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View More NewsIn brief Gnosis and Zisk are developing an “economic zone” for Ethereum that’s aimed at creating alignment between layer-2 networks and mainnet. The initiative is being supported by the Ethereum Foundation, indicating an interest in reshaping relationships within Ethereum’s ecosystem. Last month, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin complained that some layer-2 networks have compromised on decentralization. Gnosis and Zisk proposed a framework for aligning infrastructure within Ethereum’s ecosystem on Sunday, describing the creation of an “economic zone” as a way to address barriers and limitations associated with layer-2 scaling networks.Although some fear that Ethereum’s network is becoming increasingly fragmented by layer-2…
In brief The Ethereum Foundation staked more than $46 million worth of ETH on Monday. The move is the organization’s second staking action, with nearly $50 million staked in total. The initiative is part of its new treasury plan designed to “enhance financial sustainability.” The Ethereum Foundation staked another 22,517 ETH, or $46.2 million worth, as part of its previously announced staking initiative, according to on-chain data curated by blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. The latest batch was staked in 11 distinct transactions, with 2,047 ETH or around $4.2 million worth staked each time. In total, the firm has now staked…
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Last year, Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Tale arrived in cinemas wrapped in claims of fidelity to Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. In an interview with the Red River Horror website, Besson explained that he wanted to recapture something about Stoker’s story that other adaptations had missed:When we asked Besson how he wanted to put his own spin on a story that’s been retold more times than a campfire ghost tale, his answer was disarmingly blunt. He didn’t want to compete with other Draculas. He didn’t even watch them. Instead, he went back to the novel and fixated on one thing:…
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In brief U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced legislation on Monday to support Bitcoin miners. The U.S. Commerce Department would…
More than 40 Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sent a letter to a federal regulator and to ethics officials to…
CFTC Chair Michael Selig signaled that the agency would defer to the football league in calling for changes to event contracts that could be…
In brief Microsoft released two different modes that pair GPT and Claude to increase the quality of AI research. Critique makes the models collaborate,…
Bitcoin BTC$70,426.40 drifted toward $69,000 on Thursday as the deepening conflict in Iran is spiraling across the Middle East, hitting energy infrastructure and spilling…
Bitcoin (BTC) price support could “fail” by the weekly close in a major blow to Bitcoin bulls, analysis warns.Key points:BTC price downside versus local…
In brief The UK’s Companies House has moved to dissolve Zedxion Exchange Ltd over “misleading, false or deceptive” filings. The U.S. sanctioned the exchange…
from the celebrate-with-some-lemon-pound-cake dept As we wrote just yesterday, the defamation trial brought by seven Adams County, Ohio deputies against rapper Afroman was going…
An Ohio jury on Wednesday found the rapper Afroman not liable for defaming the sheriff’s deputies who raided his house nearly four years ago.…
New York, March 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release journalist Ahmad Mammadli and credibly investigate claims that police severely…
As AI agents become a bigger topic in crypto, Pranav Ramesh told CoinDesk that Nasdaq has already been using them across several sections of…
Opera, a Nasdaq-listed web browser company, is proposing to change how it is compensated by the Celo ecosystem, opting to receive native tokens instead…