Ethereum

Lending protocol Geist Finance is shutting down permanently due to losses from the Multichain exploit, according to a July 14 social media post from the app’s development team. Geist contracts were paused on July 6, […]

Crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain has rebranded to Hive Digital Technologies to highlight its foray into artificial intelligence (AI). In a July 12 statement, the Vancouver, Canada-based mining company said it has dropped “blockchain” from its […]

A person is using the Multichain Executor to drain tokens associated with the AnySwap bridging protocol, according to a July 10 report from on-chain sleuth and Twitter user Spreek. The report follows outflows of over […]

Top Stories This Week Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, has recently delivered pro-crypto remarks, claiming “Bitcoin is an international asset” and suggesting U.S. regulators consider how an ETF directly linked to Bitcoin could democratize […]

With growing institutional demand for cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum, CME Group is looking to expand its range of services. On June 29, CME Group, the world’s leading financial derivatives exchange operator, announced that it […]

Layer-2 blockchain Public Goods Network launched a testnet on July 7, promising to spend “the vast majority of net sequencer fees” on public goods instead of paying them out to the development team or tokenholders, […]

Contrary to expectations, the Shanghai upgrade has not triggered an exodus of users, but rather a surge in staking deposits on Ethereum. In fact, it looks like ETH may be ready to take on the […]

Crypto exchange dYdX has launched a public testnet of its “v4” iteration, according to a July 5 announcement from the exchange’s development team. This marks the completion of “milestone 4” out of five, paving the […]

Account abstraction, also known as “smart accounts,” could eventually onboard a billion users from Asia to Web3, according to an executive at Ethereum software solutions provider ConsenSys. Laura Shi, the director of strategic initiatives at […]

Zero-knowledge (ZK) projects continue to spread worldwide, and a new go-to ZK event is coming to Paris, hosted by Manta Network, a ZK layer-1 blockchain; investment firm Polychain Capital and Cointelegraph. The ZK community conference — […]