The Hackathon Problem Jacob Franek, co-founder of crypto startup accelerator Alliance, recently raised the alarm. He believes Ethereum is relying too much on hackathons to drive innovation—short events where developers race to build projects for small prize money, often around $5,000. Franek doesn’t think that’s enough to build serious, long-term companies. “$5,000 prizes don’t fund […]

Today is a big day for the crypto market. Around $3 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options are set to expire, and that could lead to some price swings. If you’re a trader or investor, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on what happens, especially around 8:00 AM UTC, when these options […]

A British man’s wild, years-long search for a lost fortune in Bitcoin buried in a Welsh landfill is now being turned into a documentary series. James Howells, an engineer from Newport, Wales, accidentally threw away a hard drive in 2013 that held 8,000 Bitcoins—now worth over $800 million. Ever since, he’s been on a mission […]

Base, a layer-2 blockchain built by Coinbase to help Ethereum handle more transactions, has just reached a big milestone. It has officially moved up from Stage 0 to Stage 1 in Ethereum’s rollup maturity rankings—and in the process, it overtook Arbitrum as the largest Ethereum scaling network. These “stages” come from a framework created by […]

Ethereum used to be the go-to platform for everything Web3 — from NFTs to smart contracts. But now, it seems a bit lost. The people behind Ethereum and those who support it can’t agree on what it should focus on. And that’s starting to show. What’s the Real Value of ETH? Zach Rynes, who works […]

Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) just bought another massive batch of Bitcoin—15,355 coins for $1.42 billion. This is their second huge buy in just two weeks. The company’s chairman, Michael Saylor, shared the news on social media, adding that Strategy now holds 553,555 Bitcoin, currently valued at around $52 billion. That makes them the largest […]

BNB Chain just got a big upgrade called the Lorentz hard fork, and it’s made the network much faster. Here’s what’s new: BNB Smart Chain (BSC) now creates new blocks every 1.5 seconds. OpBNB, which helps handle more transactions, now creates blocks every 0.5 seconds—making it one of the fastest systems out there. This means […]

Big things might be coming to Ethereum. Dankrad Feist, a researcher with the Ethereum Foundation, just shared a proposal called EIP-9698 — and if it works out, Ethereum could process up to 2,000 transactions per second (TPS) in a few years. That’s a huge improvement compared to what we’re dealing with today. Solana Vs. Ethereum […]

Burak Kesmeci, a well-known crypto analyst, thinks Bitcoin (BTC) could hit $124,000 soon, based on a price model he’s been following. This comes after Bitcoin had a big price jump last week, suggesting it might keep going up in the near future. Could Bitcoin Hit $124,000? In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on April […]