Hong Kong jails ex-banker over $470K USDT bribes
Hong Kong has jailed former China Construction Bank (Asia) relationship manager Lam Chun-yin for four years after he admitted accepting more than $470,000 in Tether to authenticate false bank instruments carrying a stated value above $1.6 billion. ...
Update – Advisory on recent events and potential travel considerations
Over the last weeks, we have been closely monitoring the security and safety in Istanbul. In particular, we have been focused on how events in Israel and the Gaza Strip may impact attendee safety. We try to assess risk whenever we host an event. In the case of Devconnect Istanbul, we have consulted with our event organizer partners, local...
RWA market reaches $34.18B as equities surge 390.4%
Onchain real-world assets have reached $34.18 billion as of September 15, 2026, after growing 85.2% since the start of the year, while only around 12% of tracked tokenized capital is being used in onchain financial applications. ...
Secured #6 – Writing Robust C – Best Practices for Finding and Preventing Vulnerabilities
For EIP-4844, Ethereum clients need the ability to compute and verify KZG commitments. Rather than each client rolling their own crypto, researchers and developers came together to write c-kzg-4844, a relatively small C library with bindings for higher-level languages. The idea was to create a robust and efficient cryptographic library that all clients could use. The Protocol Security...
Robinhood Chain fees hit $4.5M as Ethereum gets $398
Robinhood Chain has collected roughly $4.5 million in transaction fees on Sept. 3 while spending an estimated $398 to post data and proofs to Ethereum, illustrating how little Layer 1 settlement cost can accompany heavy activity on an Ethereum Layer 2. ...
Update 2 – Preparing for Devconnect Events
Autonomous Arcade & Mass AdoptionIOSG VenturesNovember 14, 2023Join us as we shift our focus toward exploring the intersection of blockchain with gaming and other applications. Here, we engage, connect, and ignite to shape the future of this transformative technology within the gaming landscape and talk about applications, Data, ZK, and other topics within this one-day event including talks...
Stablecoins must preserve one form of money: BlackRock
BlackRock has said stablecoins must remain interchangeable with bank deposits and central-bank money if they are to function as regulated settlement assets. Summary ...
Beyond Borders – Unveiling Potential of Blockchain in a Crisis
Crisis is a cruel teacher. It can draw us together in our shared fragility, but paradoxically it can also distance us from our shared humanity. In times of great crisis, the institutions and structures of society that are supposed to protect and support us may become twisted, corrupted, or rendered impotent – and sometimes, the very things that...
LSEG plans 24/5 trading and tokenized equity system
LSEG has outlined plans for 24/5 trading, a digital securities depository, tokenized equities, and new infrastructure involving Kraken and HSBC. Summary ...
Application Open for Next Billion Fellowship Cohort 4
Decades from now, there will be many stories to tell about the early days of Ethereum. We will remenisce about how a peculiar and powerful technology began to change the landscape of trust on the internet. Some will remember being skeptical, while others may claim to have known all along that it would change the world. Those future...
