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Vitalik Buterin wants Ethereum to include EIP-8288 in the I-star upgrade after Hegota. Adoption would make RISC-V the network’s canonical instruction set and target lower costs for quantum-safe privacy.
Jack Dorsey’s Block has applied for a banking charter to launch Builders Bank, which would offer bitcoin custody and related fiduciary services. Bitcoin Magazine reported that the application has not yet resulted in an approved charter.
CCI and the Blockchain Association are seeking to block Illinois’ planned 0.2% crypto tax before its January effective date, arguing that the measure is unconstitutional and would impose costly compliance burdens.
Germany is weighing a draft bill to tax bitcoin gains more like stock investments, targeting tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period. Existing bitcoin holdings would keep their current tax treatment, according to CoinDesk.
Jack Dorsey’s Block is seeking a US trust bank charter for proposed Builders Bank. The institution would offer federally supervised custody for Bitcoin and stablecoins but would not accept deposits or issue loans.
Bitcoin may benefit from a euro-led DXY decline, but CryptoSlate said weakness in the dollar would need confirmation from real yields, credit conditions and Bitcoin’s performance across currencies to signal a broader liquidity improvement.
Ethereum’s proposed Frames change would allow extra validation work at individual nodes, but privacy proofs studied so far exceed the shared 100,000-gas allowance. One proof reportedly requires nearly twice the proposed budget.
Ethereum’s EIP-8141 could allow users to pay transaction fees without holding ETH. The proposal has been in draft form since January and was initially presented by its authors as a defense against quantum computers.
The Philippines’ central bank is considering a proposal to pause new payment operator registrations and impose enhanced monitoring and transaction limits on arrangements involving virtual asset service providers, Cointelegraph reported.
Liquid, a Bitcoin sidechain, paused after purported “white hats” withdrew 4,000 BTC, valued at about $320 million. The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the funds after an Elements vulnerability is patched.
Bitcoin’s latest rally began after the Treasury announced that, from Sept. 9, it would raise the maximum size of certain buyback operations for 10- to 30-year government bonds from $2 billion to $4 billion.
An Aave proposal would create bounded emergency roles able to freeze markets through one-way safety calls. CryptoSlate reports that the current Risk Steward release cannot invoke these tools, and they would not include unfreeze powers.
CryptoSlate reports that Solana’s first account-deposit reduction is live, while the full 90% cut remains incomplete. The broader plan could reduce SOL needed for accounts and weaken one reason to hold the token.
