Topic: #featured
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Solana traders raise $150K for 64-year marmot study after NSF cuts
An independent group of Solana crypto traders created a meme coin to fund a 64-year-old wildlife study in Colorado after the National Science Foundation declined the research team's funding request. The effort raised more than $150,000 for the yellow-bellied marmot project.
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Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade extends block validation to 6–9 seconds
Ethereum node operators now test Glamsterdam on Platåberget, a public network launched August 13 to rehearse coordinated client and infrastructure changes. The upgrade's core change, EIP-7732, separates block proposal from execution validation and extends the critical path from roughly 2 seconds to 6–9 seconds for validators.
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GMO Coin may suspend Bitcoin services during eCash Alpha snapshot Aug. 23
GMO Coin signaled potential suspension of Bitcoin trading and deposit services when eCash, a Bitcoin-derived chain, takes its first balance snapshot at block 963,648 around Aug. 23. The exchange hasn't confirmed timing, raising questions about replay safety and market stability during the Alpha stage rollout.
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Fed holds rates 9-3; three officials vote for hike, Bitcoin tests $64K
The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.50%-3.75% on July 29 in a 9-3 vote, with three officials preferring a hike—the first such split since 2016. Bitcoin briefly topped $64,000 before retreating, with analysts citing weak catalysts and low volume near key support levels.
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Bitcoin tests $69K as Fed decision looms and whale accumulation stalls
Bitcoin trades $3,000 below the average cost basis for short-term holders as the Federal Reserve prepares its July 28-29 meeting. Whale-driven accumulation has reversed, and Glassnode's risk gauge remains bearish despite recent ETF inflows.
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Sioux Falls crypto investor indicted on 29 counts in $20M fraud
Benjamin Paul Wiener was indicted on wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft charges after prosecutors say he used eight entities to move investor funds through crypto exchanges and financial institutions, repaying earlier victims with new money.
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Circle's $1.4B Coinbase payout exposes USDC stablecoin cost pressure
Circle paid Coinbase $1.4 billion in distribution costs in 2025, up 51% from the prior year, even as USDC circulation surged 72% to $75.3 billion. The payout consumed half of Circle's total revenue, raising questions about the sustainability of its partnership model.
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XRP holders face 107% climb to break even above $2.22
XRP holders who bought 6–12 months ago face a 107% climb to break even, with the 6–12-month cohort holding a $2.22 average cost basis against the token's $1.08 price on July 14, according to Glassnode data.
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Bitcoin braces for CPI and Warsh testimony collision today
June CPI data and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's congressional testimony collide within 90 minutes today, setting up a critical test for Bitcoin and rate expectations. A softer inflation print could ease hawkish pressure, but geopolitical oil shocks and sticky core inflation complicate the picture.
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BNB Chain targets 1M TPS with AI agents as token hits 2024 lows
BNB Chain is overhauling its architecture to process 1 million transactions per second and integrate protocol-level privacy, targeting traditional finance and autonomous AI agents. The pivot comes as BNB token has fallen more than 35% this year to $563, its lowest since October 2024.
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Bitcoin faces capital reallocation as mega-IPO wave targets institutional pools
OpenAI's confidential S-1 filing and a record $160 billion IPO pipeline threaten to redirect the institutional capital that drove Bitcoin to $126,000, as AI and semiconductor stocks increasingly compete for the same risk-appetite allocation.
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Zcash Orchard exploit reveals cryptographic supply integrity gap
A security researcher at Shielded Labs discovered a critical exploit in Zcash's Orchard protocol using AI on May 29, which could have generated unlimited counterfeit ZEC. Zcash executed emergency forks within days, but the privacy design makes proving the supply was never tampered with cryptographically difficult.
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UK sanctions A7 crypto network for processing $90 billion for Russia
The UK sanctioned the A7 network and 17 other entities on May 26, applying banking-level restrictions to crypto exchanges for the first time under its Russia sanctions regime. The A7 network claims to have moved over $90 billion in 2025 alone.