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Key Highlights Vitalik Buterin has unveiled "Lean Ethereum," a long-term roadmap that will reshape Ethereum over the next 3–4 years. The plan focuses on scalability, quantum resistance, priva
Aave’s lending market on Monad had already surpassed $100 million in total deposits in two days of launching on July 2. That’s a milestone some DeFi projects spend months trying to reach. The
Why Are Trump Token Losses Back In Focus? Roughly two-thirds of the wallets that bought President Donald Trump’s official memecoin had recorded losses by the end of June, according to data fr
Vitalik Buterin has published a new "Lean Ethereum" strawmap, laying out a set of priorities aimed at simplifying Ethereum's protocol design and reducing complexity across the network's futur
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has declared he will hold his bitcoin position all the way down to zero if necessary, after admitting to repeatedly mistiming the cryptocurrency market. P
Gold price is now trading around $4,160 per ounce after a solid recovery bounce from the lows below $4,000 per ounce last week. The metal hit a low near $3,973 on June 24 and has been grindin
Vitalik Buterin announced on July 4, 2026 that Ethereum researchers meeting in Berlin had published an updated "Lean Ethereum" strawmap, a draft roadmap laying out five priority areas and sev
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has laid out a new long-term technical direction for the network under a “Lean Ethereum” strawmap, prioritizing quantum resistance, scalability, and privac
Why Did Aave’s Monad Market Grow So Quickly? Deposits on Aave’s newly launched Monad market crossed $100 million on Saturday, roughly two days after the decentralized lending protocol deploye
Kraken now accepts tokenized stocks as collateral for leveraged trades on Kraken Pro, letting eligible clients use holdings in assets like tokenized Apple, Tesla, and S&P 500 ETF shares to ba
Vitalik Buterin outlined a multi-year “Lean Ethereum” roadmap after Ethereum researchers met in Berlin, following earlier client-team discussions in Svalbard. Buterin’s roadmap update describ
A coalition of roughly 140 companies, including Visa, Coinbase and BlackRock, has launched Open USD, a new stablecoin network aimed at creating shared infrastructure for dollar-denominated di
