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View More NewsEther.fi has captured roughly $223 million in annualized fees and about $51 million in annualized revenue. In the second quarter, it earned $41 million in gross revenue and nearly $10 million in earnings after rewards and other costs, with only $30,000 of value distributed to ETHFI holders through buybacks.The split lands as Ethereum’s staking economics are under debate.A group of Ethereum researchers, one from the Ethereum Foundation, proposed this week that the network stop paying people to stake once half of all ether is locked up. Under the current setup the payment never falls to zero no matter how much…
Additionally, the OFAC also sanctioned a network of foreign exchange houses, shell companies and individuals on Friday that it said helped Iran’s shadow banking system move hundreds of millions of dollars, including funds tied to overseas oil sales.“The Iranian regime’s reliance on digital assets and shadow banking networks is further evidence that Economic Fury is working,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Whether in dollars, rials, or crypto, Treasury will hunt down and dismantle the illicit financial networks that keep the regime afloat.”The designations came as the U.S.-Iran war has raised the stakes of Washington’s push to cut…
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In what we know as the Middle East, a dramatic jump in the emerging pattern of human violence took place around 5500 BCE, the primary evidence being circumvallation, the construction of walled fortifications around population centres.Circumvallation was not unprecedented. The massive and fabled walls of Jericho appeared around 8000 BCE. Twelve feet high and six feet thick, an estimated 1,800 feet in circumference, the walls were a mute indicator of both the place’s unprecedented wealth—perhaps derived from trading Dead Sea salt—and the need to protect it. But these fortifications stood alone for 2,500 years; and then, rather suddenly, equivalents began…
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In brief A wallet holding 49.97 BTC—received on July 16, 2011—moved the funds on Wednesday at block 961331. The stash is worth about $3.2…
So the protections stay what they are: at the federal level not law, but an interpretive notice sorting 16 tokens, a collateral pilot, a…
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In brief Bumblebee is a free, open-source tool that checks developer computers for compromised software, browser extensions, and AI connector configs—without running the infected…
New York, May 25, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the continued judicial harassment of lawyer and media commentator Sonia Dahmani, amid escalating attacks…
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has blocked access to Polymarket, saying the crypto-based prediction market amounts to online gambling under local law.The…
XRP (XRP) traded within a key “value zone” where whales recently accumulated $170 million, signaling a tightening liquidity supply.Key takeaways:XRP whales withdrew 122 million…
In brief Vitalik Buterin announced the Ethereum Foundation will shrink into a “smaller ship,” leaning into its works under a framework known as CROPS.…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation will choose “longevity over breadth,” reduce ETH sales and narrow its focus to CROPS: censorship resistance,…
May 25, 2026 — Canton Foundation, Toss, BitGo Among Co-Hosts at Private Event; Token Launch Slated for Second Half of 2026.On May 21, ARIQO,…
In brief Pope Leo XIV released “Magnifica Humanitas” on May 25, the first papal encyclical dedicated entirely to AI. The encyclical classifies algorithms, data,…