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Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Francesco D’Amato has joined independent protocol research group Ethlabs, extending the movement of core Ethereum developers into organizations operating outside the Foundation. According to a statement shared by Ethereum Foundation researcher Francesco D’Amato on X, he has left the Ethereum Foundation after five years to join Ethlabs, a nonprofit protocol research organization established by former Foundation researchers to continue Ethereum core development. Status update: I am moving from the Ethereum Foundation to Ethlabs @ethlabs_org, joining the team to accelerate protocol work in the age of Ethereum adoption.In 5 years at EF Research, I have worked on…

Bitcoin fell into the mid-$67,000s on Tuesday, dragging the entire ecosystem of crypto-linked equities with it. Bitcoin shed more than 11% over the past week, crashing below $67,000 for the first time since early April, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The drop hit crypto treasury stocks with full force. Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) tumbled 9.15% on Tuesday, trading at $136.08 at close, with a session low of $134.11 — dangerously close to its 52-week floor of $104.16. Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) fell 4.23%, to $173.74. And Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST), the Vivek Ramaswamy-founded bitcoin treasury company, dropped 6.23% to $16.10…

The Tron ecosystem has reached a new milestone in network usage. Tron founder Justin Sun announced that the number of daily transactions on the network has reached an all-time high. According to the shared data, the Tron blockchain set a new record with approximately 14.3 million daily transactions. The data was verified via Tronscan, the official blockchain explorer for the Tron network. According to this data, transaction volume on the network has been steadily increasing recently, with 14.3 million daily transactions representing the highest level in Tron’s history. Although there has been a limited decline in transaction volume since the…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is developing an artificial intelligence-powered trading service that will allow autonomous agents to monitor markets, identify opportunities, and execute trades based on user-defined goals, according to a report from CBDC. The move signals Kraken’s broader strategic shift from a pure cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive financial services platform encompassing payments, banking, and lending. What the AI Trading Service Entails The planned service, which Kraken has not yet officially named or launched, would leverage AI agents capable of operating independently within set parameters. Users would define investment goals, risk tolerances, and trading strategies, after which the AI would…

Amid intense debates around two technical initiatives that have split the crypto community, Strategy chairman Michael Saylor publicly outlined his position on how Bitcoin’s future should be shaped. His post on X was immediately supported with a repost by Blockstream CEO Adam Back. Whether Saylor’s statement is connected to real disputes over possible forks in the Bitcoin network remains a matter of speculation. Inside the battle for control over Bitcoin Right now the leading cryptocurrency has indeed found itself at a crossroads, facing two radical proposals: BIP-110 (Transaction Spam Filter): An update designed to block transaction spam, which some developers…

Ethereum dropped by around 4% in the past 24 hours, slipping back to around $1,835 after briefly climbing above $1,930 earlier this week. Despite the pullback, two market analysts continue to point to near-term upside based on different indicators, although one believes the recovery will be followed by a much deeper correction before a new bull cycle begins. $ETH Market Roadmap Upon observing Ethereum’s historical behavior around the 0.8 MVRV Pricing Band, Ali Martinez found that the asset has repeatedly rallied toward, or even above, its Realized Price after reclaiming the band as support over the past six years. After…

WTW, a global insurance broker and risk advisory company, has acquired crypto insurance platform Redefind and launched a digital asset protection service that covers expenses related to forensic investigations, asset tracing and legal recovery efforts following theft or loss. Redefind is a crypto insurance platform that allows individuals and institutions to purchase coverage for digital assets held across different custody arrangements. The company said its system uses cryptographic proof of ownership to verify insured assets. The service is designed as a non-custodial insurance product for digital asset owners and will initially launch in the United Kingdom, with broader market expansion…

Thomas Braziel, CEO of crypto investment and advisory firm 117 Partners, has publicly called for greater transparency from Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson regarding the disposition of 1,096 Bitcoin originally held by the Manxem Foundation for the Cardano Foundation. In a post on X, Braziel acknowledged Hoskinson’s explanation that the funds were used to settle audit procedures and related obligations tied to Michael Parsons, the foundation’s former board chairman. However, Braziel argued that this explanation raises more questions than it answers. Demand for Documentation and Traceability Braziel stated that if Hoskinson’s account is accurate, the next logical step is the public…

There is a quiet but significant problem at the heart of U.S. financial disclosure: the system designed to inform markets about major corporate events is, in many ways, too blunt to be useful. SEC 8-K event extraction has long been constrained by item codes that lump wildly different occurrences into the same bucket — a routine board committee update and a CEO resignation might share a single category. A new research system from Rian Dolphin aims to fix that, and the results suggest large language models can do far more than summarize text — they can build reliable, granular maps…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the listing of a new perpetual futures contract tied to the SK Hynix ADR (American Depositary Receipt). The contract, trading under the ticker SKHYUSDT, went live at 3:50 p.m. UTC on July 10, 2025. What the Listing Entails The SKHYUSDT perpetual futures contract allows traders to speculate on the price movements of SK Hynix ADRs without directly owning the underlying stock. Perpetual futures, a popular derivative product in crypto markets, have no expiration date, enabling traders to hold positions indefinitely as long as margin requirements are met. Binance’s move…