Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade
Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion. Source:Cointelegraph
Stablecoin wallets challenge traditional bank accounts as main consumer money hub
Industry leaders debate whether digital dollar wallets will dismantle traditional bank accounts or simply modernize the underlying infrastructure.…
Ethereum commits to letting users pay gas fees without having to hold ETH
The Frame Transactions feature was locked into the Hegotá upgrade last month, and Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin says the work has moved quickly since.…
Yen intervention meets US inflation data: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
This week’s CPI and PPI prints, along with the Fed’s Sept. 16 rate decision, could determine whether Bitcoin can secure $80,000 as a support level.…
A two-key breach could hand control of $91 billion in USDT to hackers, report finds
The rating agency's new framework combines Wall Street financial auditing with Web3 code reviews to evaluate both offchain reserves and onchain security.…
Once-hyped Ethereum rival Harmony wants to shut its blockchain over AI threats
Developers want to voluntarily shut down the network, saying state actors and AI agents have made security too difficult, then redirect ONE emissions into an…
Harmony proposes shutting down layer 1, migrating ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions.…
Is the U.S. losing its safe-haven status? Why global central banks are pulling gold out of New York.
What to know about safe havens and the U.S., as the Netherlands’ central bank follows France in pulling gold out of New York. Source:MarketWatch
Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags $7M custody gap
Tetherbacked Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody.…
U.S. added stronger than expected 162,000 jobs in August as labor market bounced back
This morning's report will be key as the Fed considers whether to raise interest rates at its September policy meeting. Source:CoinDesk
One full bitcoin now buys a little more than 18 ounces of gold, the most since January
Bitcoin is pulling ahead of gold even as both hard assets rally together, driven by fears that governments will inflate away their debt rather than by bond…
Tether sued over frozen ‘pig butcher’ coins, 6,600 students get crypto loans: Asia Express
Thai businessmen sue Tether over $42M frozen USDT tied to pig butchering scam, Aussie crypto firms face big fines unless they meet licensing deadline.…