Decentralised oracle network Chainlink has launched the "Chainlink Runtime Environment" — a standard framework for connecting traditional financial architecture, payment systems, and legacy institutions with blockchain protocols and smart contracts within a unified ecosystem.
Ethereum Foundation researchers Dankrad Feist and Justin Drake have reportedly resigned from their advisory roles at Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer. Both claimed to have made the move after considering a potential conflict of interest within the Ethereum community. Notably, some community members voiced these concerns months ago when the researchers first made their announcement about joining as advisors. The community members feared that EigenLayer’s payouts to Ethereum foundation researchers was an attempt by the project to influence the broader Ethereum network’s development roadmap.
Staking protocol Bedrock reportedly suffered a security exploit that allowed users to swap 1 Universal Bitcoin (a wrapped Bitcoin on the platform) for 1 Ethereum, despite the price difference between the two assets. This resulted in an estimated $2 million being drained from the protocol.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will be released from custody on September 29, after serving a four-month sentence for violating the Bank Secrecy Act. The case relates to an admission that Zhao failed to set up an adequate know-your-customer (KYC) program at Binance. As part of his sentence, Zhao also agreed to pay a $50 million fine and resign as CEO of Binance, which is now led by Richard Teng.
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov finally broke his silence on his arrest in France by posting a message addressing the issue on his public Telegram channel. He started by describing the actions of the French authorities as “surprising for several reasons.” He denounced the grounds of his recent arrest and pushed back on assertions that Telegram is filled with criminals.However, he admitted that the company needed to do a better job moderating abuse of the platform by criminals.
Lead sheet well arranged in CT scan Suit to protect radiographers from radiation emmited from the machine to the console room.✅
Several notable industry leaders across crypto and fintech have reportedly joined Coinbase in declaring their opposition to a proposed rule change that could see political prediction markets banned in the United States. The new wave of supporters includes Gemini, Crypto.com, Robinhood and influential blogger Scott Alexander.
Crypto asset manager Grayscale announced the launch of two new crypto funds that will invest in the native tokens of the decentralised AI project Bittensor Protocol (TAO) and layer-1 blockchain Sui (SUI). The funds, which are single-asset funds, will be called The Grayscale Bittensor Trust and Grayscale Sui Trust. Access to the funds will be limited to eligible individual and institutional accredited investors.
According to on-chain data shared by Arkham Intelligence, the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox has transferred 33,105 BTC ($2.19 billion) to a new address starting with “bc1q26.” It is unclear who owns the new address that received the $2 billion worth of BTC. The latest transaction comes after Mt. Gox already moved billions of dollars worth of BTC over the past few weeks to designated crypto exchanges as part of its $9 billion payout. This includes Bitbank, Kraken, Bitstamp and SBI VC Trade.
