Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Ethereum researchers have filed a draft proposal that would cut the network’s expected transaction finality from 16 minutes to about four minutes by decoupling block selection from finality voting, with broader benefits for capital efficiency and security
A new report finds digital-dollar payments cost a median $2 to send $200, far below traditional rates, with faster settlement but uneven reliability across markets
Prediction platform's short-duration gold contracts recorded 542 million trades and roughly $5 million in estimated fees during September, outpacing Ether while Bitcoin stayed far ahead
Ethereum layer-2 network faced temporary batch submission gaps to the base layer on September 4 while continuing local block production under record usage
Talks between Washington and Ottawa broke down just before a midnight deadline, leading to new U.S. duties on Canadian goods and a pledge of matching countermeasures from Canada
A recent academic paper from Stanford University and Singapore Management University identifies how Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contracts create conditions for spot price influence around settlement times
