Ethereum Staking Address Now Holds Over Half ETH Supply For First Time Ever: Santiment

Ethereum’s proof-of-stake contract address now holds over half of the Ether supply “for the first time in the coin’s eleven-year history,” reported on-chain analytics provider Santiment on Wednesday. This appears…

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Russia’s censorship crackdown and WhatsApp ban expose the decentralization gap the crypto industry keeps missing

Russia’s recent messaging crackdown is the cleanest real-world stress test of decentralization in years, and it produced an awkward result. Roskomnadzor began throttling Telegram on Feb. 10, citing “non-compliance.” Two…

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Ethereum Is Neutral, People Aren’t: Vitalik Buterin Draws a Clear Line

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that users do not need to agree with his views on applications, trust assumptions, politics, decentralized finance, decentralized social platforms, privacy-preserving payments, artificial intelligence, or…

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