Ethereum

Ethereum validators’ reliance on Geth sparks client diversity push by Coinbase

Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced plans to diversify its execution clients amidst concerns over the dominance of go-Ethereum (Geth). In a Jan. 23 statement on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Coinbase Cloud disclosed ongoing evaluations to identify alternative qualified execution clients for its platform while acknowledging the growth being made in the […]
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23 Jan 2024

Wrapping up the KZG Ceremony

The KZG Ceremony was the largest multi-party computation of its kind (by number of participants). Through an open, accessible process, it produced a secure cryptographic foundation for EIP-4844. Learn more about how the Ceremony worked in Carl Beekhui...

23 Jan 2024

Protocol Village: Mobile Gaming Studio AOFverse Gets Grant from Arbitrum Foundation

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 11-17.

11 Jan 2024

The Protocol: Beneath Bitcoin ETF Chaos, A Blockchain Drama

In this week's issue, we dive into the proposal that would have curtailed Ordinals inscriptions "NFTs on Bitcoin" traffic – were it not abruptly ended over the past week by a maintainer for the popular Bitcoin Core software.

10 Jan 2024

Goerli Dencun Announcement

The blobs are coming: Dencun will go live on Goerli at 6:32 UTC on January 17, 2024. Dencun will be Goerli's last upgrade before core teams stop supporting it. More on this in a previous post. Assuming the Goerli upgrade goes well, the Sepolia and Hole...

10 Jan 2024

Southeast Asia welcomes Devcon 7!

Hey Ethereum family! 🦄 We're delighted to start this new year by sharing an update that's not just about revealing the location and date for Devcon 7, but rather an exciting expansion of our vision. This year, we're embracing the whole Southeast Asia ...

3 Jan 2024

Allocation Update – Q3 2023

Before we wrap up the year, we'd like to showcase the fantastic projects that were funded in the previous quarter. Dive into the details below to learn more about the Q3 grantees and their work!...

19 Dec 2023

Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo’s Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain

Celo originally planned to build its Ethereum layer-2 network with Optimism's OP Stack. Then Polygon and Matter Labs pitched their stacks. Now, Arbitrum, the biggest layer-2, wants in on the bake-off.

14 Dec 2023

Protocol Village: Metagood, Behind OnChainMonkey NFTs, Raises $5M Seed Round

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.

14 Dec 2023

JPMorgan Is Cautious About Crypto Markets Into 2024

Ether is expected to outperform bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies next year due to the Ethereum blockchain’s EIP-4844 upgrade, the report said.

14 Dec 2023

Ethereum’s Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain

Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.

13 Dec 2023

The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're covering Worldcoin's latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey's company and the "data availability" network Celestia's market-moving plan to plug into Polygon's blockc...

13 Dec 2023

Protocol Village: Connext, Protocol for Cross-Chain Apps, Plans Bacco Upgrade Next Week

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 7-Dec. 13, with live updates throughout.

8 Dec 2023

The Protocol: Bitcoin Censorship, or Just ‘Spam Filtering?’

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're highlight blockchain developers named in CoinDesk's Most Influential list just out, including Blockstream's Lisa Neigut, Polygon's Jordi Baylina, Base's Jesse Pollak and Optimism's Karl Floersch.

6 Dec 2023

Run a Node Grants Round Grantee Announcement

The Run A Node Grants Round wanted to reach different users exploring blockchain, learning, community efforts, and research purposes. The aim of this round was to encourage the exploration of a diverse range of ideas for operating nodes beyond running ...

6 Dec 2023

Price analysis 12/4: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, LINK

Altcoins show compelling technical setups after Bitcoin price blew past $42,000 on December 4.

4 Dec 2023

Protocol Village: Arbitrum Lands RARI’s New NFT-Focused Layer-3 Chain

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 30-Dec. 6, with live updates throughout.

30 Nov 2023

Goerli Long Term Support Update

In the coming months, Goerli, Ethereum's first multi-client testnet, will stop being supported by client and EF testing teams. The Dencun network upgrade will be the last one implemented on the network. Either three months after the Goerli Dencun acti...

30 Nov 2023

Celo Developer Proposes Mid-January Timeline for Evaluating Closely Watched Layer-2 Move

With hot competition between layer-2 technology providers like Optimism, Polygon and Matter Labs, Celo's choice is being closely watched by the blockchain industry.

29 Nov 2023

Price analysis 11/29: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, LINK, AVAX

Bitcoin is struggling to sustain above $38,000, but the bulls have not given up much ground, which some analysts say increases the chance of a rally to $40,000.

29 Nov 2023

Application Open for Next Billion Fellowship Cohort 4

Decades from now, there will be many stories to tell about the early days of Ethereum. We will remenisce about how a peculiar and powerful technology began to change the landscape of trust on the internet. Some will remember being skeptical, while othe...

28 Nov 2023

Devconnect Istanbul 2023 – A celebration of progress and the Ethereum community

Devconnect, the week-long gathering of the Ethereum ecosystem and community, concluded its second edition in Istanbul. The week saw over 3,500 participants from diverse backgrounds come together from November 13-19 at the Devconnect Cowork in the Istan...

28 Nov 2023

Protocol Village: Movement Labs Says ‘Move Virtual Machine’ to Use Celestia, Snowman

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 23-29, with live updates throughout.

27 Nov 2023

Price analysis 11/27: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, LINK

Bitcoin is witnessing profit-booking near $38,000, but the correction is likely to be shallow as lower levels are likely to attract buyers.

27 Nov 2023

Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Has Crypto Users Split on Its Impact

Blast, a layer-2 blockchain that will go live in March, has garnered more than $225 million in staked assets since Monday, but many crypto investors remain skeptical.

23 Nov 2023

Binance Sees $1.7 Billion in Withdrawals Post DOJ Settlement, Nansen Reports Decline in Crypto Reserves

Following the settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, has experienced a significant withdrawal of approximately $1.7 billion in digital assets, as reported by Nansen, a blockchain analysis company. This substantial outflow of funds from Binance occurred shortly after the settlement. As of the latest […]

22 Nov 2023

Price analysis 11/22: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, LINK, AVAX

The sharp rebound in Bitcoin and select altcoins suggests that bulls remain in charge and continue to buy at lower levels.

22 Nov 2023

New Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Attracts $30M Hours After Bridge Goes Live

Blast boasts prominent investors Paradigm and eGirl Capital among others, but there’s no way to withdraw funds until February.

21 Nov 2023

Protocol Village: Neon EVM (on Solana) to Support Gas Fee Payments in Several Tokens

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 16-22, with live updates throughout.

15 Nov 2023

The Protocol: Ethereum Layer-2s Keep Coming as OKX Apes In

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and the appearance of tokens, smart contracts and now file h...

15 Nov 2023