The Ethereum Foundation is sponsoring the WPPT 2026 workshop in Hong Kong, focusing on privacy-preserving technologies in blockchain. This move highlights the foundation's strategic emphasis on zero-knowledge proofs and enhancing protocol privacy. Supporting Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s blockchain research and related events, the foundation aims to foster innovation in Ethereum's privacy features. This effort signals a commitment to solving Ethereum's transparency-privacy tradeoff through advanced cryptographic solutions.
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launchpad, generated over $10 million in protocol fees during the week of August 3-9, 2026, marking its first time crossing this milestone. This weekly revenue of about $12 million places Pump.fun third among all DeF...
Ledger identified and patched a vulnerability in its Ethereum application that could allow malicious apps to alter transaction data during user review. The fix was deployed about two weeks before a security company publicly disclosed the issue. Ledge...
A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study shows that sharing Bitcoin's past gains increases how much cryptocurrency U.S. households want to own and their likelihood of buying it. Crypto owners expect much higher returns than nonowners, and exposure t...
Ethena (ENA) experienced a significant breakout above its $0.14 resistance, reaching $0.1707, driven by strong buying momentum. A $1.5 million whale deposit of 9.776 million ENA tokens into Binance introduced supply pressure, but was counterbalanced ...
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino highlighted growing reliance on the USDT stablecoin in countries like Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, and Turkey due to inflation, currency depreciation, and limited access to physical dollars. These economies use USDT for dom...
