AI Funding: Chinese AI Startup Manus Secures Astonishing $75M Benchmark Investment

A common refrain has emerged in the Bitcoin community: fix the money, fix the world. While there is every reason to be optimistic about Bitcoin’s impact on society it is not enough to rely on lines of code to fix our world. Rather, in this essay on the ethics of immutability, I argue that fixing…

After scoping the Pectra fork, a successful interop event and four devnets, we’re now launching the first short-lived Pectra testnet: Mekong! The Mekong testnet includes all the EIPs proposed for the upcoming Pectra fork on Ethereum. These changes include UX changes via EIP-7702, Staking changes via EIP-7251, changes to the deposits and exit mechanisms via…

In an interesting turn of events, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the pending Ethereum spot ETF applications last week. This landmark development has led to commentary on the value and acceptability of the Ether token, especially amongst a specific demographic. If Bitcoin Is Digital Gold, What Is Ethereum? Eric Balchunas, an…

Key Takeaways: Polygon is acquiring Coinme and Sequence in deals totaling over $250 million to build a regulated, end-to-end onchain payments stack in the U.S. The move gives Polygon licensed fiat on/off-ramps across 48 states, 50,000+ retail access points, and seamless 1-click cross-chain payments. The strategy signals a clear pivot from general-purpose blockchain scaling toward…