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Vitalik Buterin declares he is not staking all of his ETH, merely a 'small portion’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explained the “biggest reason” is because it has to be on a multisig – which are still “fairly difficult” to set up.

Price analysis 7/1: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, LTC, MATIC, DOT

The rejection of ETF applications by the SEC caused a knee-jerk reaction but the shallow fall in Bitcoin and several altcoins suggests that lower levels are attracting buyers.

SEC calls ETF filings inadequate, Binance loses euro partner and other news: Hodler’s Digest, June 25 – July 1

SEC calls BTC ETF filings inadequate, Binance loses euro partner, and a record number of DeFi hacks and scams in 2023.

Polygon proposes architecture for 'Polygon 2.0,' including aggregator bridge

The forthcoming multi-chain system will use ZK proofs to transfer assets between networks.

Crypto mass adoption is coming, but how fast?

The latest Cointelegraph Report assesses the current growth rate of global cryptocurrency usage and tries to predict when crypto will reach mass adoption.

NFT Collector: Snoop’s NFT nostalgia, The Goose draws Gen Y to Sotheby’s 

Snoop Dogg’s NFT passport is a blueprint for concert merch of the future, Sotheby’s NFT VP says The Goose drew Millennials to auction house.

ZkDay comes to Paris on July 19: A marquee ZK conference amid EthCC

The ZK-focused community conference zkDay Paris kicks off on July 19 during EthCC after a successful event in Denver.

AI Eye: AI travel booking hilariously bad, 3 weird uses for ChatGPT, crypto plugins

ChatGPT and Bard can help you book fictional hotels and awful 29-hour flights, 3 bizarre uses for AI, and do crypto plugins actually work?

Maple Finance announces direct lending to fill the void left by BlockFi, Celsius

The lending platform’s team will begin offering loans directly to some borrowers instead of relying solely on pool delegates to provide capital.

Price analysis 6/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, LTC, MATIC, DOT

Bitcoin and several altcoins are stuck in a tight range, indicating that a breakout is brewing.

Staked ETH surpasses 23 million in June — Nansen

Ethereum's staking ratio continues to rise since the network upgrade in April.

How smart people invest in dumb memecoins: 3-point plan for success

Serious crypto investors think memecoins are stupid. But smart people are making serious money from dumb memecoins. Here’s how.

Ethereum price won’t see $2K anytime soon, market data suggests

Weak derivatives metrics, and declining TVL and DApps use, put Ethereum bears in a better position to keep ETH price below $2,000.

Worldcoin confirms it is the cause of mysterious Safe deployments

Twitter users noticed thousands of Safe deployments to Optimism, leading to speculation that it may be an attack, but the developer of Worldcoin confirmed that this activity was merely an app migration.

New Web3 ID app lets users find each other based on proven interests

Quivr allows users to connect multiple apps, including Spotify, Steam and Instagram, to generate behavior-based badges proving their interests.

Over $204M was lost in Q2 DeFi hacks and scams: Report

More than $208.5 million was lost initially, but approximately $4.5 million was recovered, making the total amount of unrecovered funds over $204 million.

Price analysis 6/26: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, LTC

An onslaught of Bitcoin ETF applications could help BTC price find long-lasting support at the $30,000 level.

Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen

The Optimism layer-2 network saw less than 300,000 transactions per day around the time of the upgrade, but this number increased to over 500,000 afterward.

Crypto investment products see largest weekly inflow since July 2022

CoinShares’ latest weekly inflow report shows a substantial increase in investor appetite for digital asset investment products with Bitcoin leading the rally.

zkSync unveils new network of ‘Hyperchains’ — Testnet by end of year

zkSync Era’s new ZK Stack will use recursive scaling and “hyperchains” to create an ecosystem of interoperable protocols and sovereign chains.

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