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A growing dispute within the Bitcoin community has shifted attention away from technical changes and toward broader questions about transparency, governance, and influence within Bitcoin Core development. The latest clash emerged after independent researchers and community members published extensive investigations examining events surrounding the removal of Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN standardness limit. While critics argue the reports reveal concerning patterns, others dismiss the findings as selective interpretations of public information. The disagreement has exposed deep divisions over how Bitcoin users should evaluate decisions made by influential developers and contributors. > AJ Towns joked publicly on IRC at 15:57 GMT on May 2,…

Ethereum’s [$ETH] largest wallets redistributed 226,435 $ETH, worth nearly $430 million, during the previous 24 hours. The move marked one of the biggest whale activity spikes recorded in recent weeks. Instead of triggering immediate panic, the market absorbed the transfers while the price remained above major support. Large redistributions often reflect portfolio rebalancing rather than outright capitulation, although they frequently raise concerns about future supply. Market participants closely watched whether those tokens reached exchanges or simply changed ownership between large holders. Even with heightened whale activity, Ethereum avoided an aggressive breakdown. As a result, investors shifted their attention toward the…

David Hoffman, one of the biggest Ethereum maximalists of his time, who sold all his Ethereum holdings and switched to various altcoins, has spoken about Bitcoin ($BTC). David Hoffman, also the co-founder of Bankless, stated in his analysis on X that Bitcoin is approaching its 200-week moving average. However, he added that it doesn’t seem likely to fall below this level. He said the only time Bitcoin has fallen below this level was immediately after the Terra (LUNA) crash, and the Three Arrows Capital (3AC) and FTX bankruptcies. He noted that these have been described as the worst crises in…

Onchain statistics tracked by Cloverpool, the mining pool and platform formerly known as btc.com, show an entity labeled “unknown” sitting atop the all-time block count with 230,770 blocks mined, equal to 24.03% of every block the network has ever produced. That figure places the unknown category ahead of every named pool operating today, including industry leaders Antpool and F2pool. The unknown label, however, does not point to a single company or person. It covers two distinct groups of miners. Two Kinds of Unknown Miners The first group includes solo miners and small operations that never inserted an identifying tag into…

Robinhood Chain activity has quickly shifted toward pons.family as the launchpad becomes the largest token creation and trading platform on the network. Looking at Dune data, pons.family beats every other platform when it comes to volume, trades, and even the number of active wallets. pons.Family Growth is in a long-term adoption test. The Robinhood Chain hard fork comes mere days after the Robinhood Chain public mainnet went live on July 1, 2026. Robinhood Chain launched as an Arbitrum-powered Layer 2 to accommodate tokenized assets, DeFi, and blockchain-based financial products. However, network usage before that had gone a different route. Instead…

The U.S. stock market continues to hit new highs despite geopolitical tensions and persistent inflation concerns. Some market analysts argue that history favors long periods of growth, with bull markets lasting far longer than downturns. The trend has also fueled speculation that beaten-down assets like Bitcoin could eventually benefit from a shift in investor capital. Bull Markets Have a Strong Historical Edge Market analyst and financial commentator Charlie Bilello noted that bull markets have historically lasted about five times longer than bear markets. According to Bilello, the average bull market has delivered gains of 254% over roughly five years. By…

Ethereum Institutional, the initiative focused on driving institutional adoption of the network, announced the successful closing of its seed funding round and the consolidation of its coalition of allies. The operation had the strategic backing of giants like BitMine and SharpLink, as well as key ecosystem figures such as Ethereum co-founders Joe Lubin and Mihai Alisie. 1/ We’re excited to announce the close of @ethereuminsti’s initial ecosystem funding round and supporter coalition, with broad participation and support from individuals and entities focused on driving institutional adoption of @ethereum. Our ecosystem funding round is anchored… pic.twitter.com/9BHoP9GxWx — Ethereum Institutional (@ethereuminsti) July…

Bank of America’s decision to reorganize leadership around digital assets isn’t happening in isolation. Instead, it reflects a broader trend across the United States, where the country has quietly built a commanding lead in nearly every measure of Bitcoin adoption. A Bank Moves Deeper Into Crypto Internal memos reported by Reuters on July 17 revealed that Bank of America has expanded several leadership roles tied to digital assets and AI across its Global Markets division. Sonali Theisen now oversees Bank of America’s brand new digital assets platform, adding that role on top of her existing position as global head of…

Spacecoin ($SPACE), which states that it develops satellite-supported decentralized internet infrastructure, announced that it has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam-based technology company DETI Technology. The agreement aims to establish decentralized satellite communications, sovereign routing, blockchain, and edge AI infrastructure in Vietnam. According to the company’s statement, the project is designed to serve Mobifone and Gtel, two of Vietnam’s largest mobile operators. Spacecoin stated that the collaboration is worth approximately $100 million and aims to increase the use of decentralized technologies in the country’s communications infrastructure. Related News Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson Makes Strong Statements Amid…

Institutional Zcash miner Fortitude is significantly expanding its mining operations after signing a definitive agreement with Bitmain to purchase 9,000 Antminer Z15 Pro ASIC miners, one of the industry’s leading machines for the Equihash algorithm. According to the company, the new hardware is expected to add roughly 7.56 GSol/s of Equihash hashrate once fully deployed, marking one of the largest publicly disclosed investments in Zcash mining infrastructure this year. The miners will be shipped in two batches, with 3,000 units scheduled for delivery in October and the remaining 6,000 in November. Fortitude said it committed approximately $31.5 million to the…