New figures show hardly anyone is using ERC-4337 smart accounts
Ethereum account abstraction advocate John Rising has shared some “sobering” numbers showing overall ERC-4437 adoption has been far from ideal. In a Nov. 14 post on X (formerly Twitter), Rising shared data points that showed ERC-4337-enabled smart accounts suffered a decli ...
Vitalik Buterin on fix for Ethereum centralization — make running nodes easier
The centralization of nodes is one of the biggest problems facing the Ethereum network and should be addressed by making the running of nodes cheaper and easier, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.At current, the majority of the 5,901 active Ethereum nodes are being run throu ...
Ethereum’s 8th birthday: Crypto industry shares its top moments
The crypto community has come together to celebrate the 8th birthday of the Ethereum network, marking eight years since the Ethereum Foundation first sent the network live.On July 30, 2015, former Ethereum Foundation CCO Stephan Tual penned a blog post, officially announcing that the netwo ...
Ethereum is about to get crushed by liquid staking tokens
Before we know it, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) are going to replace Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). The LST market is already worth approximately $17 billion, and it has grown continuously since Ethereum’s Merge.While LSTs are just beginning to hit their stride, their advan ...
Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen
Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade, according to a June 26 Twitter thread from blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The network had been seeing less than 300,000 transactions per day before the upgrade, but this figure increased to over ...
Binance Exchange to Allow Rewards Collection and BETH Asset Exchange for ETH 2.0 Staking on April 19
According to an announcement on the trading platform's website, customers who have participated in the ETH 2.0 program on the exchange by staking Ethereum will be able to redeem rewards and exchange BETH assets that have been locked in staking at a ratio of 1:1 starting from April 19 at 08:00 UTC. ...
Swiss Digital Bank Sygnum Launches Abu Dhabi Branch to Serve Crypto Clients
Sygnum, a digital bank based in Switzerland, has opened a new branch in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to cater to affluent clients and businesses involved in cryptocurrencies. The bank's spokesperson revealed that Sygnum aims to expand its activities in the Middle East, hence the decision to ...