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ForkLog 198 17.02.2025

WikiLeaks Donor Burns 600 ETH, Leaves Messages on ‘Mind Control’

On February 17, a user burned 500 ETH (approximately $1.3 million at the time of writing), leaving an on-chain message warning of ‘mind control’ in Chinese. ‘Kuande Investment executives Feng Xin and Xu Yuzhi used computer-brain weapons to persecute all employees, including former ones, and even fell under its control themselves,’ the message stated. Kuande […]

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ForkLog 95 14.02.2025

Vitalik Buterin Advocates for Increasing Ethereum’s Gas Limit

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has articulated arguments in a new essay for further expanding transaction space in the network’s first-layer block. Reasons to have higher L1 gas limits even in an L2-heavy Ethereumhttps://t.co/BMFhzoO8bE — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 14, 2025 In early February, Ethereum validators supported increasing the gas limit from 30 million to 36 million, […]

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ForkLog 19 14.02.2025

Ethereum Developers Consider Accelerating Network Upgrades

One of the most common user suggestions on the Pectra Retrospective forum is to speed up Ethereum updates. Tim Beiko from EF mentioned this during the ACDE Call teleconference. He recommended defining the scope of an upgrade before the previous hard fork is implemented on the mainnet. This would allow for a quicker transition to […]

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ForkLog 30 13.02.2025

Ethereum Foundation Allocates $120 Million to DeFi Protocols

The non-profit Ethereum Foundation (EF) has allocated $120 million worth of ETH to several lending protocols to enhance reserve yields. EF Treasury has deployed: — 10,000 ETH into Spark— 10,000 ETH into Aave Prime— 20,800 ETH into Aave Core— 4,200 ETH into Compound We’re grateful for the entire Ethereum security community that has worked diligently […]

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ForkLog 12 13.02.2025

BNB Recovers February Losses Following 2025 Roadmap Release

On the morning of February 13, BNB’s price tested the $720 mark, a level last seen in mid-January. The catalyst for this rise was the release of the project’s technical roadmap for 2025. https://t.co/egfSBKX3SX — BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) February 12, 2025 The document outlines: reducing block formation time from three seconds to less than one […]

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ForkLog 9 12.02.2025

Anthony Scaramucci Backs Solana in the ‘Tokenization Race’

Solana, rather than Ethereum, will emerge as the winner in the ‘tokenization race,’ according to Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital and former member of the presidential administration, speaking on CNBC. “If [CEO of BlackRock] Larry Fink is right, and we end up tokenizing stocks and bonds, Solana will be the more obvious choice,” commented […]

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ForkLog 13 12.02.2025

WLFI Unveils Cryptocurrency Reserve Strategy

The Trump-affiliated company World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has announced a strategic cryptocurrency reserve named Macro Strategy. Dear WLFI Community, We are thrilled to announce a transformative initiative that marks a significant milestone in our journey together. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is proud to unveil the Macro Strategy, our strategic token reserve designed to bolster leading […]

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ForkLog 40 12.02.2025

Lido Announces v3 Update

Developers of the liquid staking platform Lido plan to release the v3 protocol update in the summer of 2025. Introducing Lido V3: Ethereum Staking Infrastructurehttps://t.co/SYNSBW6S6R Advancing Ethereum staking with stVaults. ? pic.twitter.com/nMFhGlLDL3 — Lido (@LidoFinance) February 11, 2025 The core feature of v3 is the modular smart contracts stVaults, allowing users to customize the staking […]

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ForkLog 14 11.02.2025

Experts Attribute Ethereum’s Weakness to Hedge Funds’ Short Positions

Ethereum has lagged behind Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies, remaining within a range of $2500 to $4000 over the past year. The Kobeissi Letter attributes this to hedge funds increasing their short positions. What is happening with Ethereum? Short positioning in Ethereum is now up +40% in ONE WEEK and +500% since November 2024. Never […]

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ForkLog 24 11.02.2025

Ethereum Transaction Fees Drop to September Levels

The daily volume of transaction fees generated in the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has fallen to levels last seen in September 2024.

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ForkLog 27 10.02.2025

‘Bitcoin is cooked’: Justin Drake sees deflationary potential in Ethereum

Justin Drake outlined ways to restore deflation in the Ethereum network. Bitcoin will face security challenges as it nears the 21m BTC supply cap. Advances in energy, mining efficiency and economic incentives could mitigate the headwinds for the first cryptocurrency. As issuance shrinks, Ethereum will gain the status of “ultrasound” money, while Bitcoin will be […]

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ForkLog 35 06.02.2025

JPMorgan Analysts Highlight Ethereum’s Competitive Threats

According to analysts at JPMorgan, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will continue to face “intense competition” from rival blockchain projects such as Solana. This was reported by The Block.

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