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Vitalik Buterin has proposed adding “partially stateless nodes” to Ethereum’s scaling roadmap to make running a personal node easier, boosting privacy and censorship resistance.

Bybit has become the first major crypto exchange to enable trading of global stocks through Contract for Difference (CFDs) using USDT, offering seamless access to 78 top equities like Apple, Tesla, and Amazon.

MapleStory N marks the franchise's blockchain debut with a successful launch on Avalanche, generating massive interest through its free NFT mint and player-owned economy.

MetaMask will roll out native support for Solana ($SOL) in May 2025, enabling users to directly access SOL tokens and interact with Solana-based decentralized applications (dApps) from within the wallet.

The Ethereum Foundation has launched the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative, aiming to elevate Ethereum’s security beyond the crypto ecosystem to rival global legacy systems.

LAUNCHCOIN, the token for the SocialFi platform Believe, surged 500% to an all-time high of $0.093, reaching a market cap of over $81 million.

Unichain, Uniswap’s L2 network, now handles over 76% of Uniswap v4 volume, driven by UNI incentives and its new Rollup-Boost feature.

Ethereum surged 29% this week, breaking a 10-week downtrend and catching short sellers off guard with $400M liquidated.

Magic Labs, backed by PayPal Ventures, launched Newton, a platform for verifiable AI agents that safely automate crypto tasks without users giving up wallet control.

Ethereum has launched the Pectra upgrade, its most ambitious update yet, introducing wallet smart contract features, improved validator economics, and enhanced scalability.