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Circle Names BlackRock, Visa, ICE and DTCC Among 11 Founding Arc Validators
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Circle Names BlackRock, Visa, ICE and DTCC Among 11 Founding Arc Validators

Circle's own disclaimer says Arc will be "operated by a permissioned validator set" and has not been reviewed by the New York State Department of Financial Services or any other regulator.
New Ethereum Proposal Would Burn Validator Rewards to Kill the Incentive to Stake More
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New Ethereum Proposal Would Burn Validator Rewards to Kill the Incentive to Stake More

EIP-8361 would deduct a rising share of every validator's rewards as the staking ratio climbs, cancelling consensus issuance outright at 50%. It landed two days before the deadline to propose EIPs for Hegotá, and the timing drew an objection within hours.
Robinhood Chain Tops Solana in Tokenized Stock Volume Via Memecoin Pairs
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Robinhood Chain Tops Solana in Tokenized Stock Volume Via Memecoin Pairs

Tokenized stocks on Robinhood's three-week-old chain averaged $29.7 million in daily DEX volume over the past week, more than Solana's xStocks and Backpack venues combined, with memecoin pairs supplying the push.
Lido Unveils Curated Module v2 in Ethereum Staking Overhaul
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Lido Unveils Curated Module v2 in Ethereum Staking Overhaul

The liquid staking protocol is migrating more than 8 million staked ETH onto a module that requires node operators to post bonds, a shift expected to cut Ethereum's validator count by about a third.
Stacks Bitcoin Staking Upgrade Vote Passes With 99%, Muneeb Says
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Stacks Bitcoin Staking Upgrade Vote Passes With 99%, Muneeb Says

Most exchanges and partners have signaled readiness for the hard fork, though a few are still reviewing details and the upgrade has not yet activated.
Movement Labs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Movement Labs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The company behind the MOVE token filed a voluntary petition in Delaware listing up to $10 million in liabilities, capping a year of governance disputes, a market-making scandal and a failed strategic pivot.
Durov Says Telegram Will Ship Native Gram Wallet to a Billion Users
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Durov Says Telegram Will Ship Native Gram Wallet to a Billion Users

The Telegram founder is putting private-key custody inside the core app this summer, a distribution reach no self-custody wallet has attempted.
Aztec Launches Alpha V5 on Mainnet With Faster Private Proving
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Aztec Launches Alpha V5 on Mainnet With Faster Private Proving

The privacy Layer 2 says its latest release halves proving time and transaction costs versus V4, with the Nyx wallet as its first live app.
Saylor Opposes Bitcoin's BIP-110 in 110-Point Essay
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Saylor Opposes Bitcoin's BIP-110 in 110-Point Essay

The Strategy chairman says the anti-spam soft fork would set a censorship precedent worse than the data problem it targets, weeks before an August signaling window.
EthSystems Launches Privacy Tools for Institutional Ethereum
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EthSystems Launches Privacy Tools for Institutional Ethereum

Bitmine and SharpLink backed the launch, and the founding team spent the past year running the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force.