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Ethlabs Puts Ethereum Quantum Defense Ahead of Speed
Ethlabs reprioritizes Ethereum toward quantum and AI-resistant defenses for 2027, withdrawing Quick Slots from the Hegotá upgrade.
Also covered by Cointelegraph, Bankless - 2
Tether Reports $1.5 Billion Q3 Operating Profit, $7.95 Billion Reserve Buffer
Tether reports $1.5B Q3 operating profit, with the attestation covering only the quarter-end report.
Also covered by The Block - 3
Supreme Court to decide tax bill for prediction market operators
The Supreme Court will decide whether federal wagering taxes apply to prediction market operators like Robinhood, which has not collected them.
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Ethereum treasury firm BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep $64 million Aave loan healthy
BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep a $64 million Aave loan healthy; the loan could be liquidated if ether falls near $1,700.
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Former Ethereum Core Dev Greg Markou Defends Developers Over Stalled Gas Repricing
Former Ethereum core dev Greg Markou defends developers over stalled gas repricing in Glamsterdam, blaming bundled upgrades.
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Tether Gold issuer follows USDT to complete Big Four audit
KPMG gave TG Commodities a clean opinion on its 2025 accounts; overlaps the XAUT audit story, kept as the secondary source.
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Justin Drake Targets December 2028 for Ethereum’s Post-Quantum Transition
Justin Drake proposes a fork sequence targeting December 2028 for Ethereum's post-quantum transition, with wallet migration treated as a separate task.
Also covered by r/CryptoCurrency - 8
Deutsche Bank Switches On Bitcoin Custody for Paying Clients
Deutsche Bank now holds bitcoin, ether and three stablecoins for European institutional clients, though it has not named customers or disclosed fees.
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Tether Blacklists USDT Wallets Linked to CoinDCX Outflows
Tether froze about $2.2M in USDT tied to CoinDCX outflows from a failed process for securing deposits to retired addresses.
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Foundation CEO Says Ethereum Foundation Is Launching a Signing App for Passport Prime
Ethereum Foundation is collaborating on a signing app for Passport Prime hardware wallet; no public release yet.
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Securitize and Ethena’s $100 million BlackRock BUIDL liquidity facility goes live
Securitize and Ethena launch a $100M facility letting BUIDL holders swap into stablecoins 24/7.
Also covered by The Defiant - 12
Layer 1, Rollups and Sidechains: The Key Differences
Explainer on how Ethereum, OP Mainnet, Linea and Polygon PoS differ in checks, settlement and withdrawal waits.
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SoFiUSD goes live on Polygon as bank-issued stablecoin expands reach
SoFi's bank-issued stablecoin SoFiUSD now live on Polygon alongside Ethereum and Solana.
Also covered by Unchained - 14
Are Alt-L1s over? Security, costs drive smaller chains to Ethereum
Zilliqa, Gnosis and Ronin moving into the Ethereum ecosystem as security and liquidity favor consolidation.
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Ethlabs Wants Ethereum Quantum and AI Ready by 2027, Drops Its Faster Blocks Push
Ethlabs drops 10-second blocks from Hegota to focus on quantum- and AI-resistant cryptography, a plan core developers have not yet adopted.
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Ethereum researchers drop faster blocks to race toward quantum defenses in 2027
Ethlabs proposes faster blocks to target quantum-resistant accounts by 2027, though wallet holders would still need to switch signing methods.
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Sen. Warren, Merkley raise ethics concerns over Trump aide’s prediction market bets
Senators question ethics of a White House aide accused of betting on prediction markets with advance information.
Also covered by Unchained - 18
Ethlabs proposes advancing Ethereum’s post-quantum to 2027, citing AI acceleration
Ethlabs proposes moving Ethereum's post-quantum migration to 2027, citing AI-driven cryptographic risk.
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ETH Trades at 20% Premium on Uniswap Versus Binance
ETH traded at a 20% premium on Uniswap over Binance while Chainlink's reference showed about $2,250, a sign of stress during the hack.
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Coinbase, Kalshi, Kraken parent back CFTC in legal fight over stock perpetual futures
Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken's parent back the CFTC in a court fight over whether stock perpetual futures fall under SEC jurisdiction.
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Deutsche Bank Goes Live With Crypto Custody After a Five-Year Buildup
Deutsche Bank's European custody service is live for Bitcoin, Ethereum and three stablecoins for institutional clients.
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Tether has about $4.8B in exposure to US stock markets
Protos reviewed Tether's regulatory filings and found about $4.8B of exposure to US stock markets via 13 listed companies.
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Moonwell Cuts Collateral Limits, Drops VELO and wrsETH
Moonwell's MIP-X75 cuts collateral backing for existing loans on Base and Optimism, so borrowers near their limits face liquidation unless they repay or add eligible collateral.
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Anchorage Digital Lets Institutions Borrow Against Tether’s Tokenized Gold
Anchorage Digital now lets institutions hold, trade and pledge Tether Gold (XAU₮) as collateral through its Prime platform, with more tokenized assets planned.
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I built an interactive tool that shows what happens when you invest monthly into crypto, for past and future
An interactive page lets readers test monthly DCA into BTC, ETH, SOL or XRP using real past prices; the tool is self-built and not independently vetted.
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Bitmine Says Its Controls Are Still Not Effective as ETH Ended the Year $5.4 Billion Below Cost
Bitmine's annual report says its controls are still ineffective, with a $143.7M derivatives loss and ETH $5.4B below cost.
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MegaETH Foundation Becomes MEGA, Earmarks $30 Million for New Products
MegaETH Foundation rebranded as MEGA with $30 million earmarked for new products, starting with a public market for AI inference in December.
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Bitmine reports $6.3 billion net loss in latest fiscal year, driven by 44% ether decline
Bitmine's SEC filing shows a $6.3B net loss for the fiscal year, with about $6.23B from unrealized fair value losses on its ether holdings after a 44% ether decline.
Also covered by Cointelegraph - 29
Phylax and Titan Bring Circuit Breakers to Ethereum
Phylax and Titan add circuit breakers that check transactions against app safety rules before settlement; Titan builds about half of Ethereum's blocks.
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Countdown to ANT: What the Pre-IPO Perps Markets Say About Anthropic’s IPO
Coin Metrics examines pre-IPO perp settlements and converts between market-cap and share-price valuations for Anthropic's IPO. Useful methodology, but niche.
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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Stalls on Gas-Change Risks to Live Contracts, Pending Audits
Glamsterdam stalls with no testnet date while auditors check whether gas changes could break live Ethereum contracts.
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Binance warns iOS flaw could expose crypto wallet keys
Binance warns of an iOS flaw that could expose iPhone wallet keys, and it is unclear whether Apple's latest updates fix it.
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Ethereum Foundation sued for firing employee who opposed ‘suicide pledge’
A former Ethereum Foundation employee sued after being fired for opposing a 'suicide pledge'; a governance and labor story.
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Ethereum Foundation Calls for Contract Checks After Glamsterdam Security Findings
Ethereum Foundation urges contract checks after Glamsterdam security findings; the Hoodi testnet upgrade stays paused with no mainnet date.
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An 11-year-old Ethereum wallet moved $4.6 million and dodged a scam set up in minutes
Bots flagged an 11-year-old Ethereum wallet from the 2015 launch within minutes of it moving and planted lookalike addresses, but the owner sent $4.6M to the correct address.
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Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking
Incoming Senate Banking chair Warren plans a crackdown on prediction markets after pressing Kalshi and Polymarket on election trading.
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Ross Unveils Tacit Chain, a Private Payments Rollup on Ethereum
Ross unveiled Tacit Chain, a prototype Ethereum ZK rollup for private payments with post-quantum memo encryption.
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Where Dissent Imposes A Heavy Price
Detailed account of a court filing that explains Ethereum Foundation departures and what leadership should have done differently.
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Blumenthal Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Binance, Tether and Trump Crypto Firms
Senator Blumenthal sets a January 4 deadline for Binance, Tether and Trump-linked crypto firms to provide records.
Also covered by Cointelegraph, Unchained - 40
Vitalik Buterin Moves On From ‘Ultrasound Money,’ Says ETH’s Value Is Stability
Buterin says ETH's value rests on stability and decentralization rather than fee burns, a notable shift in framing.
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Vitalik Buterin says ETH should be valued as a store of value, not a fee-burning token
Vitalik argues ETH should be valued as a store of value rather than a fee-burning token, after a proposal to burn validator rewards was withdrawn.
Also covered by The Defiant - 42
Bitmine Gets Within About 40,000 ETH of Tom Lee’s 5% Target After Another Week of Buying
Bitmine holds 6,070,092 ETH, 4.97% of supply, and is about 40,000 ETH short of Tom Lee's 5% target.
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What ‘Instant Settlement’ Means for Tokenized Stocks
Explainer: tokenized stock transfers and payments can settle together, but custody and bank-dollar conversion remain separate steps.
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PeckShield Flags $45.3 Million ETH Long With Possible UXLink Exploit Link
PeckShield flagged a $45.3M ETH long possibly linked to a UXLink exploit, with about $652K unrealized loss in a later snapshot.
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Vitalik Buterin Says Maximizing ETH’s Fee Burn Would Cost Ethereum Its Decentralization
Vitalik argues that maximizing ETH's fee burn would push Ethereum toward corporate-style spending and governance, undermining decentralization.
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Ankr Ethereum Bridge Loses More Than $303,000 in Five-Transaction Exploit
Ankr's Ethereum bridge lost over $303,000 in five transactions after the contract stayed unpaused and let withdrawals reference an already-redeemed Optimism deposit.
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Bitcoin Trades Near $73,900 After Four-Week Low
Bitcoin fell to about $73,900 after a four-week low, with ether down 18.8% over 28 days versus bitcoin's 12.2%.
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Two rival Ethereum proposals aim to stop Glamsterdam breaking old contracts
Two competing Ethereum proposals tackle how Glamsterdam's gas changes could break existing contracts, differing on what contracts see and what users pay.
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Hyperliquid Whale’s 56,667-ETH Long Fully Liquidated
A tracked Hyperliquid whale's 56,667-ETH long was fully liquidated, with the two accounts showing about $44.8 million in lifetime losses.
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So are we just moving on from the whole ‘World Computer’ narrative now?
Discussion of Ethereum's shifting narrative from world computer to store of value; opinion-driven forum thread.
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X100 Exploiter Sends 420.8 ETH to Tornado Cash
The X100 exploiter sent 420.8 ETH to Tornado Cash, while about 1,602 ETH remains in four holding wallets.
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ZachXBT Flags Suspected $106 Million-Plus Theft From EU Entity
ZachXBT flags a suspected $106M-plus theft from an EU entity, with funds laundered via ETH swaps, Monero and bridges.
Also covered by CoinDesk, r/CryptoCurrency - 53
Moscow Exchange to launch Bitcoin, Ether and USDT trading in December
Moscow Exchange plans Bitcoin, Ether and USDT trading from Dec. 1 under Russia's new law, with annual purchase limits for non-qualified investors.
Also covered by Unchained, The Defiant - 54
Ethereum devs won’t fork Glamsterdam on Hoodi until smart contract risks resolved
Ethereum developers will not fork Glamsterdam on Hoodi until eight smart contract invariants tied to EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 are resolved.
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Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi tokenizes equity index fund on Ethereum
Amundi launched a tokenized share class of an equity index fund on Ethereum, a notable TradFi tokenization step.
Also covered by r/ethereum - 56
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs post $530M outflows as election gains evaporate
Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw $530M in combined outflows as BTC fell below $76,000.
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EIP-8037/EIP-8038 Glamsterdam
ChainSecurity found projects that rely on gas invariants that EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 break, so they could be vulnerable after Glamsterdam.
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Base Says Users Unaffected as Reth and Base Ship Fixes for State Root Bug
Reth and Base shipped fixes for a state root bug; Base says users were unaffected after recomputing its state root.
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Blockaid Warns Reth Bug Can Produce Incorrect State Proofs
Blockaid warns a reth bug can produce incorrect state proofs, with patched builds for reth, op-reth and Base.
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Zilliqa Ditches Its L1 to Become an Institutional Ethereum L2
Zilliqa is abandoning its L1 to rebuild as an identity-gated Ethereum L2, with Liechtenstein's LTIN running the sequencer.
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ETHBEAT Launches CROPS Guide With Uniswap, Safe, and Tornado Cash
ETHBEAT, formerly L2BEAT, launched a CROPS guide grading Ethereum apps on censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security.
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Gauntlet Restricts V1 Vault Deposits After Reported op-reth Vulnerability
Gauntlet restricted V1 vault deposits after a reported op-reth vulnerability and is pausing allocations.
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Arbitrum’s Security Council Can Move a Wallet’s Funds Without Its Key, Binance Freeze Shows
Arbitrum's Security Council froze 8,426 ETH and 74.6M ARB in a Binance-linked wallet, and a walkthrough shows it moved funds without the holder's key.
Also covered by The Defiant - 64
Binance Pulls Every SignalPlus API Key, Tells Users to Check Their Positions and Orders
Binance pulled every SignalPlus API key and told users to check positions and orders, but neither party has explained the issue or whether anyone lost money.
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Trump’s memecoin ventures derailed CLARITY Act, Scaramucci says
Scaramucci says disputes over Trump's memecoin ventures and ethics rules stalled the CLARITY Act negotiations, with both sides at fault.
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House Democrats Eye Their Own Crypto Market Structure Bill With a Bigger SEC Role After Sweep
House Democrats are drafting a market structure bill with a bigger SEC role and new ethics limits on Trump, a meaningful policy shift.
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Ethereum Is Shipping Around Itself
Ethereum is gaining faster deposits, cheaper contracts and a post-quantum signature check without a hard fork.
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How Coinbase protects customer assets
Coinbase explains its methods for protecting customer assets; useful primary source on custody practices, though the snippet is thin.
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Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Swaps Tokens for $10.55 Million in ETH, Arkham Says
Arkham traced the Mercado Bitcoin attacker swapping stolen tokens for about $10.55 million in ETH; blocked-asset estimate raised to $12.9 million.
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Bitcoin’s Rebound Drove Most of Tether’s $3.8 Billion Reserve Recovery
Unchained breaks down that most of Tether's $3.8B reserve recovery came from higher bitcoin and gold marks, not new capital.
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Ethereum Layer 2 Aztec gets Tierra V6 upgrade to support faster private apps
Aztec's Tierra V6 upgrade fixes earlier security issues and doubles private transaction proof generation speed.
Also covered by Decrypt - 72
ETHGas wants to bring Wall Street to public Ethereum by selling advance block reservations
ETHGas sells advance block reservations, but validators face no compensation if they fail to deliver.
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What’s the outlook for DeFi lending when CEXs offer higher yields?
Discussion of whether DeFi lending rates can compete with exchange stablecoin yield promotions after the Binance incident.
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Designing for sovereignty: Ethereum for digital public infrastructure
Ethereum Foundation essay on using Ethereum as infrastructure for digital public services that need cross-border institutional cooperation and privacy.
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Satoshi's Bitcoin monetary system?
A Reddit discussion on whether Bitcoin's security budget can hold up once block subsidies shrink, without raising the 21M cap. Thread-level discussion, no new research.
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Horizen’s Nov. 4 Bridge Cutoff Leaves USDC.e Outside DAO Recovery Plan
Horizen's DAO recovery plan excludes USDC.e bridged after the Nov. 4 cutoff; remaining ZEN and eligible ETH will be returned on Base.
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Crypto Treasury Stocks: How mNAV and Dilution Affect Value
Explains why a larger bitcoin or ether treasury per share does not guarantee stock returns, using Strategy's disclosures.
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Swell Opens Ethereum Claims for Tokens Stranded by Swellchain Shutdown
Swell opens Ethereum claims for tokens stranded by the Swellchain shutdown, recovering funds via a temporary BNB Chain bridge.
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Ethena Explained: USDe, sUSDe, Rewards and Exit Routes
Explains USDe and sUSDe redemption limits, rewards, and why unstaking returns USDe rather than dollars.
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Threshold Says tBTC Operators Patched or Went Offline Over Linux Flaw
Threshold says tBTC operators patched or went offline over a Linux flaw, and a separate incident drained about 0.5 ETH from an operator account.
Also covered by r/ethereum - 81
8 years ago a CREATE2 “Wisp” post asked what stops a bait and switch with selfdestruct. What actually changed?
Examines whether CREATE2 selfdestruct bait-and-switch risk has changed since the old Wisp debate, a sound security explainer for auditors.
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Swell Freezes swETH and rswETH Withdrawals Until It Corrects Their Exchange Rates
Swell halted swETH and rswETH withdrawals while fixing exchange rates that its contracts overstate, with DEX prices well below the reported rate.
Also covered by The Defiant - 83
USDT vs. USDC: What Backs Them and How Dollar Redemptions Work
Explains how USDT and USDC are backed and what redemption routes exist, including Tether's $100,000 minimum.
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Bitcoin Adoption or Crypto Speculation? Critiquing a BIS Research Paper
Critique of a BIS working paper on whether crypto activity reflects Bitcoin adoption or speculation.
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Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
Tether's Q3 attestation shows excess reserves nearly doubling to $8B and $1.5B profit, with Bitcoin reserves at $8.37B.
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Ethereum Draft Would Let Wallets Permanently Disable EIP-7702 Delegation
Ethereum draft would let wallets permanently disable EIP-7702 delegation, though it would not protect against a stolen private key.
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The most boring coin in crypto is out-earning everything else
Tether leads DefiLlama 7-day revenue at about $112M, more than the next nine protocols combined, driven by reserve yield on $1 coins.
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Why a Crypto-Arbitrage Spread Is Not Net Profit
A worked one-ETH example showing fees erase much of an arbitrage spread and prefunding shifts risk to rebalancing.
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Upgradeable DeFi contracts tie emergency exits to rewrite power. My proposal is for Ethereum DeFi builders to separate them.
Proposal that DeFi builders separate emergency fund-rescue powers from contract upgrade keys in upgradeable contracts.
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Five Pools Dominate Bitcoin Mining. Who Decides Whether Your Payment Gets Through?
Five mining pools produce about 80% of blocks, and pool operators usually pick which transactions get confirmed, so payment censorship depends on pool choice.
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Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets
Selloff in BTC, ETH and XRP forced about $1.5B in leveraged closures, with long positions making up most of the liquidations.
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zkLink Nova Bridge Exploit Drains About $779,000 in One Transaction
A zkLink Nova bridge exploit drained about $779,000 via a forged batch root, and the Ethereum escrow still showed unpaused.
Also covered by Unchained - 93
Why Apps Keep Coming Home to Ethereum
ENSv2 launched on Ethereum mainnet rather than its planned L2, part of a wider trend of apps returning to Ethereum.
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Can the pivot to AI save crypto miners?
Several miners are pivoting infrastructure from Bitcoin mining to AI hosting; a useful industry trend look at whether the shift can work.
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Fluid Opens DEX v2 Beta With Custom Collateral and Debt Ranges
Fluid opens a DEX v2 beta on Ethereum with custom collateral and debt ranges, capped at $50,000 borrowing per asset with restricted pool creation.
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Why Switzerland’s first genuine spot bitcoin ETF could soon attract overseas banks and brokers
SIX Swiss Exchange confirms international access to Switzerland's first genuine spot bitcoin ETF, and FINMA explains its approval and the path for ether and solana funds.
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Tokenized Assets on Ethereum: Treasuries, Funds and Leading Issuers in Oct 2026
A discussion thread asking how large tokenized assets on Ethereum have become, with the leading treasury, gold and credit issuers.
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Security failure at Indian certificate firm bites Ethereum as developers rush out fixes
A certificate-issuer key error at eMudhra let some Ethereum Teku and Besu setups trust forged certificates; developers are rushing out fixes, though default mainnet nodes were not exposed.
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Diva Cancels Mainnet Launch, Tells Early Stakers to Withdraw
Diva cancelled its mainnet launch and told pre-launch stakers to withdraw, with about 654.5 ETH in two vaults and no replacement distribution.
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Aave Raises Bitcoin and Ether Collateral Borrowing Limits Across V3 and V4
Aave raises WBTC and cbBTC borrowing caps on V3 and V4, giving about 11% more capacity but less buffer against a price drop.