Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade hits Sepolia testnet Oct. 6
Ethereum will activate its Glamsterdam upgrade on the Sepolia testnet Oct. 6, adding in-protocol proposer–builder separation, block-level access lists and new…
Buterin says Ethereum is evolving into a ‘cryptographic world computer’
Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum’s shift to a “cryptographic world computer,” integrating ZK proofs, privacy, parallelism and post‑quantum tech. He called nex…
Puffer taps Google Cloud to run Ethereum preconfirmation gateway; service still in testing
Puffer says Google Cloud will run a gateway issuing Ethereum preconfirmations—promising execution results before settlement. It remains in testing, and the key…
Fed plan puts 48-hour clock on under‑backed stablecoins, permits minting during rescue wi…
The Fed’s draft rules give supervised stablecoin issuers 24 hours to report a reserve shortfall and, if unresolved, to begin liquidation by 5 p.m. the next bus…
Fed plan would tie stablecoin scale to capital: 2% on first $20B of coins issued
The Fed’s proposal would impose a marginal operational‑risk capital charge on stablecoin issuance—2% on the first $20B, 1.5% on the next $30B, 1% above $50B—pl…
ARK Venture Fund tokenized on Ethereum via Securitize; liquidity still limited to quarter…
ARK and Securitize put ARK Venture Fund interests on Ethereum. Shares remain unlisted with no secondary market expected at launch; exits rely on quarterly repu…
Circle and Tether freeze ~$318k in stablecoins tied to Bitget hack; most of the haul sits…
Circle and Tether blacklisted a Bitget exploiter wallet, freezing about $318k in USDC/USDT. Trackers show 63k+ ETH remains beyond issuer control—about 0.08% re…
Magic Eden flags legacy EVM exposure via Limit Break V2 bug; 23,155 NFTs whitehat-rescued
Magic Eden warned that legacy EVM listings (Feb–Oct 2024) may be exposed via a bug in Limit Break’s Payment Processor V2. A whitehat team led by 0xQuit says it…
Fed proposes full‑reserve, capital and bank application rules for Board‑supervised stable…
The Fed proposed full‑reserve, capital, risk, and safekeeping standards for Board‑supervised stablecoin issuers, plus a bank application path. The 60‑day comme…
Bloomberg: U.S. weighing public–private push to spread dollar stablecoins abroad
Bloomberg reports the U.S. is considering joint ventures with private firms to promote dollar stablecoins overseas, aiming to reinforce the dollar and add buye…
