The Ethereum Foundation has highlighted six security challenge areas for its ecosystem’s future in a Tuesday report, including issues with user experience and the social layer. The analysis, generated through inputs from Ethereum stakeholders like us
Ethereum — the network that unleashed smart contracts on the world — moves on to the next chapter with today’s Pectra upgrade, but what does it mean?Pectra went live on the Ethereum mainnet at the start of epoch 364032, May 7, 2025, at about 10:00 am
Ethereum developers have activated Pectra on the mainnet, the network’s most important upgrade since the 2022 Merge.Activated at epoch 364032 around 6:05 a.m. ET, the Pectra upgrade is Ethereum’s largest-ever update by EIP count. It includes code cha
After months of anticipation, delays, and debate, Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade officially activated today at epoch 364032, 10:05:11 UTC.It marks one of the network’s most consequential hard forks since the Merge in 2022.A Milestone in Ethereum’s Journey
Remember BlackBerry? Once the ultimate status symbol in tech, it ruled the mobile world—until it failed to adapt to rapid innovation and shifting user demands, eventually falling out of favor.Now Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warns that Ethereum
Ethereum is entering one of its most precarious periods since its inception. Usage on the base layer is plummeting, core metrics are nearing multi-year lows, and even co-founder Vitalik Buterin is proposing a radical architectural overhaul. Instituti
Standard Chartered has sharply lowered its 2025 price target for ether from $10,000 to $4,000, citing several factors, including Ethereum Layer 2 Base's growing dominance."Layer 2s, and Base in particular, now extract super-profits from the Ethereum
A technology investor who backed ridesharing app Uber in its early days has sparked backlash from the Bitcoin community after claiming Bitcoin will inevitably be replaced by something better.“Bitcoin has been a wonderful game, but with a couple of gi
Layer One X's Web3 Quick Bites event will discuss BRIDGELESS technology, addressing interoperability without compromising security. This could be a catalyst for L1X by showcasing innovation, potentially attracting new users or investors interested in
Ethereum layer 2 Starknet is laying the groundwork to settle on Bitcoin and Ethereum to unify the two largest blockchains on a single layer.The Starknet Foundation said in its March 11 Bitcoin roadmap that it’s aiming for Starknet to become Bitcoin’s
Data shows users on the major social media platforms have continuously been losing interest in Dogecoin and other memecoins recently.Top 6 Memecoins Have Seen Their Social Dominance Trend Down RecentlyIn a new post on X, the analytics firm Santiment
Ether experienced a 20.7% weekly correction between Jan. 6 and Jan. 13, reaching a low of $2,924 and triggering $395 million in leveraged long ETH liquidations. The move tempered bullish sentiment, yet contrary to expectations, Ether derivatives sug
Ethereum (ETH) is gaining prominence as Bitcoin maintains its recent highs. Despite the fact that ETH is currently 36% below its all-time high of $4,878 from 2021, analysts anticipate that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization ma
Layer-1 blockchain Aptos (APT) has announced a plan to integrate fintech giant Stripe’s payment services and the stablecoin USDC. Stripe’s payment services will provide a fiat on-ramp for the Aptos network, according to a new press release from the l
Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 network, Base, found itself at the center of controversy during the celebration of its 1 billionth transaction. The celebration included the release of an NFT, which inadvertently copied the work of digital artist Chris Bi
Herman Narula, CEO of gaming technology startup Improbable, joined Decrypt's Stephen Graves at Web Summit to talk about its new Somnia layer-1 blockchain, the roadmap for Bored Ape metaverse Otherside, and crypto's "resurgence" following the U.S. ele
ENS Labs aims to launch the zkEVM Layer 2 by the end of next year.
Coinbase has rolled out trading support for the brand-new native token of an Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 restaking protocol. Customers at the top US crypto exchange can now buy and sell SWELL, which launched on Thursday. SWELL is the governance token for
Layer-1 blockchain Kaia (KAIA) is dipping in price after abruptly gaining support from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange platform by trading volume. In a new announcement, Binance says it’s added the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based di
[PRESS RELEASE – Sinagpore, Singapore, October 16th, 2024] Unite, the pioneering Layer 3 blockchain solution built on Base, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Eigen Labs to incorporate EigenDA, a leading data availability solution pr