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During August and September 2025, Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) dominated the vehicles through which digital assets have gone mainstream on Wall Street. It must have been a surprising turn of events to those in the community who assumed that ETFs wou…
Last week, Shopify joined forces with Lovable to help users build and launch online stores, set up shopping carts and checkouts, and create fully functional storefronts. Lovable is an AI-powered vibe coding and app development platform that empowers us…
In this episode of the Brainstorm podcast, Sam Korus, Brett Winton, and Nick Grous dive into the latest advancements in space exploration with SpaceX’s groundbreaking achievements and the evolving landscape of gene sequencing technology. From the successful Starship test flight to the economic implications of reusable rockets, and the cost dynamics of long-read versus short-read sequencing, this discussion offers a deep dive into the future of technology and innovation.
In November 2022, OpenAI unleashed the cutting edge of large language models (LLMs), now called the ChatGPT moment. Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI quickly joined the race and accelerated the pace of innovation by advancing benchmark performance an…
Starting with the upcoming Fusaka hard fork, EIP-7825 introduces a per-transaction gas limit cap of 2²⁴ (≈ 16.78 million gas). This change is already live on Holesky and Sepolia, and will activate on mainnet with Fusaka. Developers and users who rely…
Last week, SpaceX successfully completed Starship’s eleventh flight test, marking V2’s final mission, as shown below. Deploying eight Starlink V3 simulators, landing in the Indian Ocean, and collecting valuable heatshield data upon re-entry, the test m…
In this episode of the Brainstorm podcast, Sam Korus, Brett Winton, Cathie Wood, and Nick Grous dive into the ambitious targets of Elon Musk’s new pay package and its potential impact on Tesla and its shareholders.
In this episode, ARK’s Cathie Wood and Brett Winton sit down with Tom Lee — co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors and chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies — to explore the rising influence of Ethereum as a financial infrastructure layer. Tom sh…
tl;dr: Over the last couple of days, some L2s noticed that their deployments on Sepolia didn’t work properly anymore. This is due to EIP-7594 which changes the format for proofs. In anticipation of Fusaka, we urge all blob originators to update their s…
The Ethereum Foundation has opened applications for the 2026 Internship Program: a paid, full-time opportunity to work directly with teams advancing the Ethereum protocol and ecosystem. Interns will join EF teams for 12 weeks over the summer, contribu…
Last week, Block launched its new Neighborhoods feature, seamlessly bridging Square’s sellers and CashApp’s consumers to create a unified local commerce engine.
The DeFi Quarterly Q3 2025 report includes sections on stablecoins, RWAs, tokenization, network and application economics, decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, digital asset treasuries (DATs), and market pulse.
The Bitcoin Quarterly Q3 2025 report includes market summary, on-chain activity and technicals, ETFs, Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs), derivatives, liquidity, and macroeconomics.
In this episode of the Brainstorm podcast, Sam Korus, Brett Winton, and Nick Grous dive into the evolving landscape of AI and its economic implications. They explore the strategic partnerships between tech giants like AMD and OpenAI, discussing the pot…
The Funding Coordination team is excited to announce a joint initiative with Keyring Network that introduces a new approach to impact funding in the Ethereum ecosystem….
Privacy is the freedom to choose what you share, when you share it, and who you share it with. We all take this for granted in daily life: closing the door to a room, casting a secret ballot, or speaking privately with a friend. But online and onchain,…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is about to disrupt online shopping. Typically, the shopping journey traverses three stages: search and discovery, engagement and decision making, and checkout. AI chatbots can handle the first two steps, but now OpenAI’s &…
On episode LXXII of “In The Know” (October 3, 2025), ARK CEO/CIO Cathie Wood delves into the current economic landscape amidst a government shutdown, highlighting the surprising resilience of the stock market. She discusses significant employment revisions, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts, and the impact of tariffs on inflation. Cathie also explores the potential for a productivity-driven economic boom, the challenges in the housing market, and the evolving role of technology and innovation in shaping future economic trends.
In this episode of the Brainstorm podcast, Sam Korus, Brett Winton, and Nick Grous dive into the fascinating world of AI and its economic implications, exploring OpenAI’s financial maneuvers and the circular economy concept. They also discuss groundbreaking advancements at the ARC Institute that are revolutionizing biology, and examine the future energy demands of AI.
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 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here….