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A Major Crypto Exchange Abandons Ethereum: Is the World’s Computer Falling Behind?

By ditching Ethereum for Cosmos, dYdX has sparked claims that it has chosen sovereignty over security.

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Ethereum's Gray Glacier (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Difficulty Bomb)

The delay of Ethereum’s Difficulty Bomb suggests the network’s Merge to proof-of-stake might be a bit further away than hoped.

"Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964), directed by Stanley Kubrick, distributed by Columbia Pictures

Crypto Market Chaos: No, Lido Is Not ‘the Next Terra’

After over $1 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, DeFi’s wild west period may be drawing to a close – but not everything’s a sham.

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Scaling Ethereum Beyond the Merge: Danksharding

Danksharding would take a massive step toward turning Ethereum layer 2 networks into first class citizens.

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Merge Ahead: Ethereum’s Dress Rehearsal (and a Hiccup)

Ethereum’s Ropsten testnet is on the brink of a pivotal transition to proof-of-stake, but an unwelcome “reorg” rained on the Merge prep parade last week.

Ethereum's Merge is ahead. (Simon McGill/Moment/Getty Images)