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Ethereum’s staking network is under growing strain as validator withdrawals climb to record levels, testing the system’s balance between liquidity and network security.Recent validator data shows that over 2.44 million ETH, valued at more than $10.5 billion, are now queued for withdrawal as of Oct. 8, the third-highest level in a month.This backlog trails only the 2.6 million ETH peak recorded on Sept. 11 and 2.48 million ETH on Oct. 5.According to Dune Analytics data curated by Hildobby, withdrawals are concentrated among the leading liquid staking token (LST) platforms like Lido, EtherFi, Coinbase, and Kiln. These services allow users to…
A Bitcoin whale that held about $11 billion in BTC before rotating more than $5 billion of the stash into Ether two months ago has returned to the cryptocurrency market, with another $360 million Bitcoin transfer.The whale address transferred $360 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) into decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Hyperunit’s hot wallet “bc1pd” on Tuesday. This marked their first transfer in two months, according to blockchain data platform Arkham..The transfer may signal another rotation into Ether (ETH) based on the whale’s transaction patterns. The $11 billion Bitcoin whale emerged two months ago and rotated around $5 billion worth of BTC…
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The XRP price dropped 4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $2.856 as of 3:37 a.m. EST even as trading volume rose 12% to $2 billion. This comes as veteran trader Peter Brandt, with 810k followers on X, said he sees the altcoin plummeting to $2.22163 if it closes below $2.68743. Brandt’s analysis is based on a descending triangle, which has been forming over time for the XRP price. In support of the bearish outlook, another market veteran, Ali Martinez, also predicted that XRP could…
The Ethereum Foundation, which oversees the development of the Ethereum network, announced the “Privacy Cluster,” a team of 47 experts across the blockchain industry tasked with bringing privacy features to the layer-1 smart contract network.Ethereum’s privacy cluster brings together researchers, engineers and cryptographers to develop protocol-level privacy features, including private payments and private decentralized identity solutions, according to a Wednesday announcement.The Foundation introduced Privacy Stewards for Ethereum (PSE), a privacy-focused research and development initiative, in September, and the Privacy Cluster will work closely with PSE to build out privacy-preserving enhancements.These privacy-preserving developments include developing zero-knowledge infrastructure, a way of verifying…
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The BNB price soared 5% in the last 24 hours to trade at $1,311 as of 4 a.m. EST on a 105% increase in trading volume to $12.05 billion. The pump enabled BNB, the native token of BNB Chain, to leapfrog over XRP and Tether to become the third-largest crypto by market capitalization. That comes as CEA Industries announced that it holds 480,000 BNB tokens worth over $633 million. The company is adopting Binance Coin as its main treasury asset and aims to raise more funds to…
The Bank of England (BoE) will exempt crypto exchanges and other operationally critical firms from proposed stablecoin holding limits, potentially supercharing money into Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).As Bloomberg News reported on Oct. 7, the central bank plans to grant waivers to firms that require large token inventories for market-making and settlement operations, according to a person familiar with the matter.The BoE will also permit the use of stablecoins for settlement within its Digital Securities Sandbox.The shift addresses backlash over draft rules reported in September that would have capped individual stablecoin holdings at £10,000 to £20,000 and limited firms to…
Shayne Coplan, the founder of prediction market Polymarket, is once again in the limelight, as prediction markets shift from regulatory bans in the United States to legitimate financial markets with institutional backing.Bloomberg named Coplan among the world’s billionaires following a $2 billion investment in Polymarket by New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).Coplan launched the platform in 2020 when he was 21 after dropping out of New York University. He often worked on the platform from the bathroom in his New York apartment, he said.Coplan’s makeshift bathroom office. Source: Shayne CoplanBefore launching Polymarket, Coplan was working on a crypto…
The Ethereum Foundation is committing to privacy efforts in the Ethereum ecosystem by launching a new initiative dubbed “Privacy Cluster”. Summary Ethereum Foundation has launched privacy cluster as it commits to privacy efforts on Ethereum. Privacy cluster brings together 47 researchers and engineers, with Igor Barinov team leader. EF recently sold 1,000 ETH to fund R&D projects. Privacy cluster will comprise various privacy initiatives and projects aimed at coordinating efforts to support key privacy features on Ethereum. The project brings together a team of 47 researchers and engineers, with Blockscout founder Igor Barinov the coordinator. Why does this matter? The…
Overview of Satoshi’s background holdings Bitcoin was created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains unknown. Between 2009 and 2011, Satoshi mined an estimated 1.1 million-1.5 million BTC — now worth over $100 billion — which has never been moved.Satoshi’s massive Bitcoin (BTC) holdings were mined in Bitcoin’s early days, when competition was low and mining was easy. Their long silence has fueled speculation. Some believe the private keys are lost, while others see it as a deliberate decision to uphold Bitcoin’s ideals or avoid market disruption.If Satoshi’s Bitcoin were ever moved, it could have a major…
Today we are proud to announce a new leadership structure for privacy-related efforts at the Ethereum Foundation: Igor Barinov joins as coordinator of Privacy @ EF, guiding strategy and alignment across privacy-focused efforts including PSE and more. Igor has over a decade of experience in the Ethereum ecosystem as founder of Blockscout, Gnosis Chain, and zkBob, and is a strong advocate for open-source and privacy. Andy Guzman will now serve as coordinator of the (PSE) team, taking over from Sam Richards and leading applied cryptography, research, and development. Andy has been with PSE/EF since 2022 and has led various key…