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• Here’s what happened in crypto today
  Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.Today in Crypto: Nearly four out of five crypto projects that suffer a major hack never fully regain their footing, Ethereum validator exit queue hits zero as staking […]
• Vitalik calls for a ‘garbage collection’ function to stop Ethereum bloat
  Vitalik Buterin warns that Ethereum’s push to add new features while preserving backward compatibility is inflating protocol complexity, calling for a “garbage collection” process.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging developers to confront the protocol bloat driven by an endless push to add new features while rarely removing old ones.In a Sunday post on X, Buterin […]
• Crypto’s decentralization promise breaks at interoperability
  Crypto’s interoperability layer reveals a gap between the industry’s decentralization narrative and how value actually moves across blockchains.Moving value across blockchains is now largely mediated by a small group of centralized intermediaries despite crypto’s long-standing claims of decentralization.Michael Steuer, president and chief technology officer of Casper Network, framed this dynamic as a structural outcome of […]
• 80% of hacked crypto projects never ‘fully recover,’ expert warns
  Security failures don’t just drain funds, they often destroy trust, leaving most hacked crypto projects unable to recover despite fixing the technical flaws.Nearly four out of five crypto projects that suffer a major hack never fully regain their footing, according to Mitchell Amador, CEO of Web3 security platform Immunefi. Amador told Cointelegraph that most protocols […]
• China-led CBDC project mBridge tops $55B in cross-border payments
  In 2024, the Bank for International Settlements stepped back from mBridge, seeking to distance itself from sanctions-related speculation surrounding the platform.China-led cross-border digital currency platform mBridge has processed more than $55 billion in transactions as efforts to build payment rails that operate outside traditional dollar-based systems find momentum.Project mBridge, a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) […]
• Saylor defends Bitcoin treasuries, CLARITY Act concerns linger: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 11 – 17
  Michael Saylor shares his thoughts on criticism around Bitcoin treasuries, an exec says CLARITY Act ‘has a long way to go‘: Hodler’s Digest
• Ethereum validator exit queue falls to zero as staking demand soars
  The massive staking inflows are strengthening ETH’s supply-demand dynamic, potentially setting the stage for upward price momentum this year.The Ethereum staking validator exit queue has dropped to zero — signaling a dramatic fall in selling pressure and strengthening confidence in Ether (ETH) as a yield-bearing asset.Data from Ethereum Validator Queue shows the exit queue has […]