Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren’t a crisis, Joe Lubin says
The Consensys leader told CoinDesk the Ethereum Foundation’s role should be narrower and more focused on stewarding the network’s core technology and values.
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Bitcoin, ether eye worst weekly rout since FTX collapse as cryptos shed $390 billion
A week that began with Strategy’s bitcoin sale ended with one of the largest crypto market drawdowns in years.
A crypto pioneer who turned a $20 million family stake into a billion-dollar fund doubles down on bitcoin
Sourcing initial capital from his mother to build a $1 billion crypto empire, DFG CEO James Wo says market metrics do not support Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether prediction.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin is rethinking how DeFi handles market crashes
In a research post published Monday, Buterin proposed creating index-tracking assets using options contracts rather than the debt-based structures that underpin much of DeFi today.
Why the Ethereum Foundation is suddenly again at the center of crypto’s culture war
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re diving deep into the institution that has been the main steward for the Ethereum blockchain, and why its been back in the spotlight.
A blockchain lottery plans to turn crypto gambling fees into Ethereum developer funding
Decentralized lottery protocol Megapot is teaming up with Protocol Guild in what the firms describe as the crypto industry’s first programmable charity lottery.
Bit Digital bought $20 million ETH for first time since October before 15% plunge
The firm said it purchased 8,568 ether on May 11 at an average price of $2,334. Since then, ETH broke below $2,000, leaving the firm sitting at a $3 million unrealized loss.
Standard Chartered backs $4,000 ether as retail piles into the sub-$2,000 drop
The bank says onchain metrics will pull the price back up, just as Amazon’s stock price recovered after 2001. A retail dip-buying frenzy and a record futures short build say the bottom isn’t in yet.
Joe Lubin-backed Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink to join the Russel indexes
The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm’s stock tanked 95% from its peak over the past year.
Coinbase’s Base launches AI tool for ChatGPT to manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps
The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s Base Account to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interface with external tools and applications.