On January 24th, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, posted a video saying that thanks to Trump's words, it feels great to be free again. This is an important moment for everyone. I will slowly readjust to my new life and feel the world well. Previously, Ross Ulbricht was fully and unconditionally pardoned by Trump. Previously, Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 40 years for operating the dark web market Silk Road. Trump had promised during the 2024 election campaign that if e...
Curve founder Michael Egorov posted on the X platform with five suggestions for improvement for the Ethereum Foundation: 1. Adopt a roadmap focused on scaling L1. Accept the fact that L2 is fragmenting the ecosystem. Pushing users towards the VC chain is not the neutrality we want. L2 is still suitable as an "application chain" for non-financial applications or applications that don't require composability. 2. Funding important non-profit infrastructure projects. Vype...
Deribit posted that as part of the platform update, ETHW and MATIC wallet support will be discontinued on February 13, 2025, as will MATIC/USDC spot trading. Users are required to withdraw their balance by 9:00 am UTC on February 13, 2025. After this date, the remaining balance will be converted to USDC at the market price.
Binance Lianchuang CZ posted on the X platform: "I have seen a lot of news about the kidnapping of the former CEO of Ledger and the demand for bitcoin ransom. Some news claims that he is fine. I am not sure whether it is true or not. The truth will be revealed soon. In any case, I hope he is all right. I hope he is all right."
ENS, the Ethereum domain name service, posted: ".eth still exists, and so many people have added .eth to their accounts, which is a strong solidarity with Ethereum's core values. ENS was born in the early days of Ethereum, separated from the Ethereum Foundation, and has always been fully aligned with the community's commitment to decentralization. We support the growth of Ethereum, working together to build a strong global community. Working together for a strong global community. Our roots and ...
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin wrote that no one is left behind. After the release of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Tornado Cash also won an important case today. TornadoCash team members Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm are next.
Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, posted on the X platform: "Last month, we successfully rejected an unreasonable request for a court to force us to continue listing a token that no longer meets our listing criteria. Today, Coinbase has decided to completely dismiss BiT Global's unreasonable lawsuit. There is no legal requirement that Coinbase must custody assets that have an unacceptable level of risk due to their association with Justin Sun et al. We have every right and responsibi...
Eric Trump, Trump's second son, said in a social media post, "In my opinion, now is the best time to invest in America. Betting on our markets, energy, technology and cryptocurrencies - betting on a country that has been freed from shackles and shackles and now has unlimited potential. There is no doubt that Biden left a mess, but this mess will be corrected, and the next four years will be glorious. Transformative wealth will be created, and I hope we all enjoy this journey. "
On January 21, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote that Rex has applied to launch the DOGE ETF and the TRUMP ETF.
Eric Conner, an early developer of Ethereum, said in an x-post that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is becoming more opaque and disconnected from the community as Vitalik Buterin gradually recedes into the background. He pointed out that EF is currently exhibiting an "anti-victory and competitive mentality", which has led many community members to question whether to stay. Eric said that leadership, culture and community are all important, but currently EF is more inclined to focus on "goodwill" an...
ZachXBT, a detective on the chain, wrote: "When the US government was hacked for $20 million a few months ago, I helped recover a large amount of money and received a zero reward for it."
Data analyst Dan Smith wrote in X: Today Solana REV (mainly refers to the total consumption of transaction fees) once again reached $50 million. Jito performed strongly, with Tips daily revenue hitting an all-time high of $25.20 million.
Jesse Pollak, head of the Base protocol, wrote on X: "Base's annualised [on-chain] GDP is just over $1 billion, and the next target is $1 trillion."
"For the past seven years, 1confirmation has recommended that all companies building on Ethereum also hold ETH and pledge," Nick Tomaino, founder of 1confirmation, said in a social media post. "Generally, it is recommended to keep cash reserves for two to three years and hold and pledge the rest in ETH. 1confirmation companies collectively hold more than $100 million in Ethereum."
Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said in a social media post that "the U.S. plan to build a strategic reserve of bitcoin has not been priced by the market. It's not even close."