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Last week, Ethereum client, testing and research teams from around the world gathered together for a week of intense work on the Pectra network upgrade, PeerDAS and the Verge. Similarly to previous events like Edelweiss 🏔️ or Amphora 🏺, the focus of the Nyota ✨ interop was achieving multi-client interoperability across the different technical tracks. In addition to this, Nyota was preceded with a first of its kind public event: Frontiers Africa, where core devs & researchers spent the day meeting & exchanging with builders from across the region. Frontiers Africa Inspired by the impactful trips that borderless.africa organized in…

2Bitcoin, the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency, has reached a new all-time high, crossing the $100,000 mark for the first time. According to CoinMarketCap data, the milestone was achieved on Wednesday night when Bitcoin climbed to $101,103. It later peaked at $103,587 before stabilizing around $101,000.This record comes after nearly two weeks of trading just below $98,000, a period that suggested a potential plateau following the bullish momentum seen post-U.S. elections. Since election day, when Bitcoin was valued at approximately $75,600, its price has risen by more than 36%.On a broader scale, Bitcoin’s growth continues to outpace traditional asset classes. Over the past…

The EOS Network Foundation has partnered with Ceffu, Binance’s institutional custody platform, to enhance security and CeDeFi opportunities for EOS token holders.  The collaboration enables institutions to store EOS cryptocurrency through Ceffu’s custody services, which include advanced security features and access to Binance’s MirrorX platform. Custody services like Ceffu play a critical role in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. They provide institutions with secure storage solutions for large digital asset holdings, offering features such as multi-party computation and customizable approval schemes.  For EOS (EOS) token holders, this partnership provides enhanced asset security and opportunities to explore CeDeFi, or centralized decentralized finance, which…

A sandwich attack is a type of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) exploit that takes advantage of pending transactions in DeFi trading. MEV refers to the maximum value that miners or validators can extract by reordering, including, or censoring transactions within a single block during block production. In DeFi, bots often exploit MEV using techniques like front-running and back-running. When both of these occur within a single block, it creates a sandwich attack where a malicious actor inserts their own transactions around a user’s trade, effectively “sandwiching” it.One of the most extreme examples comes from the infamous “jaredfromsubway,”. This well-known MEV…

BinanceUS plans to add the top Pepe-The-Frog-themed meme coin to its trading platform. BinanceUS will activate trading facilities for Pepe (PEPE), crypto’s third-largest meme coin token by market cap. The token is available on Binance’s global exchange, but its American subsidiary refrained from listing several digital assets due to regulatory uncertainty and litigation.  However, policy constraints and crypto crackdowns declined after Republican Donald Trump won the Nov. 6 presidential elections. Since Trump’s victory, BinanceUS and Coinbase have listed many meme coins for U.S. crypto investors. Coinbase has onboarded Giga Chad, Turbo (TURBO), Dogwifhat (WIF), and Floki (FLOKI), to name a…

Singapore-based Astar Network and Startale Labs have entered a memorandum of understanding with Japanese telecom firm KDDI to accelerate societal adoption of blockchain technology and innovate customer experiences in the “Web3 era.” The partnership will explore new business opportunities in token technology and applications of Astar Network’s Ethereum scaling solution, the Astar zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) in KDDI’s “αU” market. KDDI’s “αU” includes Web3 services such as “αU market” and “αU wallet,” which allow clients to manage and trade digital assets.  With over 50 million subscribers in Japan, KDDI is a telecommunications giant serving 60 cities and 100 locations…

Solana whales are seizing the ‘dip,’ snapping up bargain-priced tokens in hopes of a major rebound.  But for this comeback to happen, two key conditions need to align. Solana [SOL] surged from $157 on election day to an all-time high of $264 in just 20 trading days, breaking through the $260 ceiling and cementing itself as a standout performer in the market. This rapid ascent highlights SOL as a notable beneficiary of both external and internal trends. Externally, SOL’s rally paralleled Bitcoin’s momentum, with BTC solidifying its position as a favored asset class, driving broader market inflows and pushing Solana…

Dogecoin price has moved into a consolidation phase near the year-to-date high of $0.4795. Dogecoin (DOGE), the largest meme coin based on market capitalization, was trading at the psychological level of $0.4500 on Dec. 5. It has jumped by 450% from its lowest level this year, bringing its market cap to over $65 billion. Analysts are optimistic that the ongoing consolidation could be the calm before the storm before the coin jumps to $1. In an X post, World of Charts noted that the coin may soon have a strong bullish breakout in the next few days. A likely catalyst…

PancakeSwap PancakeSwap, the leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on BNB Chain, has witnessed a historic uptick in activity following the launch of its token launch platform, PancakeSwap SpringBoard. On December 4, the platform recorded a daily trading volume of $1.27 billion, the highest since March 2024, signaling renewed investor interest in BNB Chain-based projects. SpringBoard Ignites PancakeSwap’s Growth The launch of PancakeSwap SpringBoard, a platform that facilitates the creation and trading of BNB-powered meme coins without coding, was a major catalyst for the trading volume surge. The platform is seen as Binance’s answer to Solana’s pump.fun, which has dominated the meme…

An analyst has placed these mid-term and long-term targets for Ethereum based on an Ascending Parallel Channel that has been forming in its weekly price. Ethereum Has Been Traveling Inside An Ascending Channel For A While Now In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has discussed where ETH could be heading next based on a pattern forming in its weekly price chart. The pattern in question is the Ascending Channel from technical analysis, which is a type of Parallel Channel. A Parallel Channel is made up of two parallel trendlines between which the price of the asset consolidates.…