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Technology Recap:
BitcoinThe term "Bitcoin" can either refer to Bitcoin the network, ... More:
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Blockstream shares a new update to the Jade Bitcoin hardware walletA wallet is a device (a hardware device, a program, or servi... More which can be used fully air-gapped for all functionality.
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CoinTelegraph gives a breakdown on the technical discussions that took place at Advancing Bitcoin last week in London.
Ethereum:
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ETH Denver 2023 took place last week where teams focused on the upcoming Shanghai/Capella upgrade and account abstraction!
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The deployment of ERC-4337 was shared at ETH Denver’s WalletCon which pushed account abstraction forward through the EntryPoint smart contract.
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Goerli testnet is scheduled to upgrade to Shanghai/Capella on March 14th at 22:25 UTC.
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Guillaume Ballet, Ethereum Core Dev, discusses EIP-6190 in a thread with focus on pairing it with EIP-6189 to allow contracts to be both destructed and re-created.
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The Ethereum Foundation announces Devcon7 will be in Southeast Asia in 2024.
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Terence Tsao of Prysmatic Labs and Arbitrum shares another week of EIP-4844 call notes diving into validator blobs, the latest in EIP updates and more!
Other Chains:
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Polygon’s mainnetThe term Mainnet differentiates a realnet/mainnet blockchain... More beta launch of zkEVM is scheduled for March 27th, 2023.
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Aave publishes a governance MVP for V3 deployment on Polygon’s zkEVM mainnet.
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A possible sequel to Tornado.Cash has been pushed to its initial release on Optimism. Privacy Pools v0 aims to allow one to generate a brand new Ethereum addressIn a cryptocurrency context, an address is a cryptographic k... More that is completely un-linkable to any prior transaction history.
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Rollkit introduced a modular framework for rollups, which now is the first research integration of Bitcoin as a data availability layer for sovereign rollups.
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Miga Labs presents their latest project to support the Ethereum ecosystem: EthSeer – a live visualization tool with the latest on-chain statistics.
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Fantom Foundation releases a new update for the Fantom mainnet! This release includes reducing P2P + blockBlocks hold batches of valid transactions that are hashed an... More processing times, genesis file processing speed-up, and more!
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Ethereum devs dive into bridge security in relation to GnosisDAO, Nomad, and Safe.
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Lighter, a fully decentralized order book exchange is now live on Arbitrum!
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The Ethereum Attestation Service, EAS, is now rolling out across multiple EVMs.
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Validators.info is launched which provides a dashboard about transaction censorship on Ethereum.
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Wagmi-dev introduces viem – a TypeScript interface for Ethereum with focus on stability, developer experience, bundle size, and performance.
Hacks | Vulnerabilities | Exploits:
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Molly White dives into the Oasis “counter-hack” and centralization of DeFi which allowed Jump Crypto to recover the funds back.
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Coinbase releases a case study on social engineering in the world of crypto.
Mainstream Recap:
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The White House will continue to monitor the Silvergate Bank situation. Last week, Silvergate Capital Corporation, the bank’s parent company, postponed filing its annual 10-K report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Kraken is on track to launch a bank “very soon” despite the regulatory space.
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Eco said it was lending to Fidelity and Goldman, yet user funds went to risky crypto lenders.
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CoinDesk reports that a SEC official said they believe
@BinanceUS | Buy & Sell Crypto. is operating an unregistered securities exchange in the U.S., and that the sale of VGX tokens by Voyager Digital violated federal securities laws.
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Coinbase purchases crypto asset manager One River in bet on institutional demand.
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Robinhood’s wallet app is now available to all iOS users.
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Two people alleged to be behind the $9M Platypus attack have been arrested by French Police.
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Update on the Sam Bankman-Fried saga with prosecutors wanting him to use a flip phone as part of a restrictive bail package.
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Coinbase launches wallet API to help integrate Web2.0 devs into web3.
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Ethereum layer-2 network, Scroll, has raised $50M in new funding which gives them a new valuation at $1.8B.
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CoinTelegraph reports that Coinbase’s new layer-2 network may include AML.
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Vitalik Buterin shares personal user experiences of using crypto in the real-world.
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Decrypt reports that Coinbase could delist Binance USD amid regulatory scrutiny.
This Week’s Cup of Coffee:
This week, we are headed to San Francisco, CA for a cup of Dandy Espresso from Blue Bottle Coffee. This flagship balanced espresso brings nice notes of dark chocolate with hints of fruit to your morning cup. Sip up and enjoy!!