ACAMS and Chainalysis expand crypto crime training as scam losses hit $17B
ACAMS and Chainalysis have expanded their crypto financial crime training program after Chainalysis estimated that scams and fraud stole $17 billion in cryptocurrency during 2025. Summary ...
Ecosystem Support Program: Allocation Update
As we embark on a new decade(!), the Ecosystem Support Program team wanted to speak to some of the recent growth, transition and learning around the program, and share details of our 2019 financial allocations. What is ESP? The Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) is the arm of the Ethereum Foundation focused on providing support to teams throughout the Ethereum ecosystem....
Cardano price loses $0.24, can its ascending channel survive?
Cardano price has retreated toward $0.23 after rejection at the top of an ascending parallel channel, bringing the lower boundary near $0.21 into focus as daily and 4-hour momentum weaken. Summary ...
The 1.x Files: The Updated Stateless Tech Tree
The Updated Stateless Ethereum Tech Tree Apologies for the delay in releasing this post; there have been some unavoidable distractions in my life recently, as I'm sure there have been in yours. I hope that you are making the best of your circumstances, whatever they may be, and implore you to turn your empathy up to eleven for the...
EU lawmakers flag crypto risks in new anti-corruption recommendations
European Union lawmakers have called for tighter scrutiny of crypto assets, hidden ownership structures and digital tools as part of the European Commission’s upcoming anti-corruption strategy. Summary ...
EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update
Friends, From our team to you and yours, we hope everyone and their families are well and keeping safe during these complicated weeks. To help pass some time while we’re all stuck in doors, it’s time again to update the community on progress made by some of the EF-supported projects not covered in last week’s ESP Allocation Update. While...
U.S. government sends $770M BTC to Coinbase, why now?
The U.S. government has moved roughly 9,261 Bitcoin worth $770 million to Coinbase Prime over two days, including thousands of coins linked to criminal seizures and 2,456 BTC from wallets not previously identified as government holdings. ...
The 1.x Files: A Primer for the Witness Specification
Since a lot of us have a bit more time on our hands, I thought now might be a good opportunity to proceed with something perhaps a little bit boring and tedious, but nevertheless quite fundamental to the Stateless Ethereum effort: understanding the formal Witness Specification. Like the captain of the Battleship in StarCraft, we're going to take it...
Ripple Prime is growing. Where does XRP fit in the business?
Ripple Prime has expanded its mandate with Brevan Howard while building a brokerage that finances stock derivatives, clears trades and accepts digital collateral. The institutional business is real, but the October agreement does not disclose an XRP allocation, an XRP settlement requirement or token purchases by...
Development Update #3 – Ethereum.org
Hey Ethereum! Here’s the latest update from the ethereum.org team: Help us reach 30 languages! Over the last 6 months, the global Ethereum community has translated Ethereum.org into 23 languages. Today, traffic to non-english pages accounts for more than 20% of all traffic. Over the next 2 months, we want to raise the total number of supported languages to...
