Live markets: Bitcoin heads lower late Friday as Warsh takes over at Fed
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Fed chairman in a White House ceremony early Friday afternoon.
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Satoshi’s 1.1 million bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert
Researchers at the privacy-centric blockchain startup say their multi-layer quantum defense will feature a soft fork to freeze and protect dormant BTC.
Ethereum’s identity crisis is deepening after high-profile ‘brain drain’ frustrates the community
What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential, according to some community members.
The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation’s high-profile departures spark fresh debate
Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification
The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepens
The turnover comes as the foundation undergoes an internal transition tied to a new organizational mandate aimed at redefining its role within Ethereum.
Jump Crypto’s ‘Firedancer’ is taking a slow and steady approach to its long-awaited Solana infrastructure rollout
In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.
The $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up
For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.
Claude helps recover $395,000 in bitcoin trapped on a computer for years
The owner had been trying for eight weeks to brute-force the password on their current Blockchain.com wallet, testing roughly 3.5 trillion combinations using the btcrecover service on a rented computing chip.
The Protocol: Solana’s ‘Alpenglow’ upgrade is live for testing
Also: LayerZero apology, Ronin layer-2 transition and ‘Clear Signing’
The Ethereum Foundation unveils new ‘Clear Signing’ standard to stop users from approving malicious crypto transactions
The move comes after billions in losses from phishing attacks and wallet drains, with Ethereum pushing to make transaction approvals safer and easier to understand.