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CryptoSlate reports that a reduced RowDAS design shared reconstruction duties in 1,000-node tests, potentially easing Ethereum’s rollup-related computing load while retaining reliance on high-custody nodes.
Vitalik Buterin estimates a 60% chance of a cryptography breakthrough involving three primitives. At least one, probably SNARKs, could arrive by decade-end and potentially weaken traditional Wall Street intermediaries.
Harmony proposed shutting down its layer-1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions. The proposal’s timeline and implementation details were not disclosed.
A CryptoSlate-cited two-year model says Bitmine could exceed its 5% Ethereum goal without further purchases, but would need to retain about 74% of rewards with flat supply and 96.5% if supply grows 0.5% annually.
Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology. Decrypt describes it as infrastructure for tokenized stocks, meme coins, crypto applications and other on-chain financial products.
A Japanese company sold its Ethereum, Solana and XRP holdings for ¥878.8 million, while keeping $121 million in Bitcoin. Management may use the proceeds beyond cryptocurrency, leaving its portfolio Bitcoin-only.
Nearly $10 million could be stranded on an Ethereum layer 2 after deposits were halted and the network announced plans to shut down. CryptoSlate said users must follow differing exit procedures before New Year’s Eve to avoid possible loss.
CrowdStrike and federal authorities disrupted Russia-based Sality malware, which allegedly redirected copied Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses for eight years. More than 15,000 infected machines have been isolated.
