Ethereum news
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Former Ethereum Foundation Employee Sues Over Mandate-Linked Firing
Kayleen Fulton alleges disability discrimination and retaliation. Vitalik Buterin and Bastian Aue are also named as defendants.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Foundation, Vitalik Buterin sued over firing after ‘suicide pledge’ dispute
Fulton’s complaint cites a recorded Buterin conversation and alleges discrimination and retaliation.
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PNC Bank tests turning USDC payments into dollar deposits
The pilot lets eligible corporate and institutional clients accept USDC on Ethereum, with each token converted to one US dollar before deposit.
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Vitalik Buterin Moves On From ‘Ultrasound Money,’ Says ETH’s Value Is Stability
The Ethereum co-founder says ETH's value comes from stability, not fee burns, citing its decentralization, censorship resistance and security.
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $20M in Ethereum, Seizing on Vitalik’s 'ETH Is Money' Declaration
The firm’s stash reached 6.07 million ETH—4.97% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee called Vitalik Buterin’s “ETH is money” comments a “seismic shift.”
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Buterin Urges Store-of-Value Focus for ETH, Not Fee Burns
The Ethereum co-founder backs keeping EIP-1559 but argues that maximizing fees could price out users and undermine decentralization.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum treasury Sharplink’s Q3 net income hits $751 million on unrealized ether gains
Sharplink posted Q3 revenue of $13.5 million and net income of $751.4 million, driven by unrealized ETH gains.
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Base’s Retired Flashblocks Feeds Accept Connections but Send No Data
Denim replaced block previews with complete blocks every 200 milliseconds, requiring developers to change subscriptions and review pending-state reads.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine nears 5% Ethereum supply target with $20 million ETH buy as he predicts tokenization and AI ‘supercycle’
Bitmine bought another 9,587 ETH last week, closing in on its target of 5% of Ethereum's circulating supply.
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PeckShield Flags $45.3 Million ETH Long With Possible UXLink Exploit Link
A later dashboard snapshot showed about $44 million in ETH exposure and an unrealized loss of roughly $652,000.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Zama spin-off Raycash launches confidential stablecoin payments and private yield on Ethereum
Raycash has launched its app on Ethereum, enabling private stablecoin payments and Morpho yield on idle balances.
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Ankr Ethereum Bridge Loses More Than $303,000 in Five-Transaction Exploit
The contract remained unpaused after withdrawals referencing a small Optimism deposit that had already been redeemed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Two rival Ethereum proposals aim to stop Glamsterdam breaking old contracts
The proposals aim to keep Ethereum’s planned gas changes from breaking existing contracts, using different approaches to what contracts see and what users pay.
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Hyperliquid Whale’s 56,667-ETH Long Fully Liquidated
The two tracked accounts show lifetime losses of about $44.8 million after the trader previously reduced exposure from 93,184 ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Says tBTC Bridge Has Resumed Onchain, but App Remains Paused
Aave’s $119.9 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen while Threshold waits for more operators to reconnect.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Vitalik ‘pivots’ ETH to store of value, crypto suffers after US midterms: Hodler’s Digest
Vitalik Buterin wants Ethereum to embrace a store of value narrative, upsetting Bitcoin maxis. The crypto industry faces an uncertain future following the US elections.
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Vitalik Buterin says ETH should be valued as a store of value, not a fee-burning token
A recent controversial proposal to burn a rising share of validator rewards as more ETH is staked was withdrawn last month after facing pushback.
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Tornado Cash-Funded Wallet Builds $26 Million Bitcoin-Ether Trade
The wallet converted 3,100 ETH into roughly 6.92 million USDC before pairing a Bitcoin long with an Ether short on Hyperliquid.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.
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Russia finalizes crypto trading rules ahead of Nov. 17 rollout
The rules allow retail investors to trade BTC, ETH and USDT through regulated intermediaries, with Moscow Exchange planning to launch crypto trading in December.
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Algorand Foundation Shuts Forum and Advisory Council
The Foundation will pause xGov grants on Dec. 6 and shelve Project King Safety, while maintaining bonus staking support through January 2028.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Veranta Adds 1,000x BTC and ETH Leverage on Base
The venue says traders can redeem profits immediately, with payouts drawn from a protocol buffer before liquidity-provider capital.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threshold Sets tBTC Reconnection Target as Week-Long Pause Continues
Bitcoin redemptions will resume once enough operators return, while Aave’s $123.2 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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$3.1B in Stolen Binance Crypto Has Yet to Be Laundered: Elliptic
The attackers have used more than 20,000 wallets on 16 blockchains so far, but the bulk of the stolen ETH and Bitcoin hasn't moved.
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Ethereum devs won’t fork Glamsterdam on Hoodi until smart contract risks are resolved
Ethereum developers are investigating concerns tied to eight smart contract invariants tied to Glamsterdam’s EIP-8037 and EIP-8038.
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Binance Hackers Swap $50 Million in XRP, Mostly Into Bitcoin, Elliptic Says
Bitcoin obtained from other stolen assets nearly doubled in a day to 1,650 BTC, while the main ETH and bitcoin holdings remain untouched.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Foundation Calls for Contract Checks After Glamsterdam Security Findings
Most findings involve fixed gas budgets and reserves. The Hoodi testnet upgrade remains paused, with no confirmed mainnet activation date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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EEZ Launches Rollup X With Swaps Filled by Mainnet Liquidity
The Ethereum Economic Zone ran three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai. Rollup X is a devnet whose batches are attested by a designated signer rather than proven.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Base deploys Denim upgrade on mainnet, replacing Flashblocks with 200ms block times
Base activated its fourth network upgrade, Denim, introducing five canonical blocks per second at 200ms intervals.
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Ethereum Foundation sued for firing employee who opposed ‘suicide pledge’
A lawsuit filed by former Ethereum Foundation (EF) Protocol Support lead Kayleen Fulton against Stiftung Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and others alleges she was fired after disclosing a cancer diagnosis and organizing opposition to a “suicide pledge.” In February of this year, the foundation...