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Ethereum Preps for Biggest Code Change Since the Merge With Pectra Upgrade

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Ethereum developers are preparing for Wednesday’s much anticipated Pectra upgrade, set to bring the biggest code change to the blockchain since the Merge in 2022.

Pectra – a blend of the names Prague + Electra – consists of two upgrades happening on Ethereum’s consensus and execution layers at the same time.

The upgrade is focused on making the Ethereum blockchain more user-friendly and efficient. Pectra consists of 11 major code changes, or «Ethereum improvement proposals» (EIPs), that will improve the staking experience on the network, introduce new wallet features, and update the functionality of the blockchain.

One of the main changes coming to the blockchain is EIP-7702, which gives wallets smart contract capabilities, moving them towards a technological trend known as “account abstraction.” The change will allow wallets to add user-friendly features, like the ability to pay gas fees with currencies other than ether (ETH.)

Another major change, known as EIP-7251, will make the staking experience for validators easier. After Pectra, validators will be able to increase the maximum amount of ETH they can stake from 32 to 2,048, meaning those who stake across multiple validators can now consolidate them under one node. This should mean that it will take less time to spin up a new node and alleviate the cumbersome experience of setting up the equipment.

Some of the changes in Pectra have been planned for a few years, even though developers originally targeted this all to go live in 2024. However, due to the complexities of the code changes, Pectra was delayed until the first quarter of 2025. After the initial delay, developers tested the upgrade twice on two different testnets and both networks experienced bugs, requiring the developers to create a third test, delaying the upgrade once again.

“The Pectra fork is coming to Ethereum mainnet soon! Please don’t forget to update your nodes,” wrote Ethereum Foundation devops engineer Parithosh Jayanthi on X.

The price of ETH has fallen nearly 42% in the last 12 months, while the broader market gauge, CoinDesk 20 Index, dipped about 1.5%.

Read more: Ethereum Developers Lock in May 7 for Pectra Upgrade

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U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill Unveiled by House Lawmakers

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Crypto’s big show in the U.S. Congress has been unveiled in the form of a discussion draft of legislation that would establish for the first time a comprehensive domestic regime for regulating digital assets.

The House Financial Services Committee and House Agriculture Committee — both sharing responsibility for the jurisdiction-hoping assets — released a working draft of a bill that Representative French Hill, chairman of the financial-services panel, said can deliver «much-needed regulatory clarity.»

«Today marks the first step in advancing a comprehensive framework that protects consumers, fosters innovation, and closes regulatory gaps in oversight,» said Representative Glenn «GT» Thompson, chairman on the agricultural committee, which has oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that will likely have a major role in crypto oversight. «It will give digital asset developers and users the certainty they need and have asked for.

On Tuesday, the digital assets subcommittees of both House committees are set to hold a joint hearing on the future of digital assets, where the discussion draft will be under the spotlight.

The draft details the public disclosures that crypto projects would be required to make. It also provides for digital assets developers to raise capital under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s watch, or to register with the CFTC to handle the trading of digital commodities.

The bill is meant to finally establish «clear lines» between the jurisdictions of the two U.S. markets regulators, a question that’s been a thorn in the side of U.S. crypto businesses.

This proposed format for the long-awaited crypto legislation, built on a similar first effort called the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) that advanced through the House last year, emerges as the industry’s allies in Congress have been working urgently on a separate legislative effort to regulate stablecoins. The stablecoin and market-structure bills represent the primary lobbying effort for crypto in the U.S., though advocates are fighting the headwinds of President Donald Trump’s own crypto business interests that have drawn Democratic criticism.

Stablecoin bills have already advanced through House and Senate committees and are awaiting consideration by the overall chambers.

Read More: U.S. Senate Moves Toward Action on Stablecoin Bill

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Bitcoin to See Additional $330B of Corporate Treasury Inflows by 2029: Bernstein

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Corporate treasury buying of bitcoin (BTC) could reach $330 billion by the end of 2029, broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday.

Strategy (MSTR) is likely to be the largest buyer, with an additional $124 billion of the world’s largest crypto, in the broker’s bull case. The company led by Michael Saylor announced a further $21 billion at-the-market common stock offering last week to buy more bitcoin.

«The U.S. pro crypto regulatory regime have further accelerated the corporate ownership growth of bitcoin,» analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote.

Bernstein expects other listed companies to allocate around $205 billion to bitcoin acquisition strategies, led by smaller firms with lower growth looking to emulate Strategy’s treasury model.

Public companies now own ~2.4% of the bitcoin supply, or about 720,000 BTC on their balance sheets, the report noted.

Still, Strategy’s «scale is hard to replicate» and not every bitcoin treasury will be successful in attempting to replicate the company’s playbook, the report added.

Strategy acquired an additional 1,895 bitcoin last week for $180.3 million.

Read more: Michael Saylor’s Strategy Adds 1,895 Bitcoin, Bringing Company Stack to 555,450 BTC

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Burmese Militia Group Said to Run ‘Pig Butchering’ Compounds

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A militia group in Burma that allegedly runs a large-scale haven for cyber scammers, the Karen National Army, has been blocked from the U.S. financial system by the Department of the Treasury.

The U.S. authorities said Monday that the organization has provided a haven for transnational criminal organizations who use the border region controlled by the KNA to run illicit operations such as human trafficking and smuggling. The group, which is said to have ties with the Burmese military, is also accused of fostering cyber scams and crypto thefts on an «industrial scale» tied to billions of dollars in losses.

Under KNA’s control, hotels and casinos were retrofitted to house elaborate «pig butchering» scam operations in which U.S. citizens were lured with fraudulent romantic ties and had money stolen from them in the form of cryptocurrency, according to the Treasury Department. Those engaging in the scams were themselves often held captive or under pressure to run months-long thefts that sometimes used attractive models to engage in video calls.

In the new U.S. sanctions — also specifically targeting the organization’s leader, Saw Chit Thu, and his sons, Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit — the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is blocking any use of U.S. assets or interactions with U.S. people or entities.

This action follows closely on the heels of last week’s move by the U.S. to sever the Cambodian company Huione Group from the financial system. Huione was said to provide a money-laundering outlet for criminal organizations in Southeast Asia.

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