Author: NBTC

Key Takeaways Péter Szilágyi, lead developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, publicly criticized the Ethereum Foundation’s centralization and Vitalik Buterin’s dominant influence over protocol decisions. Szilágyi warned that the current governance structure risks protocol capture by insiders, undermining Ethereum’s decentralized ethos. Péter Szilágyi, a lead developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, has raised concerns about Vitalik Buterin’s dominant influence over the protocol and criticized the Ethereum Foundation’s centralized decision-making structure in a public letter released today. In his letter, Szilágyi highlighted that the Ethereum Foundation’s structure allows a small group centered around Buterin to heavily influence project directions, creating risks of protocol…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is back in the news as he once again chose the honest approach instead of the polished corporate one, making it clear that working at the major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is not for everyone and that the company goes out of its way to be clear about this during hiring. According to Armstrong, the challenge is not hidden or sugarcoated, because the blue exchange would rather keep away those who want comfort than deal with cultural mismatch later, and while that honesty can put off some candidates, it has also built a team of people who…

Debt among Bitcoin miners has increased from $2.1 billion to $12.7 billion in just 12 months as they race to meet demands for artificial intelligence and Bitcoin production, according to investment giant VanEck. Without continued investment in the latest machines, a miner’s share of the global hashrate deteriorates, resulting in a reduced share of the daily awarded Bitcoin (BTC), VanEck analyst Nathan Frankovitz and head of digital assets research, Matthew Sigel, said on Wednesday in their October Bitcoin ChainCheck report. “We refer to this dynamic as the melting ice cube problem. Historically, miners relied on equity markets, not debt, to…

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas on Tuesday, marking its entry into the AI browser market with a tool combining the familiar web-surfing experience with built-in AI assistance. Atlas is available initially Tuesday on macOS, with Windows, iOS, and Android versions expected to follow. “We want to bring this to Windows and mobile users as quickly as we can,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a livestream. Built upon the open-source Chromium engine—which also underlies Google’s dominant Chrome and Microsoft Edge—the browser is designed to tightly integrate AI-powered capabilities. That includes the agent known as Operator—software that can autonomously fill forms, book…

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal has criticized Ethereum’s leaders for dismissing Polygon’s status as a true Ethereum layer 2 — noting contributions that Polygon has made to Ethereum while receiving little recognition for those efforts. Nailwal, who also serves as the Polygon Foundation’s CEO, said he is now “questioning his loyalty” to Ethereum — particularly the Ethereum Foundation and the community, which, according to him, hasn’t given Polygon any direct support. “In fact, the reverse,” Nailwal said in a post to X on Monday, adding that he has given his loyalty to Ethereum even though it has potentially cost him billions…

Ray Dalio predicted gold and non-fiat currencies would gain strength as a store-of-value asset. The founder of Bridgewater did not explicitly mention crypto, but focused on demand for safe-haven investments. Ray Dalio, hedge fund manager and founder of Bridgewater, predicted gold and non-fiat currencies would face increasing demand as a store of value. He noted fiat currencies may be facing debt pressures, pushing a flight to safe-haven investments. ‘We are going to see non-fiat currencies become a more important store of wealth and money,’ said Dalio, suggesting investors may allocate up to 10% of their portfolios to gold. The safe-haven…

Users attempting to farm a potential Polymarket airdrop have upped their operations in an attempt to make it harder for the prediction market to exclude them. It follows recent Decrypt reporting that Polymarket plans to release a crypto token once it has regained a foothold in the United States—likely in 2026. Last year, as many users anticipated that a token launch would follow the U.S. election, farmers bought and sold large positions to artificially inflate their volume. They did so in an effort to position themselves for a larger allocation of a future token airdrop, which are often designed to…

Crypto exchange KuCoin is rolling out a new mining pool service called KuPool, with support for assets like Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC) and eventually Bitcoin (BTC), the firm announced on Thursday.  KuPool will align the firm’s existing crypto exchange and its KuMining feature, offering users a secure mining service within the existing KuCoin’s ecosystem.  “As a new mining pool service under the KuCoin ecosystem, KuPool distinguishes itself from other mining pools through its trust-based verifiable hash rate mechanism and deep integration with KuCoin and KuMining,” a spokesperson for the firm told Decrypt.   “Specifically, KuPool positions ‘verifiable hash rate’ as…

Solana Mobile has announced that it has discontinued software and security updates for its Saga smartphone, which launched just two years ago. This move marks the official end of the device’s lifecycle. “Solana Mobile Saga has reached the end of its support lifecycle. Compatibility with new software or services cannot be guaranteed,” the company stated on its website. This means devices will no longer receive updates, making them more vulnerable to security risks and apps may become inoperable over time. Customer support will also be limited to general inquiries only. Solana Labs did not respond to requests for comment. Unveiled…

A significant activity has caught the attention of crypto market participants: more than 20,344 ETH transferred from the Bybit exchange to an unknown blockchain wallet. The transaction, which occurred today, October 20, 2025, was worth $82.42 million, according to data shared today by market analyst Whale Alert. This large movement of Ether tokens has elicited scrutiny and raised questions about the intention behind the transfer. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 20,344 #ETH (82,422,606 USD) transferred from #Bybit to unknown wallethttps://t.co/zR6z1gtvWO — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) October 20, 2025 Ethereum Large-scale Stablecoin Inflow Indicates Market Momentum ETH price traded at around $4,030.56 after…