Polygon surges 10% ahead of Heimdall v2 upgrade

Polygon’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network will undergo a major consensus upgrade with the rollout of Heimdall v2 on July 10. Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon’s co-founder, described it as the most technically advanced hard fork... Read more »

Survey finds gaps in mainstream Bitcoin coverage, leaving institutional investors exposed

A second-quarter survey of 18 mainstream news outlets logged 1,116 Bitcoin (BTC) stories and measured sentiment at 31% positive, 41% neutral, and 28% negative, according to Bitcoin analysis firm Perception. The data... Read more »

Pump.fun eyes EVM expansion amid Bonk.fun rivalry

Pump.fun, a Solana-based token launchpad platform, is reportedly set to roll out a range of updates, with a possible expansion into the Ethereum ecosystem. This move comes as the platform faces mounting... Read more »

Solana’s tokenized stock market more than triples in two weeks to hit $48M

Solana’s tokenized stock market hit $48.53 million on July 4, up more than threefold from $15.28 million on June 20, according to on-chain data tracked by rwa.xyz. Solana’s tokenized stocks capitalization expanded... Read more »

Shenzhen warns citizens of investment scams using stablecoins

Authorities in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have warned residents about fraudulent investment schemes tied to digital assets and stablecoins. In a statement published on July 7, the city’s Office of the... Read more »

Vitalik Buterin proposes to cap gas usage per Ethereum transaction to boost zkVM compatibility, security

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Toni Wahrstätter, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, have put forth a proposal that will cap the maximum gas a single transaction can use. The proposal, EIP... Read more »

Mainland China chipmaking capacity set to outpace Taiwan by 2030

Mainland China chipmaking capacity is accelerating, now poised to become the world’s leading semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, and overtaking Taiwan in total capacity, according to the latest projections from Yole Group.... Read more »

Why loyalty is becoming web3 gaming’s next essential layer

The following is a guest post and opinion of Neil Mullins, CEO at Mojito  Web3 gaming is growing rapidly, but loyalty systems haven’t kept pace. In the last year, blockchain gaming didn’t... Read more »

Turkey blocks access to PancakeSwap, 45 crypto websites in regulatory crackdown

Turkish financial regulators have blocked access to decentralized exchange PancakeSwap and 45 other crypto-related websites as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized digital asset services. In a July 3 bulletin, the... Read more »

Hackers steal $140M from Brazilian central bank reserve accounts via partner breach

Hackers siphoned about R$800 million ($140 million) from six reserve accounts connected to Brazil’s central bank after breaching São Paulo-based software vendor C&M Software on June 30, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT... Read more »
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