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The new initiative will unite Ethereum’s top cryptographers and engineers under a single privacy framework. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced the formation of a new group of 47 researchers, engineers, and cryptographers who will work together to make Ethereum’s Layer 1 infrastructure safer and more private. According to analysts, this change in structure is a show of the institution’s seriousness about adding privacy features directly to the Ethereum ecosystem, moving it from a side project to a main development priority. Expanding Ethereum’s Privacy Framework In an October 8 blog post, EF noted that the “Privacy Cluster” integrates multiple…

XRP’s performance in the ongoing 2025 bull run has become one of the most discussed topics in crypto, as the token continues to challenge the dominance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB.  In a recent video shared on the social media platform X, crypto commentator Zach Rector described what he called the inconvenient truth of this market cycle: XRP is currently outperforming most of the top 50 cryptocurrencies in percentage growth since the last US presidential election and from the depths of the previous bear market. Ethereum, BNB, And Bitcoin’s Performance Rector began his comparison by pointing to Ethereum’s recovery trajectory.…

Chainalysis has pinpointed a massive $75 billion in criminal cryptocurrency sitting untouched in publicly viewable wallets. The findings reveal a vast digital treasure trove that remains theoretically seizable by global law enforcement agencies. Summary Chainalysis reveals $75 billion in illicit crypto held in public wallets, mostly tied to stolen funds and darknet markets. Bitcoin accounts for 75% of all criminal balances, as hackers increasingly treat it as a store of value. Direct transfers to exchanges have dropped to 15%, signaling a shift toward mixers and cross-chain bridges to evade detection. In a report dated Oct. 9, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis…

The latest FOMC news signals a clear dovish tilt among U.S. Federal Reserve officials, with the newly released minutes showing that additional rate cuts are likely before the end of the year. Most participants judged that it would be “appropriate to ease policy further over the remainder of 2025,” marking a notable shift from the cautious tone that dominated much of the year. While the central bank remains officially committed to its 2% inflation target, the tone of the September meeting minutes suggests the Fed is becoming more concerned about slowing employment than lingering inflation. The first rate cut in…

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) registered $1.43 trillion in spot volume during the third quarter, marking the strongest quarterly performance on record and signaling a structural shift in how crypto markets establish prices.The figure represents a 43.6% increase from the $1 trillion registered in the second quarter, and surpasses the previous record of nearly $1.2 trillion set between January and March.August and September delivered the second- and third-largest monthly volumes in history, at $510.5 billion and $499.1 billion, respectively, trailing only January 2025’s $560.3 billion.Additionally, DEXs captured 17.7% of the total crypto spot volume traded by their centralized counterparts, according to data…

BNB Smart Chain activity surges as token swaps dominate network usage.BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the flagship network of the BNB ecosystem, on Thursday reached a new milestone of 5 trillion gas used in a single day as on-chain activity surged.This was driven largely by 24 million swap transactions, which accounted for 77% of all network activity, a BNB spokesperson told The Defiant. BSC is currently the third-largest blockchain with a total value locked (TVL) of over $9.5 billion, up 90% from $5 billion in March, per DeFiLlama. This comes after the network fully adopted a 0.05 Gwei standard gas price…

The European Union should foster the development of euro-denominated stablecoins to compete with US dollar-denominated tokens, according to Pierre Gramegna, the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), an economic crisis organization for the EU.“Europe should not be dependent on US dollar-denominated stablecoins, which are currently dominating markets,” Gramegna said at Thursday’s hearing about the overall economic health of the eurozone, which included commentary on digital assets. He also said:“Europe should also embrace the potential for financial Innovation with stablecoins and tokenized assets. Stablecoins are an inevitable part of this equation. In a rapidly evolving financial landscape, Europe should…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Tom Lee and BitMine Immersion Technologies are under fire from short-seller Kerrisdale Capital, which says the company’s ETH treasury strategy is a “relic on the verge of extinction.” The firm criticized BitMine for issuing billions in new shares to fund Ethereum purchases, arguing the approach erodes investor value and no longer justifies a premium stock price. BitMine’s market value is converging with the underlying value of its ETH holdings, chipping away at the company’s appeal to investors, it added. “If you want ETH, just buy it directly,…

Bitcoin advocate Roger Ver, known to many in the crypto industry as “Bitcoin Jesus,” has reportedly reached a deal with the US Department of Justice that could allow him to avoid prison time.According to a Thursday New York Times report, Ver’s lawyers reached a tentative agreement with US authorities that would require the Bitcoin (BTC) advocate to pay $48 million in taxes he owed from his crypto holdings. The Justice Department charged Ver with mail fraud and tax evasion in April 2024, seeking to extradite him from Spain to stand trial.The New York Times reported that Ver has ties with…

Luisa Crawford Oct 09, 2025 22:49 Explore how AI-enabled developer tools are creating new security risks. Learn about the potential for exploits and how to mitigate them. As developers increasingly embrace AI-enabled tools such as Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot for coding, these technologies are introducing new security vulnerabilities, according to a recent blog by Becca Lynch on the NVIDIA Developer Blog. These tools, which leverage large language models (LLMs) to automate coding tasks, can inadvertently become vectors for cyberattacks if not properly secured. Understanding Agentic AI Tools Agentic AI…