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be keen to learn that Forkcast now publishes call summaries, chats and transcripts for each All Core Devs call, usually available within a couple hours of the call. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade is nearly out the door, Glamsterdam is ramping up, with its major features in implementation and minor features being decided on.…
SBI Crypto was breached, losing $21 million in assets via a suspected laundering operation. A phishing scam targeting GMGN tricked 107 users into approving fake transactions. Honeypot token scams rose 600% month-on-month, with over 2,100 tokens detected. Web3 has entered a new phase of cyber threats, with attackers now leveraging artificial intelligence, automation tools, and complex social engineering to exploit users across decentralised networks. According to GoPlus Security, over $45.84 million was lost in October alone from a surge of scams, phishing attacks, token exploits, and wallet hacks. The data reveals how scammers are evolving their methods, creating high-impact exploits…
Ethereum exchange supply hit multi-month lows, indicating substantial accumulation. Solana price weakens as bears threaten a move below $163 – $165. ZEC lost 25% the past 24 hours after robust gains over the previous few sessions. Cryptocurrencies displayed mixed performances on Tuesday, with most tokens losing momentum after yesterday’s gains. The value of all digital tokens lost 2% the last 24 hours to $3.51 trillion as Bitcoin hovered at $104,340. This article evaluates the current altcoin landscape by analyzing Ethereum, Solana, and Zcash. Ethereum exchange supply hits record lows The second-largest cryptocurrency exhibits a bullish catalyst amidst broader market sluggishness.…
Fusaka follows this year’s Pectra upgrade, representing a major step forward in Ethereum’s scaling roadmap that improves L1 performance, increases blob throughput, and enhances user experience. The Fusaka network upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet at slot 13,164,544 (December 3, 2025, 21:49:11 UTC). Fusaka also introduces Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks to safely scale blob throughput after PeerDAS activation. These are minimal, config-only upgrades that adjust the blob target/max and fee update fraction. See the activation table below for further details. The Fusaka mainnet client releases are listed below. Fusaka Overview Fusaka’s headlining feature is PeerDAS (Peer…
Corporations, US presidential candidate Mitt Romney reminds us, are people. Whether or not you agree with the conclusions that his partisans draw from that claim, the statement certainly carries a large amount of truth. What is a corporation, after all, but a certain group of people working together under a set of specific rules? When a corporation owns property, what that really means is that there is a legal contract stating that the property can only be used for certain purposes under the control of those people who are currently its board of directors – a designation itself modifiable by…