Ethereum Turns 11 With $148B Stablecoin Base But Cooler Mainnet Fees
Ethereum has turned 11, and the network’s birthday arrives with a very Ethereum-style contradiction: it is still one of the most important settlement layers in crypto, but its base-chain revenue has cooled sharply. The validated July 31 notes show Ethereum hosting roughly $148.8 billion in stablecoins and around $15.5 billion in tokenized real-world assets. At…
Vitalik Buterin’s Aztec Demo Shows Why Ethereum Privacy Still Matters
Reference: GitHub Vitalik Buterin’s Aztec Demo Shows Why Ethereum Privacy Still Matters Vitalik Buterin has released an experimental anonymous message board built on Aztec Network, using zero-knowledge technology to show how public participation and privacy can coexist on-chain. The project is small by design. It is not a polished consumer application or a production-ready social…
Grayscale Staking Payout Proposal Could Reshape Ethereum And Solana Trusts
Reference: SEC Grayscale Staking Payout Proposal Could Reshape Ethereum And Solana Trusts Grayscale is proposing changes that would allow staking rewards from its Ethereum and Solana products to be paid out to investors in cash, a move that could make crypto staking exposure easier to understand for traditional fund holders. The proposed amendments apply to…
Trusted Volumes Hacker Returns 1,122 ETH, Keeps $2M Bounty
A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incident that began with a multi-million-dollar exploit earlier this year. The on-chain recovery is unusual because the attacker did not return everything. Instead, the wallet linked to the exploit sent back roughly $2 million worth…
BitMine Stock Slides Despite $73M Ethereum Treasury Purchase
BitMine Immersion Technologies has added a major Ethereum position to its balance sheet, but the market reaction shows investors are not automatically rewarding every corporate crypto treasury move. The company disclosed the purchase of 42,197 ETH, valued at roughly $73 million, in a July 16 SEC filing. The acquisition expands BitMine’s Ethereum treasury strategy at…
BNB Chain RWA TVL Hits $5.2B As Tokenized Assets Move Beyond Ethereum
BNB Chain has reached a new high in tokenized real-world assets, with RWA.xyz data showing roughly $5.2 billion in tokenized assets on the network. That is a significant figure because real-world asset tokenization is no longer just an Ethereum story. Ethereum still leads the sector by a wide margin, but the growth of BNB Chain…
NFT Skill Registry Proposal Gives ERC-721s A More Active Role In On-Chain Automation
NFT Skill Registry Proposal Gives ERC-721s A More Active Role In On-Chain Automation is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: an Ethereum Magicians proposal explores executable…
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: an Ethereum Research post examines Sybil risks…
Ethereum Holds Its Range As ETF Launch Hopes Meet Cooler Futures Speculation
Ethereum’s market setup is getting more interesting because the loudest bullish catalyst is already visible. Spot ETF launches are moving closer, but ETH is not acting like a market in full-blown euphoria. Instead, price is holding support while speculative positioning looks more measured. That may actually be healthier than a blow-off move before the event.…
Vitalik Buterin Pushes For Ethereum L2 Fee Reform As Wallet Fragmentation Grows
Vitalik Buterin is again pressing on one of Ethereum’s most awkward user-experience problems: Layer 2 networks may be cheaper than mainnet, but the wider ecosystem still feels fragmented, unpredictable, and too hard for normal users to navigate. Loading Tweet… View original post on X TL;DR Vitalik Buterin has floated ideas around Layer 2 gas-fee structure…