Author: Sophia Brown

In two weeks, we open the doors to the first-ever Ethereum World’s Fair at La Rural in Buenos Aires. This year isn’t about someday. It’s about now. On Ethereum today you can pay, play, vote, save, borrow, lend, and chat, all onchain — and at Devconnect you’ll experience that shift hands-on, IRL.Buenos Aires is the right backdrop for this moment: a city where crypto is part of daily life and where builders are ready to show what’s live. Below is your guide to what’s inside the fairgrounds, how to plan your week, and what to do before you arrive. Inside…

“Ethereum for Institutions” helps businesses integrate with the Ether ecosystem. The new platform showcases Ethereum’s role in DeFi, L2 scaling, and RWAs. ETH eyes rebounds as whales accumulate. The Ethereum Foundation has announced a new website, Ethereum for Institutions, designed to guide businesses on how to operate on-chain. Unveiled today, October 29, the site aims to supercharge Ethereum adoption among top companies. The official announcement reads: Ethereum is the neutral, secure base layer where the world’s financial value is coming on-chain. Today, we’re launching a new site for the builders, leaders, and institutions advancing this global movement. The foundations Enterprise…

The moved assets included StakeWise Staked Ether (OSETH), Wrapped Ether (WETH), and Lido wstETH (wSTETH). In September 2023, Balancer suffered a phishing attack that resulted in a loss of about $238,000. A separate August exploit drained nearly $1 million after a vulnerability was found in Balancer’s liquidity pools. A suspected exploit involving nearly $70 million worth of digital assets has once again placed Balancer, one of Ethereum’s leading decentralised exchanges, under scrutiny. The incident has reignited debate over the security of decentralised finance (DeFi), where transparency and automation often coexist with deep structural vulnerabilities. It also shows how core DeFi…

BitMine buys 82,353 Ethereum tokens as holdings reach 3.4 million. Crypto and cash treasury stands at $13.7 billion. BitMine hits 2.8% of the targeted 5% of the Ethereum supply. BitMine Immersion Technologies, a leader in cryptocurrency mining and advanced cooling solutions, has significantly bolstered its position in the digital asset space. The company has revealed a substantial increase in its Ethereum (ETH) reserves. BitMine ETH holdings hit 3.4 million BitMine’s increasing commitment to Ethereum is again evident following another buy-the-dip move. Despite price declines, the publicly-listed company has bumped up its holdings to become the world’s second-largest corporate treasury strategy.…

A Toronto outlet handed over $1,900.00 in cash using only a $5 bill for verification. Ukraine-based exchange 001k offered to deliver $1,000,000.00 in cash in Montreal. Over 20 crypto-to-cash services were found operating unregistered across Canada. A report by CBC has revealed how Canada is witnessing the rise of unregulated crypto-to-cash services that enable large-scale anonymous financial transfers. These operations not only bypass anti-money laundering laws but also establish an untraceable money trail that financial intelligence agencies are unable to track. Across cities from Toronto to Montreal, crypto platforms are facilitating discreet cash handovers worth thousands and even millions, without…

Fusaka follows this year’s Pectra upgrade, representing a major step forward in Ethereum’s scaling roadmap that improves L1 performance, increases blob throughput, and enhances user experience. The Fusaka network upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet at slot 13,164,544 (December 3, 2025, 21:49:11 UTC). Fusaka also introduces Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks to safely scale blob throughput after PeerDAS activation. These are minimal, config-only upgrades that adjust the blob target/max and fee update fraction. See the activation table below for further details. The Fusaka mainnet client releases are listed below. Fusaka Overview Fusaka’s headlining feature is PeerDAS (Peer…

Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Account Abstraction team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen Ethereum. Since the early days of Ethereum, the promise has always been bold: a global, permissionless, censorship-resistant computing platform. Today, that promise is more alive than ever. Ethereum has scaled through rollups, where blockspace is abundant and transactions are cheap. The challenge now is not just throughput, but seamless user experience across that multichain horizon. What if all the L2s felt…

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-6 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be keen to learn that Forkcast now publishes call summaries, chats and transcripts for each All Core Devs call, usually available within a couple hours of the call. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade is nearly out the door, Glamsterdam is ramping up, with its major features in implementation and minor features being decided on.…

The feature applies to more than 150 perpetual futures markets available to European users. The exchange operates under MiCA and MiFID II regulations, with oversight from Ireland and Cyprus. Kraken’s third-quarter revenue rose by 50% to $648 million following its acquisition of NinjaTrader. Kraken has expanded its regulated derivatives offering in the European Union, allowing traders to use Bitcoin, Ethereum, and approved stablecoins as collateral for perpetual futures on Kraken Pro. Announced on 3 November, the move makes Kraken one of the first licensed exchanges in Europe to support crypto-collateralised derivatives under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The feature…

Ethereum exchange supply hit multi-month lows, indicating substantial accumulation. Solana price weakens as bears threaten a move below $163 – $165. ZEC lost 25% the past 24 hours after robust gains over the previous few sessions. Cryptocurrencies displayed mixed performances on Tuesday, with most tokens losing momentum after yesterday’s gains. The value of all digital tokens lost 2% the last 24 hours to $3.51 trillion as Bitcoin hovered at $104,340. This article evaluates the current altcoin landscape by analyzing Ethereum, Solana, and Zcash. Ethereum exchange supply hits record lows The second-largest cryptocurrency exhibits a bullish catalyst amidst broader market sluggishness.…