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Greenpeace Unveils ‘Skull of Satoshi’ to Spark Debate Over Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact; Creator Clarifies It ‘Wasn’t Meant to Be Anti-Bitcoin’

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Greenpeace, the well known environmental NGO, has unveiled the “Skull of Satoshi,” an art installation intended to spark debate about the impact of Bitcoin on the environment. The 11-foot skull was constructed with electronic waste materials and features smokestacks and Bitcoin logos. However, its creator, Benjamin Von Wong, explained it was not meant to be […]

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Post-Merge Ethereum: Grayscale extends review of ETHPoW decision

Grayscale will take 180 days at max to decide whether, when and in what manner to sell ETHPoW on behalf of the record date shareholders.

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Ethereum core developers set April 12 for Shanghai hard fork

The upgrade will enable staked ETH withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum’s transition to a PoS consensus.

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Gensler suggests staking token operators should ‘seek to come into compliance’

The SEC head was speaking impromptu to reporters after a commission meeting when he was asked about a statement made by the CFTC chair.

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Ethereum layer-2 solutions may focus less on token incentives in the future

Token incentive models may become obsolete as layer-2 networks focus on ease of functionality and low fees, but how will this impact decentralization?

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While Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Sky-High, Merge-Mined Crypto Asset Networks Benefit

In recent times, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been consistently above 300 exahash per second (EH/s) as multiple mining pools dedicate significant hashpower to the Bitcoin blockchain today. Interestingly, some of the world’s top bitcoin mining pools are also using their hashrate to merge-mine other coins, and these networks have benefited from bitcoin’s increased hashrate. How Bitcoin’s […]

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Ethereum eyes 25% correction in March but ETH price bulls have a silver lining

The Ethereum market has grown cautious around the long-awaited Shanghai upgrade, which will unlock 17.4 million ETH into circulation.

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Ethereum Shapella upgrade gets new date, making way for un-staking ETH

The upgrade is only for the Sepolia network and a subsequent upgrade for Goerli network would be introduced in March.

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Proof of Stake Alliance publishes white papers on legal aspects of liquidity staking

Experts from 10 industry organizations contributed to this pioneering examination of legal questions surrounding proof of stake.

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Ethereum’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake Yields Deflationary Results

After the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum’s annual issuance rate has been reduced to negative 0.057%, according to statistics 158 days after The Merge. The metrics indicate that more ethereum tokens have been removed than issued, and if the chain were still under PoW consensus, 1,823,678 ether would have been minted to […]

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