Ethereum Merge Scheduled to Launch in September
Key Takeaways Ethereum developers have slated a September 15 to 16 target date for the network to complete "the Merge"...
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Ethereum developers deploy the Merge on Goerli
The Ethereum ecosystem is increasingly becoming confident that there will be no delays to the Ethereum Merger set for mid-September....
Buterin, Armstrong, Aoki Targeted in Tornado Cash ETH Dusting Spree
Key Takeaways Someone is withdrawing sums of 0.1 ETH to multiple wallets belonging to notable crypto personalities. The person behind...
Vespene Energy Raises $4.3M to Turn Methane From Landfills Into Sustainable Bitcoin Mining
Vespene Energy has received $4.3 million in funding from Polychain Capital and others to continue converting methane gas from landfills...
Chainlink Plans to Only Support PoS After Ethereum Merge
Chainlink has announced that it will not support any proof-of-work Ethereum forks after Ethereum’s merge to proof-of-stake. In a memo...
Buterin Says PoW Validators Flocking Back to Ethereum Classic Won’t Disrupt Merge
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the upcoming blockchain’s merge to proof-of-stake consensus would not adversely affect miners minting new tokens...
Blockchain Will Coordinate Airspace so Delivery Drones Don’t Crash
Blockchain and drones: How will we control the new highways of the skies above us as small aircraft fill the...
England FA is looking to launch it own NFT platform
The Football Association (FA) says its NFTs will be based on the Three Lions and Lionesses teams. England’s national football...
Cardano Delays Vasil Hardfork by “a Few More Weeks”
Key Takeaways Cardano's technical manager Kevin Hammon has said that there could be "a few more weeks" before the network...
Harmony (ONE) Proposes Minting New Tokens to Reimburse Hack Victims
The team behind the Harmony protocol has announced a potential reimbursement plan for victims of the Horizon bridge hack that...
Beating Big Tech’s Creeping Censorship
Decentralized compute power is needed. Currently, major centralized public cloud providers operate an oligopoly, making it a prime target for...
Web 3 Streaming Platform Audius Hacked, $6M Stolen
A malicious actor siphoned $6 million from music platform Audius through the platform’s decentralized governance system. The hacker created a...
Polygon zkEVM Heads to Ethereum Layer 2
Key Takeaways Polygon has announced its first fully Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 network, Polygon zkEVM. Polygon zkEVM will use Zero-Knowledge Rollups...
Staking Protocol Lido Expands to Ethereum Layer 2
Key Takeaways The Lido development team has announced plans to expand the protocol across various Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions....
BNB Chain unveils dApp risk scanning tool ‘Red Alarm’
BNB Chain’s dApp platform DappBay will help users assess projects before investing in them. BNB Chain on Thursday announced the launch...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Slams Proof-of-Stake Critics Claiming Voters Change Protocol
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin lashed out at PoW proponents claiming Ethereum is proof-of-stake because of voters changing the protocol. Buterin...
Texas Crypto Miners Move to Switch Off as Heatwave Threatens Power Grid
Crypto miners in Texas shut down their operations ahead of a heat wave many anticipate will test the limits of...
Reddit Has Started Selling NFT Avatars on Polygon
Key Takeaways Reddit is launching a series of "Collectible Avatar" NFTs on Polygon. The NFTs will have a total supply...
Researchers Develop Algorithm That Predicts Crime a Week in Advance
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm that predicts crime weeks in advance. Could it be used...
Aave Wants to Launch a Rival to MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin
Key Takeaways Aave has put forward a governance proposal to launch a decentralized dollar-pegged stablecoin on the Aave Protocol. If...
Ethereum Name Service Sees 200% Increase in New Registrations
The Ethereum Name Service recorded over 100,000 registrations in one week, according to a Google Analytics dashboard created by New...
Australian Regulators Mull Deal to Power Bitcoin Mines from Gas Fracking
Australian energy and resources company Black Mountain Energy has entered into a deal with a U.S. energy company to use...
