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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin credited Bitcoin developers on Aug. 16 for work on Utreexo while describing a proposed Ethereum scaling direction that could combine UTXO-style state, conventional dynamic state and models between the two. In an X post, Buterin called it the “current proposed Ethereum scaling strategy,” making clear that the architecture remains under development. Buterin said the goal is to let most Ethereum activity scale much further without sacrificing decentralization, censorship resistance or ease of running nodes. His comments do not mean Ethereum has decided to replace its account model with Bitcoin’s UTXO architecture. The relevant designs remain research…

In brief Ark Invest sold about $4.4 million worth of Bitmine, Robinhood, Block, and Bullish shares. The firm recently purchased roughly $43.5 million of Coinbase and Circle stock. Ark also bought about $14.5 million of SpaceX shares on Wednesday. Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold about $4.4 million worth of crypto-related stocks on Wednesday, trimming positions in Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Robinhood, Block, and Bullish after the companies’ shares fell. ]]> The firm’s largest sale was 120,665 shares of Bitmine, valued at about $2 million. Ark also sold 13,403 shares of Block worth about $1.1 million, 12,561 shares of…

A screenshot has fueled speculation that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has actually classified or listed $XRP on its platform. However, researcher and XRPL validator Vet has made it clear that the viral claim is based on an AI-generated search response (not an official DTCC policy or documentation). The confusion stems from a search performed on the DTCC Learning Center website. Searching for “$XRP” returns an AI-generated summary titled “$XRP Haircut and Classification,” which states that $XRP is “classified as a cryptocurrency” and describes hypothetical margin haircuts based on trading conditions. However, the cited source does not actually…

The SEC has begun preparing a regulatory route that could let qualified platforms trade tokenized U.S. stocks 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is working on an “innovation exemption” that could give selected firms temporary relief to test tokenized securities under defined conditions while the agency develops permanent rules. HUGE: 🇺🇸 The SEC is preparing to bring U.S. stocks on-chain for 24/7 trading.This week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins is expected to meet with President Trump, CFTC Chair Michael Selig, the NYSE, CME Group, DTCC, and leading crypto companies. pic.twitter.com/NTNUwvzm8D — Crypto Rover…

Gold has rallied 28% over the past year from $3,400 to $4,330, outperforming digital rival $BTC by over 70 percentage points. Over the same time period, $BTC has suffered an embarrassing 44% decline from $117,000 to $65,000. In fact, across the past three years, owning so-called “digital gold” instead of the real thing would have returned a couple fewer percentage points despite 36 months of patience. Gold (orange) versus $BTC (green), trailing 12 months. Source: TradingView $BTC has crashed off a financial peak, not just a psychological one. It hit an all-time high near $126,200 on October 6, 2025 but…

Private payment systems on Ethereum can already hide information using cryptographic proofs, but getting those transactions onto the blockchain still takes extra infrastructure, and some designs route users through relayers, outside services that submit the transaction on their behalf. Frame Transactions is one of 66 proposals on the table for Hegotá, expected to follow this year’s Glamsterdam release and ship in 2027, and developers will now consider what they can realistically build, test and release on time. Two accompanying proposals handle what breaks when many people transact privately through the same account. Keyed Nonces, or EIP-8250, would let transactions use…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing to solicit public comment on futures contracts tied to computing capacity, a critical resource for artificial intelligence development, as major exchanges move to launch products tied to the emerging asset class. Bloomberg reported Monday that the regulator sent a request for comment to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. The move could complicate the timeline for planned compute futures from CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange, whose products remain subject to regulatory approval. Once the White House review is complete, the CFTC is expected to open a public…

Bitcoin developer Kevin Loaec, who flagged the risk on X this week, said large holders could be targeted first. Doing nothing will be a safer option, he stated, as coins that never move cannot be replayed because there is no signed transaction to copy. ⚠️IMPORTANT⚠️In the next couple of days, a new shitcoin will fork off Bitcoin. It is a big security risk for people who just believe they will get an “airdrop” and want to sell it, to get more bitcoin.I will write more about it, but here is the TLDR: 👇— Kevin Loaec 🧙‍♂️🐟 (@KLoaec) August 6, 2026…

Ethereum researchers are examining whether the network stores more information as permanent state than some transactions actually require. The question has gained spotlight as a proposed native UTXO design seeks to separate one-time payments from persistent account state. Under the proposal, simple payments could leave only a small spent marker in Ethereum’s state while their transaction details remain provable through historical commitments. The approach would preserve Ethereum’s account model while introducing a separate value mechanism that does not need to remain active indefinitely. Ethereum UTXO Proposal Redefines What Becomes State The Ethereum UTXO proposal, published by Toni Wahrstätter, aka Nero_uth,…

JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and 25 other public and private institutions completed Project Agorá’s tokenized payment trials, processing approximately CHF 800,000 across six currencies. The testing involved 30 transactions across 17 scenarios using Swiss francs, euros, British pounds, Japanese yen, South Korean won and US dollars. The trials covered corporate and interbank payments, intragroup transfers, dual currency transactions and payment versus payment settlement. Project Agorá used tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits representing real monetary value. Transactions were settled atomically, meaning the assets involved were transferred simultaneously or not at all. Despite the prototype not being directly integrated with…