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Ethereum developer Toni Wahrstätter has revealed that the Ethereum network is preparing for a radical change in its transaction execution architecture with the upcoming “Glamsterdam” hard fork. According to Wahrstätter, the central proposal in the update, EIP-7928, will add parallel transaction execution capabilities to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), providing a major leap in network scalability. Under EIP-7928, a new structure called “Block Access List” (BAL) will be added to Ethereum blocks. This structure will record the accounts and storage areas accessed by a block, as well as the state changes that occur after each transaction. Thus, the effects of…

Two weeks ago, GD Culture Group (GDC), a bitcoin ($BTC) treasury stock with ties to Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, published a “going private proposal” of $10.75 per share. Yesterday, the stock traded to a 52-week low below $0.10. Aside from evaluating that non-binding, going-private proposal roughly 88 times higher than its actual stock price, GDC says it will soon provide “digital human creation and customization for social media influencers.” US representatives have also accused the China-backed company of funnelling money toward Trump in exchange for delaying his TikTok ban. It’s all a little confusing. On the day of the going-private…

Hong Kong’s first officially approved HKD-backed stablecoin, HKDAP, has completed a live transfer test on Ethereum involving three licensed firms. The transfer of Hong Kong’s HKD-backed stablecoin on Ethereum (ETH) demonstrates the regulator’s willingness to adopt innovative DeFi tooling. According to a May 21 report, Anchorpoint Financial, one of the China’s first entities to secure a stablecoin issuer license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), has successfuly tested the stablecoin alongside OSL Group and PantherTrade, a licensed trading platform backed by Futu Holdings. Hong Kong’s First Officially Approved Stablecoin Completes Testing on EthereumAccording to HKET, Anchorpoint Financial, which has…

Capitol Hill is on the cusp of a potentially “landmark day” for cryptocurrency regulation, which has now become a hot topic in U.S. politics. Conner Brown, managing director at the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) and former counsel for Senator Cynthia Lummis, recently teased “very exciting developments” emerging from Washington, D.C. Power projection According to a recent op-ed by Representative Lance Gooden, a sitting member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is rolling out its centralized digital yuan to bypass the U.S.-led financial order while simultaneously stockpiling Bitcoin. According to Gooden, the world’s second-largest economy intends…

Global commodities trading giant Trafigura is in early-stage discussions with Tether, the company behind the $USDT stablecoin, to launch a pilot program enabling digital payments at gas stations in El Salvador. According to a report from Bloomberg, the initiative would focus on stations operated by Puma Energy, a Trafigura subsidiary. Stablecoin Payments at the Pump The proposed pilot would allow customers at select Puma Energy stations in El Salvador to pay for fuel using $USDT, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. The move aligns with El Salvador’s broader push to integrate digital currencies into its economy, following the country’s…

In this article we will develop a trading system with a very simple logic, based on the use of the daily range as a measure of market volatility. As will be seen, even an extremely simple and linear rule can give rise to interesting trading ideas, especially when applied to markets characterized by directional moves and phases of volatility expansion such as Bitcoin ($BTC). The idea behind the strategy is to exploit the days when the market shows a certain compression of the move compared to its overall excursion. In particular, the system will compare the body of the bar,…

Ethereum’s [$ETH] RWA market is changing, with rivals taking a share of activity. But is it only about the competition? The Ethereum Foundation has been reducing its direct influence over the ecosystem in the recent times, raising eyebrows. Hence, one wonders – Is the network moving beyond both market dominance and centralized leadership? Ethereum’s RWA lead has dropped Ethereum’s active RWA market share has fallen from 93.4% at the start of 2025 to 61.1% by the end of Q1 2026. That is a big decline, but it does not mean Ethereum is losing relevance. Source: X Instead, the space itself…

EUR-denominated stablecoins processed at retail virtual asset service providers (VASPs) have grown 12-fold over 15 months to reach $777 million in transaction volume, according to Fireblocks’ State of Stablecoins 2025 report. European banks and fintechs are accelerating production deployments of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)-compliant stablecoins following the EU’s regulatory framework implementation. Banking Circle and SG-Forge have emerged as first movers in the MiCA-compliant stablecoin space. Banking Circle launched EURI, a euro-backed digital asset, while SG-Forge brought EURCV to market. Both issuers are now scaling production operations as regulatory clarity under MiCA has enabled institutional adoption. The growth reflects a…

More than half of $XRP Ledger nodes are still running outdated software, with just six days to go before a scheduled amendment activation. $XRP Ledger co-creator David Schwartz spent the weekend talking about a hard fork and downplaying, in his view, the probability of any contentious split in $XRP’s consensus due to their slow upgrades. The ledger’s so-called “fixCleanup3_1_3” amendment cleans up a series of issues affecting NFTs, permissioned domains, vaults, and a new lending protocol. It’s supposed to activate on May 27 but ideally should hold more than 80% support from trusted validating nodes for two weeks. The release…

China’s State Council, the country’s top executive body, has taken up a draft revision to the law governing the People’s Bank of China. The move is the clearest signal yet that Beijing is serious about restructuring how its financial system is supervised, regulated, and ultimately controlled. For crypto markets, the significance is indirect but real. Any rewrite of the PBoC’s legal foundation will almost certainly address digital currency authority, cross-border capital flows, and systemic risk tools, three areas where crypto and traditional finance increasingly collide. What Beijing is actually doing The draft revision to the PBoC Law sits inside a…