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How Ether.fi's Mike Silagadze Retained TVL as Restaking Lost Its Luster
Ether.fi, the market leader, has 2.6 million ETH staked on its platform and has plans to become a neobank.
The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet
Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman's World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming's Bot Problem.
It’s Time to Reform the Accredited Investor Rule
The shift to private-market fundraising shuts 80% of American households out of startup investing. That has to change, argue Aaron Brogan and Matt Homer.
What Banks Should Consider Before Diving Back Into Digital Assets
What we are seeing now is renewed interest in digital assets from banks across the board — from credit unions and community banks to midsize and regional players to Wall Street giants.
Crypto for Humans: Lessons from the Bybit Hack
The exploit showed that human failings, not technical glitches, are the most important factors in such incidents, says INSEAD's Ben Charoenwong.
How Funding Fragmentation Holds Ethereum Back
Blockchain-powered mechanisms like retroactive funding would incentivize building for impact and the long-term, says Meg Lister, General Manager at Gitcoin’s Grants Labs.
The U.S. Deserves Better Crypto ETFs. Let's Start With Solana
Limiting access to the chain that launched Trump’s memecoin is like shutting investors out from Amazon or Google during their initial offerings, says Hadley Stern, at Marinade Labs.
Developer Consensus May Be Converging on a Bitcoin Soft Fork Proposal: Blockspace
For the first time in more than four years, Bitcoiners are moving forward with changes to the project's underlying software, Blockspace writes.
Who Is Satoshi? Benjamin Wallace Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in New Book
“The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto” is a thoughtful new investigation into Bitcoin’s origins.
Weekly Recap: Regulatory Wins, Market Doldrums
PLUS: World Liberty Financial’s token sale, Coinbase in India, Ripple in Dubai
