Technological Innovations - Espresso Systems focuses on solving the fragmentation problem in Web3 blockchain ecosystems [1] - The project aims to offer high-speed finality and support Layer 2 technologies to facilitate efficient communication between different blockchains [1] - Espresso leverages improvements in consensus mechanisms and innovative technologies like erasure coding and zero-knowledge proofs [1] - These technologies are used to reduce cross-chain latency and improve interchain interaction [1] Market Positioning & Appeal - Espresso appeals to top developers and investors [1] - The project has a future market positioning and tokenomics model [1]

According to TSN ua, 21-year-old Ukrainian national Danylo Kuzmin was killed in Vienna, with police suspecting a crypto-related motive after a large amount was transferred from his wallet. Kuzmin, the son of Kharkiv deputy mayor Serhii Kuzmin, was allegedly beaten and forced to reveal wallet passwords before his car was set on fire. Two Ukrainian suspects have been detained: 19-year-old Bohdan Reinzhuk, Kuzmin’s university peer and the stepson of Ukraine’s ambassador to Bulgaria, and 45-year-old Oleksandr A ...

Ethereum consensus client Prysm released a post-mortem on the Dec. 4 Fusaka mainnet incident, attributing the outage to resource exhaustion caused by costly state recomputation when processing certain attestations. The issue led to 41 missed epochs, network participation dropping to 75%, and validator reward losses of about 382 ETH. A temporary fix was applied via a runtime flag, followed by permanent changes to attestation validation logic in versions v7.0.1 and v7.1.0.https://t.co/JQVP8cENHm ...

SEC releases crypto wallet and custody investor guide, outlining best practices and key risks across different custody models. The bulletin compares self-custody with third-party custody and warns investors to assess whether custodians rehypothecate assets or commingle client funds. The SEC also notes that hot wallets face hacking and cybersecurity risks, while cold wallets carry the risk of permanent loss due to device failure, theft, or compromised private keys.https://t.co/gCXdOACPgi ...

Strategy CEO: We Remain Confident Even If the Market Enters a Bear CycleStrategy CEO Phong Le said in a What Bitcoin Did interview on November 28, 2025, that accessing capital markets during a bear market is far more difficult than in a bull cycle, and the company can no longer raise dollars as easily as before. The launch of preferred products such as Stretch is intended to give MicroStrategy the ability to finance even when Bitcoin's price is flat or volatile. He noted that MicroStrategy has built a Bitco ...

On December 12, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of $49.16 million, with BlackRock’s IBIT as the only product seeing net inflows, while Ethereum spot ETFs posted net outflows of $19.41 million, with only BlackRock’s ETHA remaining in net inflow; XRP spot ETFs, meanwhile, recorded total net inflows of $20.17 million. https://t.co/QHxqsa3V6q ...

Robinhood's SuccessIn a recent interview on the a16z Podcast, Robinhood founder Vlad Tenev stated that the core reason they were able to break through a market dominated by giants lies in three counter-intuitive decisions. First, they pioneered zero-commission service, which gave them a 3-4 year lead over the industry in terms of business model. Second was their persistence on a mobile-first strategy. Finally, he noted that they deliberately chose a light-sounding name like "Robinhood" (similar to Airbnb) t ...

ADNOC has announced that it will accept AE Coin stablecoin payments at nearly 980 service stations across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, for services such as fuel, convenience store purchases, and car washes. AE Coin is the UAE's first stablecoin licensed by the Central Bank, pegged 1:1 to the AED. https://t.co/NchrD00S0K ...

Weekly Project Updates: World Launches Super-app, Tempo's Public Testnet Goes Live, Farcaster Undertakes Strategic Transformation, Hyperliquid Will Introduce Portfolio Margin in Its Network Upgrade to Unify Spot and Perpetual Trading Accounts. etc https://t.co/Vn5LjRDPOB https://t.co/nSEdaxNrLu ...

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins: Most ICOs Are Not SecuritiesOn December 9, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated in an interview with the Blockchain Association that many types of ICOs should not be considered securities transactions and therefore do not fall under SEC supervision. Under his proposed token classification framework, network tokens, digital collectibles, and digital utility tokens — along with their corresponding ICOs — should be overseen by the CFTC. Only offerings related to tokenized securities would ...