Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is looking to speed up transactions on the Ethereum network by using tools that would potentially cut layer-1 (L1) confirmations from a few seconds to milliseconds. Buterin published a blog post on June 30 titled “Epochs and slots all the way down: ways to give Ethereum users faster transaction confirmation times.” In the article, he…

The Aptos Foundation has introduced a governance proposal that could broaden its blockchain capabilities. According to a July 1 temperature check proposal, the foundation wants the Aave community’s input on introducing Aave Protocol v3 onto the Aptos mainnet. If the proposal moves forward and is approved, the deployment would mark the first time Aave’s open-source liquidity protocol…

Keith Gill, a stock trader known for the 2021 GameStop short-squeeze, is facing securities fraud claims in a class-action lawsuit over a recent spate of social media posts that saw the price of GameStop (GME) stocks whipsaw violently between May and June. However a former federal prosecutor believes the lawsuit is likely “doomed” to fail….

A recent flood of celebrity, political, and animal-themed memecoins, along with a crypto market downturn, may have contributed to a 44% fall in the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in Q2, according Apollo Crypto’s investment chief. Data from CryptoSlam shows NFT sales fell from $4.14 billion in Q1 to $2.32 billion in Q2 as part of a…