Starknet publishes post-mortem report after temporary network outage

The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back some activity. дальше »

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Vulnerability found in Babylon staking code could slow block production

A newly discovered vulnerability may enable malicious validators to omit the hash field when posting blocks, leading to validator crashes and slowing block production. дальше »

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Ethereum bumps blob capacity as it gears for Fusaka upgrade

Ethereum increased its data capacity per block, raising the blob target to 14 and the maximum blob limit to 21. дальше »

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Block Earner’s Partnership with Worldpay Allows Australians to Purchase Cryptocurrency Directly

Block Earner partners with Worldpay to let Australians buy crypto instantly using cards and mobile wallets, removing the need for bank transfers. дальше »

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opBNB Fourier Mainnet Hardfork Cuts Block Time to 250ms

The completion of opBNB’s Fourier mainnet hardfork makes a notable protocol-level change. The move decreases the block time from 500ms to nearly 250ms. дальше »

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opBNB Mainnet Hardfork Slashes Block Time to 250ms, Doubling Speed Across BNB Chain

Key Takeaways: opBNB has successfully executed its Fourier mainnet hardfork, cutting block time from 500ms to 250ms. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao confirmed the upgrade, highlighting a major performance leap for The post opBNB Mainnet Hardfork Slashes Block Time to 250ms, Doubling Speed Across BNB Chain appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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South Korea Weighs Freezing Unrealized Crypto Gains to Crush Price Manipulation Before Cash-Outs

Key Takeaways: South Korean regulators are reviewing a plan to freeze crypto accounts holding unrealized gains tied to suspected price manipulation. The proposal would block withdrawals and transfers early, mirroring The post South Korea Weighs Freezing Unrealized Crypto Gains to Crush Price Manipulation Before Cash-Outs appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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South Korea weighs preemptive freezes on suspicious crypto accounts

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is reviewing a proposal to allow preemptive account freezes. According to local sources, the proposal defines a system referred to as “payment suspension” that would enable authorities to block suspicious crypto transactions before illegal gains can be moved or hidden. дальше »

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Bitcoin Tops $91,000 — 17 Years After Satoshi Mined The Genesis Block

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Bitcoiners Celebrate ‘Genesis Day’ As US Debt Swells Past $38 Trillion

The US federal debt passed $38 trillion on January 3, 2026, according to Treasury tracking. That new milestone was reached as some in the cryptocurrency community observed Genesis Day, the anniversary of Bitcoin’s first block. дальше »

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Happy Genesis Block Day: долг США превысил $38,5 трлн в годовщину создания биткоина

Национальный долг США превысил $38,5 трлн в тот самый день, когда биткоин-сообщество отмечает очередную годовщину создания первой цифровой валюты. 3 января государственная задолженность достигла $38 561 900 451 378, согласно данным счетчика национального долга США. дальше »

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US national debt crosses $38.5T, as Bitcoiners celebrate 'Genesis Day'

The first block was mined and added to the Bitcoin ledger on January 3, 2009, by pseudonymous cryptographer Satoshi Nakamoto.

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First Bitcoin Block Mined by Satoshi 17 Years Ago, Coinbase Shares Epic Tweet

Happy birthday Bitcoin, the first BTC block was mined this day by Satoshi Nakamoto 17 years ago. дальше »

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Bitcoin Turns 17 – A Hidden Genesis Block Message Still Moves Crypto Today

Key Takeaways Bitcoin is 17 years old as of January 3, 2009, when the Genesis Block was mined, which means that its origin dates to a banking crisis in the The post Bitcoin Turns 17 – A Hidden Genesis Block Message Still Moves Crypto Today appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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Что такое генезис-блок: на примере Биткоина

Генезис-блок (genesis block) — это первый блок любой блокчейн-сети. Как правило, он непосредственно задан в программной реализации блокчейна и служит отправной точкой всей цепочки. Сам блокчейн представляет собой непрерывно растущий список блоков, неизменяемых структур данных, содержащих информацию о транзакциях и связанных между собой с помощью криптографических методов, образуя таким образом цепь. дальше »

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Что такое генезис-блок: на примере Биткоина в его день рождения

Генезис-блок (genesis block) — это первый блок любой блокчейн-сети. Как правило, он непосредственно задан в программной реализации блокчейна и служит отправной точкой всей цепочки. Сам блокчейн представляет собой непрерывно растущий список блоков, неизменяемых структур данных, содержащих информацию о транзакциях и связанных между собой с помощью криптографических методов, образуя таким образом цепь. дальше »

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Cardano Midnight Genesis Block May Emerge in 90 Days

The Midnight network is evolving with the Cardano community now anticipating the mainnet launch per road map projections. дальше »

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Bitcoin Miners Brace For Another Difficulty Spike In January After 2025 Record

Bitcoin’s network has become slightly harder to mine, with the latest difficulty rising to a little over 148 trillion. Block times are currently averaging about 9. 95 minutes, a little below the network’s 10-minute goal, prompting the adjustment to slow mining slightly. дальше »

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What if Bitcoin blocks signaled the New Year? Creating Universal Bitcoin Time but trapping holders in a tax nightmare

Bitcoin miners produced block 929,699 on Dec. 27. What if that was the signal for a New Year’s moment, rather than our traditional calendar? The pitch is that block height, the ordered count of blocks every full node can verify, can act as a calendar layer for a market that trades and settles across jurisdictions. дальше »

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New Year’s Eve based on BTC block time not astronomy – introducing Universal Bitcoin Time

Bitcoin miners produced block 929,699 on Dec. 27. What if that was the signal for a New Year’s moment, rather than our traditional calendar? The pitch is that block height, the ordered count of blocks every full node can verify, can act as a calendar layer for a market that trades and settles across jurisdictions. дальше »

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Coinbase CEO says reopening GENIUS Act is ‘red line,’ slams bank lobbying

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned that reopening the GENIUS Act would cross a “red line,” accusing banks of lobbying Congress to block stablecoin rewards and limit competition. дальше »

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BNB Smart Chain’s Fermi hard fork scheduled to launch in January 2026

The Fermi hard fork will cut block times to 250ms, enabling faster DeFi and real-time apps. It will also introduce extended voting and partial indexing, leading to stability and lighter nodes. The experimental BAL showed ~18. дальше »

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BNB Chain to activate Fermi hard fork on Mainnet in January 2026

BNB Chain will activate the Fermi hard fork on its mainnet on 14 January 2026 at 02:30 UTC, according to BNB Chain Developers. The Hard Fork marks a major network upgrade aimed at improving block The post BNB Chain to activate Fermi hard fork on Mainnet in January 2026 appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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BNB Chain Fermi hard fork scheduled for January activation

The mainnet rollout follows the Fermi testnet activation in November, further reducing block times on the layer-1 blockchain network. дальше »

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Justin Sun Locked Out As WLFI Blacklist Drags Into Fourth Month

Justin Sun is absorbing mounting losses after remaining blacklisted from World Liberty Financial for more than three months. The restriction, first imposed in September, continues to block access to his WLFI holdings and has erased an estimated $60 million in value. дальше »

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Vital Block and PopChain Partnership Enhances Security to ConnectFi Blockchain

Vital Block Security is working with PopChain Network to offer smart contract auditing services for ConnectFi blockchain projects and developers. дальше »

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Aave price slides nearly 10% after $37.6M whale sell-off

Aave price slid on Dec. 22 after a large holder moved a sizable block of tokens into the market, setting off a sharp sell-off over a short period.  The move pushed the token down to around $161.70 at press time,… дальше »

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Ethereum Foundation refocuses to security over speed – sets strict 128-bit rule for 2026

The zkEVM ecosystem spent a year sprinting on latency. Proving time for an Ethereum block collapsed from 16 minutes to 16 seconds, costs dropped 45-fold, and participating zkVMs now prove 99% of mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds on target hardware. дальше »

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Solo Bitcoin miner beats overwhelming odds to win $271,000 block reward

A solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined an entire Bitcoin block on December 18, after renting hashpower through the NiceHash marketplace, according to blockchain data. дальше »

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Block Sec Arena Partners with Fomo_in To Deliver Comprehensive Security and Growth Solutions for Blockchain Startups

Block Sec Arena and Fomo_in come together to provide blockchain startups with integrated security audits, growth marketing as well as incubation services. дальше »

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Назван лидер по капитализации среди «золотых стейблкоинов»

Лидером среди обеспеченных золотом стейблкоинов в уходящем году стал XAUT компании Tether с капитализацией почти $2,2 млрд — он занял 50% рынка, сообщили аналитики платформы The Block's Data. дальше »

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Anatomy of a transaction: From wallet to block

A crypto transaction may look instantaneous, just a confirmation badge on a block explorer, yet beneath that moment lies a dense relay of signatures, mempools, validators, and probabilistic finality. дальше »

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Web3 Security Meets ESG Innovation – Vital Block and LoveBit Announce Partnership

Vital Block Security partners with LoveBit, ESG-focused crypto patent, and improves Web3 security with expert auditing and robust infrastructures. дальше »

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Coinbase sets surprise product launch, solo Bitcoin miner beats 30,000-to-1 odds, Tether eyes Juventus purchase | Weekly Recap

In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Coinbase prepares to introduce prediction markets and tokenized equities, a solo Bitcoin miner achieved another improbable block reward, and Tether’s CEO expressed interest in acquiring legendary Italian football club Juventus. Coinbase schedules… дальше »

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Аналитики Bybit и Block Scholes заметили рост оптимизма криптоинвесторов

Крипторынок демонстрирует сигналы, указывающие на осторожный оптимизм трейдеров и инвесторов, сообщили Bits.media аналитики биржи Bybit и компании Block Scholes. дальше »

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Эксперты исключили «ралли Санта-Клауса» для биткоина

Снижение ключевой ставки ФРС не станет достаточным стимулом для немедленного роста крипторынка. Осторожная позиция регулятора отложит обновление ATH биткоина как минимум до весны, предупредили аналитики в беседе с The Block. дальше »

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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum can handle temporary loss of finality

Vitalik Buterin downplayed Ethereum’s recent brush with finality loss, saying temporary delays are fine if the wrong block is not finalized, and experts mostly agree. дальше »

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Polygon’s Madhugiri Hardfork Set to Deliver 33% Throughput Surge and Major Stability Upgrades

Key Takeaways: Polygon’s Madhugiri Hardfork activates at block 80,084,800, boosting network throughput by 33%. The upgrade enables future block-time adjustments without needing another hardfork. Developers gain stronger EVM security, faster The post Polygon’s Madhugiri Hardfork Set to Deliver 33% Throughput Surge and Major Stability Upgrades appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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Here’s What Polygon’s Madhugiri Hardfork Has to Offer

Polygon’s Madhugiri hard fork goes live on December 9, boosting network throughput by 33%, reducing block consensus time to one second. The post Here’s What Polygon’s Madhugiri Hardfork Has to Offer appeared first on Coinspeaker. дальше »

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Bybit report highlights market sentiment recovery: what does it mean for BTC, ETH?

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) traded slightly lower on Friday, but as a new report by Bybit and Block Scholes points out, the top coins are holding onto recent gains amid signals of a market recovery. дальше »

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Ethereum raises block gas limit to 60M as network prepares for Fusaka upgrade

Ethereum’s baseline capacity has expanded once again, with the network raising its block gas limit from 45 million to 60 million — a move that developers and DeFi users hope will ease congestion and reduce costs across the ecosystem. дальше »

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Группа лоббистов потребовала от Трампа срочно прояснить регулирование криптовалют

Представители 65 работающих с криптовалютами организаций, включая Solana Policy Institute, Blockchain Association, компании Block, Pantera, Wintermute, Skybridge, Uniswap Labs, призвали президента США Дональда Трампа немедленно поручить федеральным ведомствам уточнить правила регулирования и налогообложение криптовалют. дальше »

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Доход биткоин-майнеров от комиссий установил антирекорд

Поступления добытчиков первой криптовалюты от комиссий за транзакции упали до минимума за 12 месяцев. Об этом свидетельствуют данные The Block. Показатель снизился до $300 000 в день — это 1% от общего дохода майнеров. дальше »

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Standard Chartered: коррекция биткоина «исчерпала себя» 

Коррекция на рынке криптовалют подошла к концу. Глава исследований цифровых активов Standard Chartered Джеффри Кендрик предсказал рост цены биткоина до конца года, пишет The Block. По его словам, текущее падение сопоставимо с двумя крупными распродажами за последние два года. дальше »

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Не пик цикла: аналитики Bernstein назвали «краткосрочной» коррекцию биткоина на 25%

Падение цены первой криптовалюты почти на 25% от ATH вблизи уровня $126 000 является краткосрочным и не знаменует начало масштабного даунтренда. Такое мнение выразили исследователи Bernstein, сообщает The Block. дальше »

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Arcade tokens are a ‘critical building block’ in crypto’s evolution: a16z

Venture capital firm a16z argues ecosystem-locked tokens, akin to airline miles, could be key for builders to create stable, spendable digital economies without the noise of speculation. дальше »

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New Bybit–Block Scholes Analysis Links Falling Open Interest and Put Skew to Bitcoin Bear Market

Bybit and Block Scholes find that falling open interest, bearish funding rates and a put-heavy options skew signaled traders’ defensive positioning. дальше »

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Bybit publishes report with Block Scholes showing bearish crypto positioning despite US shutdown resolution

Bybit and Block Scholes report shows crypto traders leaning bearish as BTC drops below $100K and equities lose momentum. The post Bybit publishes report with Block Scholes showing bearish crypto positioning despite US shutdown resolution appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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В Bernstein заявили об устойчивости Circle

Акции компании Circle упали на 12,2%, несмотря на сильный отчет за третий квартал. Аналитики Bernstein считают опасения инвесторов необоснованными, пишет The Block. Источник: Google Finance. дальше »

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Bitcoin all the things — Square payments offer 0% bitcoin transaction fee

Block has switched on Bitcoin payments across its Square merchant network, giving roughly 4 million sellers the ability to accept Lightning Network payments at the point of sale. The merchant selects Bitcoin at checkout, Square generates a Lightning invoice QR code, the customer pays with Cash App or any Lightning-enabled wallet, and settlement happens in […] The post Bitcoin all the things — Square payments offer 0% bitcoin transaction fee appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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