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Ethereum Foundation's Main Wallet Down to About $650M, Top Official Says
As recently as March 2022 – when the price of Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), was higher – the foundation's treasury held about $1.3 billion of ETH.
Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance
The migration from Polygon's MATIC token to POL will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.
Polygon to Start Much-Awaited Swap of POL Token for Longstanding MATIC
The migration to POL from MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.
Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance
The highly anticipated upgrade turns Cardano's ADA cryptocurrency into a governance token.
Blockchain Developer Alchemy Buys BWare, Pushing Into Europe, Adding About 25% to Staff
Company officials told CoinDesk this was its biggest acquisition to date, bringing on 41 developers and engineers from the Bware team and increasing Alchemy's headcount to 190.
Solving Fragmentation Is Next Blockchain Race as Layer 2s Multiply, ZKsync Developer Says
Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski told CoinDesk in an interview that fragmentation among layer-2 networks is the next big challenge the blockchain space needs to tackle.
Cardano Blockchain Heads for 'Chang Hard Fork,' Biggest Upgrade in Two Years
The main feature of the upgrade is to give Cardano the ability to introduce on-chain governance features.
Sony, Electronics Pioneer Behind Walkman, Starts Own Blockchain 'Soneium'
The new project, "Soneium" will be a layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, using technology from Optimism's OP Stack.
NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add 'Stateless Validation'
The upgrade, known as "Nightshade 2.0," has been on the NEAR roadmap for years, with the first version introduced in 2022.
Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'
The EOF proposal is a series of planned changes aiming to update the ubiquitous Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) – the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and an evolving industry standard in its own right.
