The average Ethereum gas fee has dropped by 95% in the year following the Dencun upgrade, one of Ethereum’s most significant network improvements. On March 13, 2024, Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade was rolled out. The upgrade combined the Cancun upgrade on the execution layer and the Deneb upgrade on the consensus layer. It also introduced nine … Read more
Crypto trading volumes dropped sharply in February as concerns that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and other countries would stifle international trade reduced investor demand for adding to risky investments. Combined spot and derivatives trading volume on centralized exchanges fell 21% to $7.2 trillion, the lowest level since October, according to CoinDesk Data’s … Read more
The Solana proposal, called SIMD-0228, which could cause a drastic drop in SOL’s inflation rate, had the support of 37.8% of the network validators at press time. Per Dune Analytics, 746 validators, equating to nearly 58% of the total active validators of 1334 have voted on the proposal. 37.8% voted in favor of the proposal, … Read more
Wallet in Telegram, a third-party cryptocurrency wallet Mini App on Telegram, is set to expand its custodial crypto services, adding at least 50 new cryptocurrencies and launching an earn feature for users. The Open Platform (TOP), the largest venture builder in The Open Network (TON) ecosystem, which manages Wallet in Telegram as one of its … Read more
Ether (ETH) has fallen 43% year-to-date, it hit a 2025 high of $3,744 before dropping to its current level of $1,899. According to CryptoQuant CEO, Ki Young Ju, ether has experienced record levels of active selling over the past three months—the highest in the last five years. CoinDesk research indicates that the ether-to-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio … Read more
Significant progress has been made in Face Recognition in recent years. This review offers a brief overview of key tasks, models, and solution methods, focusing on the evolution of loss functions. Simply put, Face Recognition is a method of identifying or verifying a person’s identity using photos, videos, or real-time footage. This review will explore … Read more
Next week, Meta will begin one of the company’s most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta will start releasing its version of Community Notes for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users in the United States. The program copies a crowdsourced fact-checking system that Twitter unveiled in 2021 … Read more
The Karrat Foundation is headlining the Studio Chain built with Arbitrum’s Ethereum layer-2 tech, which will play host to My Pet Hooligan.
In a TikTok video from CNN that has been viewed more than 3 million times since late February, the voice of a voter in Roswell, Georgia, pierces through a town hall event held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). “Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king,” the woman … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) staking platform Solv has raised $10 million for its Bitcoin Reserve Offering (BRO) as it aims to build a $100 million BTC reserve. BRO merges aspects of traditional convertible bonds with crypto-native features to drive institutional adoption of BTC finance, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Thursday. Solv is attempting … Read more
Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR). Strike (STRK), the preferred stock issued by bitcoin buyer Strategy (MSTR) has been listed for just over a month and is currently 3% higher than at its Feb. 5 introduction. Strategy’s common stock, on the other hand, is 20% lower over the same … Read more
WhatsApp is working on a feature that will group replies to specific messages into a thread, making it easier to keep track of conversations. Instead of scrolling through chats to see scattered individual replies, the feature will create a dedicated view showing every quoted message connecting back to the original message that started the thread, … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market has steadied over the past two days, with bitcoin briefly topping the 200-day simply moving average at $84,000 early today. Wednesday’s softer-than-expected U.S. CPI release aided the sentiment by validating traders’ pricing of four interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year. The … Read more
In traditional blockchains, block propagation occurs through a peer-to-peer network in which new blocks and transactions are broadcast to all propagating nodes. This process usually happens sequentially or is flooded. However, this method is not scalable, as it becomes difficult to manage as the network grows due to the sheer number of communications. Let’s consider … Read more
With its new Dubai license, Ripple is poised to tap into the UAE’s thriving $40 billion cross-border payments market.
Turkey is advancing its cryptocurrency regulations with new rules for crypto asset service providers (CASPs). On March 13, Turkey’s Capital Markets Board (CMB) published two regulatory documents regarding the licensing and operations of CASPs, including crypto exchanges, custodians and wallet service providers. The framework grants the CMB full oversight of crypto platforms, ensuring compliance with … Read more
A special thanks to Emmanuel Awoskia (2077 Collective), Zaddycoin (Shoal Research), Brady and Lostin (Helius), Dankrad, Bithiah Koshy (StablesMusings), Benjamin Sturisky (Starknet), Ceteris, Ashwath, and Yusuf (Delphi Digital), Pavel Paramonov, Fikunmi (Eclipse), Alex Hook (Untronfi), and Mhykhael (Alea Research) for their feedback, inspirations, and insights. What are Consensus Mechanisms? Consensus mechanisms are the guardrails in a blockchain network that ensure that all participants in the network agree on one source of truth to provide reliability along the network. These … Read more
A judge in Singapore granted bail to three men suspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may contain Nvidia chips affected by U.S. export rules that bar the sale of them to certain countries, as a route to halting them being sold to organizations in China. The move comes nearly two weeks after the … Read more
AI-powered image generators, which are at the center of a number of copyright lawsuits against AI companies, are frequently trained on massive amounts of data from public websites. Most of these companies argue that fair use doctrine shields their data scraping and training practices. But many copyright holders disagree. That’s why some startups and firms developing image … Read more
Key Takeaways Solana uses a peer-to-peer gossip protocol based on the Plumtree algorithm, allowing decentralized communication between nodes to propagate state changes efficiently across the network without relying on a central source. Every 0.1 seconds, Solana nodes exchange “push” and “pull” messages, ensuring continuous and up-to-date information sharing to maintain rapid data dissemination and synchronization … Read more
The move to allow in-kind redemptions and creations streamlines ETF trading efficiency, bypassing the need for cash.
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The Significance of Data Recovery in L1 For Layer 1s to function, they rely on transaction data, smart contract data, program instructions, transaction history, etc. Ensuring the recoverability of this data is key for blockchains to remain functional and immutable. Every blockchain supports data recovery; however, the method of data recovery differs: Solana uses the … Read more