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Tech

Ethereum Pioneer's New 'Time Machine' Makes Transactions Conditional on Future Events

The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events.

Vlad Zamfir co-founder of Smart Transactions (STXN)

Tech

Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection

The tool, which was released just a few weeks after Blocknative had to cut back on its MEV-Boost relay services, could ultimately help reduce instances of block-level manipulation and protect users from front-running bots.

Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Consumer Finance Watchdog Wants to Oversee Major Tech, Some Crypto Payments

A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions.

CFPB office in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Celestia's TIA Airdrop Hype Wanes as Blockchain Struggles to Gain Users

More than 410,000 eligible airdrop participants did not claim their TIA tokens worth almost $1 million.

According to the Celestia Foundation, this photo was taken shortly after Celestia CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam (then a Ph.D. student) published the "LazyLedger" research paper in 2019. Al-Bassam is on the right, with Celestia executives Ismail Khoffi (left) and John Adler (center). (Celestia Foundation)

Markets

Shiba Inu’s Puppynet Testnet Logs 10M Transactions, Putting Ecosystem Tokens in Focus

Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will be used to transact on the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain.

(Getty Images)

Tech

Ethereum Resumes Finalizing Blocks after Second Performance Hiccup in 24 Hours

When blocks are not being finalized, it is possible that pending transactions might be re-ordered or dropped from the network. Developers haven't determined the source of the hold-ups, but they are urging for calm amidst the concern and uncertainty.

Ethereum digital currency (Getty Images)

Tech

Ethereum Mainnet Was Unable to Fully Finalize Transactions for 25 Minutes

Developers resolved the finalization issues and are investigating what caused the outage.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin’s High Fees Brought Back Bull Market-Level Mining Revenue, But Not for Long

The transaction fees debacle might have provided a short-lived revenue bump for the miners but gives a glimpse of the future for the industry.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum Gas Fee Surges to 12-Month High as PEPE Frenzy Grips Market

Users pay the fees, measured in fractions of ether (ETH) known as gwei, to execute transactions on the smart contract blockchain.

Pepe the Frog (PepeCoin's Twitter account)

Opinion

Bitcoin Set New Record of Daily Transactions the Same Day the U.S. Government Quietly Engineered a Bank Buyout

The events are unconnected, but crypto has a role to play in the wider political realignment questioning the sanctity of central banks and established powers.

(Shutterstock)

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