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Community and EducationAkomba Education InitiativeOn-chain certification framework, and development of modular learning resources and accredited courses using this framework.akomba.com/Community and EducationCougerEducational initiative creating working groups and corporate meetups/workshops to discuss and develop open standards and proofs of concept.Community and EducationFOSS RespondersEvent organized by Open Software Foundation to help connect open source projects and teams affected by COVID-19 with...
US appeals court denies Custodia Bank rehearing in Fed case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has rejected an effort by Custodia Bank to revive its legal challenge against the Federal Reserve over access to the U.S. banking system. In a March 13 decision, the appellate court voted 7–3 against rehearing the case...
eth2 quick update no. 16
Can’t travel these days Miss the people, not the planes Spadina, not Spain tl;dr Spadina "dress rehearsal" just around the corner We realize that both the engineers and the community could use one more public testnet launch before mainnet to run through the motions. At the same time, we want to avoid disrupting Medalla's momentum. We've therefore opted for a shortlived dress rehearsal...
On Polymarket and Kalshi, five‑minute crypto bets now dominate prediction flows
Ultra‑short crypto bets on Polymarket and Kalshi now drive most crypto volume, blurring hedging and gambling as AI bots, HFT firms and retail chase five‑minute wins. Summary ...
eth2 quick update no. 17
📣 Last chance to practice genesis before mainnet 📣 tl;dr Announcing Spadina Launchpad As of today, the Spadina Launchpad is live 🎉 If you are unfamiliar -- Spadina is a rapid-fire dress-rehearsal eth2 testnet to be launched on September 29th with a 3 day end-of-life. If you're interested in testing out your deposit and genesis chops one last time before mainnet launch,...
Robinhood crypto volume jumps to $25b as equities, options and events fade
Robinhood’s February data show crypto notional volumes up 9% to $25b while equity, options and event contracts shrink, proving speculative energy has rotated back into coins. Summary ...
eth2 quick update no. 18
Oh you, Spadina, Finally, finality Hello and farewell tl;dr A quick Spadina postmortemNew testnet: Zinken. Launchpad is live; Genesis deposits due in one week! Spadina Postmortem The Spadina testnet dress rehearsal launched this past Tuesday. Although Spadina is now healthy and finalizing, the launch was not as smooth sailing as it could have been. Validator participation started very low, and it took ~70 epochs...
Synthetix price forms compression as buyback plan emerges
Synthetix price moved slightly higher as the project published its roadmap for 2026, which includes token buybacks and new trading products. Summary ...
The Promise of Ethereum: Introducing the EF Mandate
Dearest Friends, Today we are publishing the EF Mandate, a document that serves as part constitution, part manifesto, and part guide for the Ethereum Foundation. It is written primarily for the EF itself: to be clear about what we are here to do, the principles by which we make decisions, and what we must both do and refuse to do...
Solving Bitcoin’s gas issue (without a fork)
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