Anthropic targets November IPO at potential $2 trillion valuation
Anthropic has moved its planned initial public offering to November as investors discuss a deal that could value the Claude developer at roughly $2 trillion and raise up to $100 billion. Summary ...
Devconnect Istanbul 2023 – A celebration of progress and the Ethereum community
Devconnect, the week-long gathering of the Ethereum ecosystem and community, concluded its second edition in Istanbul. The week saw over 3,500 participants from diverse backgrounds come together from November 13-19 at the Devconnect Cowork in the Istanbul Congress Center, and many more join the 70+ deep-dive events organized by independent teams in the Ethereum community. Events took place...
Fed hikes rates, CLARITY fails, SEC backs tokenized stocks
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, the CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate, and the SEC opened a five-year pathway for tokenized U.S. stock trading. ...
Goerli Long Term Support Update
March 18, 2024 update: The Dencun network upgrade successfully activated on the Ethereum mainnet on March 13, 2024. As per the original wording of this announcement, this would imply an April 13, 2024 sunset date for the Goerli testnet. That said, as of this writing, nearly all Goerli validators, which were run altruistically by various community members, have already...
Crypto VC funding: Kaiko leads $180M week
Crypto and blockchain companies announced at least $180.25 million in disclosed financing across nine deals from Sep. 12 to Sep. 18. Crypto market data provider Kaiko led the week with a $110 million round backed by several major financial institutions. ...
Run a Node Grants Round Grantee Announcement
The Run A Node Grants Round wanted to reach different users exploring blockchain, learning, community efforts, and research purposes. The aim of this round was to encourage the exploration of a diverse range of ideas for operating nodes beyond running a validator, such as facilitating data queries for research, examining node performance under severe conditions, or enhancing node...
NFT sales fall 15% to $37.5M as Ethereum leads
Global NFT sales volume fell 15.28% to $37.54 million over the latest seven-day period, even as the number of buyer and seller addresses more than doubled. Summary ...
Allocation Update – Q3 2023
Community & educationAAvolution: Account Abstraction VillageAccount abstraction event held in Paris, covering topics such as the history of account abstraction, key catalysts to mass adoption, and the future of account abstraction wallets.Community & educationBundleBear0xKofiDatabase and dashboard providing transparent and verifiable insights into ERC-4337 users, operators, and activity.Community & educationCampus Developer WorkshopsETHAccraDeveloper workshops taught in universities across Ghana, covering...
Bitcoin price rebound faces major test at $83K
Bitcoin price rebounded about 6% over the past 24 hours to trade near $81,300, with a short squeeze and improving technical momentum carrying the price to its highest level in two weeks. Summary ...
Southeast Asia welcomes Devcon 7!
Hey Ethereum family! 🦄 We're delighted to start this new year by sharing an update that's not just about revealing the location and date for Devcon 7, but rather an exciting expansion of our vision. This year, we're embracing the whole Southeast Asia region as the stage for our community gathering! Why? read on to find out! First and foremost,...
