Mindfully Curated
Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 calls, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here….
From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.
Last week, Tempus AI signed a $200 million strategic partnership with AstraZeneca and Pathos AI to build a multimodal oncology foundation model. Tempus is contributing its valuable data repository—over 8 million de-identified patient records, including…
The recent appointments of the two Co-Executive Directors and President are part of a broader effort to strengthen the Ethereum Foundation, and this structure is designed to ensure our vision, strategic and balanced execution, technical direction, and …
_Ethereum’s strength lies in its decentralization — not just technically, but socially and structurally. This blog articulates the EF’s vision, its role, and priorities as one of the ecosystem’s stewards. We use this moment as an opportunity to restate…
Hi! This is Hsiao-Wei and Tomasz co-writing this blog post. We’ve now been in our new Co-Executive Director roles for almost a month. The honeymoon is over, it’s time to get moving….
Now, in coordination with Bitcoin Park, ARK is pleased to host a monthly conversation with leaders in the Bitcoin space, to discuss everything happening in the rapidly-changing and still nascent Bitcoin ecosystem. Published through the For Your Innovat…
In ARK’s Big Ideas 2025 report, we updated our bitcoin price targets for 2030, projecting bear, base, and bull cases. This article unpacks the modeling methodology and assumptions supporting those price targets, including the expected total addressable…
On July 30th at 3:26:13 PM +UTC, Ethereum will celebrate 10 years since the genesis block. _Ethereum has come a long way. It came to life, survived and thrived against all odds, and led to breakthroughs in tokenization, fundraising, DeFi and digital o…
In this episode, Sam, Nick, and Varshika discuss Amazon’s new feature, ‘Buy For Me’, which allows users to shop across different marketplaces using Amazon’s purchasing capabilities. They explore the implications of agentic AI in e-commerce, the importance of reducing friction in the purchasing process, and how this innovation could reshape the competitive landscape. The conversation also touches on the future of services enabled by AI, emphasizing the value of knowledge in facilitating transactions.
The Pectra network upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet on May 07, 2025 at epoch 364032 (10:05:11 UTC)! Mainnet client releases are listed below….
The disgraced VP has been catapulted into the meme-o-sphere yet again due to the suspicious proximity of his visit to the Vatican and the Pope’s death.
We’re kicking off the road to Devconnect in Buenos Aires (Nov 17–22) with Destino Devconnect, a community-powered push to bring Argentina onchain. From now until November, we’re inviting local builders, organizers, and enthusiasts to unite under one ba…
Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald.
With my plastic container of dirt in hand, I entered the Lower East Side arts space Chinatown Soup and joined a crowd teeming with shriveled leaves, moldy roots, and wilted stems.
From artwork tributes to miniature landmarks, this year’s event brought together the quirky, camp, and fantastical in what one participant called “a love-fest.”
An exhibition at the Warburg Institute proposes that tarot brings forth a smart mixture of play and ancient wisdom that might help us juggle our reality.
In her paintings, the 17th-century Dutch painter captured a pure, crystalline moment of time with unnerving verisimilitude.
CJ Hendry’s massive inflatable installation, Keff Joons, transforms a seemingly unassuming Brooklyn warehouse into an air-filled rainbow playground.
This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.