The former CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, urged the crypto community to shift its focus away from memecoins and into building “real” blockchain applications. On Nov. 26, Zhao shared his growing distaste for the memecoin ecosystem. In an X post, he said that the memecoins are getting “a little” weird as opposed to being…

Dan Romero, the founder of the decentralized Web3 social protocol Farcaster, has detailed an update to Frames, which once spiked the protocol’s users by 400% in a week. “A new Frame standard that allows interactive applications, onchain transactions, and user notifications would enable many new kinds of social applications,” Romero said while introducing the specification for Frames…

Ethereum layer-2 network Base has just hit a record 106.26 transactions per second (TPS), furthering it from Taiko as the fastest Ethereum layer-2 solution, while its total value locked (TVL) recently surpassed $10 billion. It marks a near 28% increase in TPS from Nov. 23. It was only in January when Base was averaging only…

Ethereum has overtaken Tron as the biggest blockchain for the Tether stablecoin after a 10% increase in the supply of USDT on Ethereum over the last week. There is now $60.3 billion worth of the United States dollar-backed stablecoin Tether USDT on Ethereum compared to Tron’s $58.1 billion, DefiLlama data shows. USDT supply on Tron has fallen 1.5% over…

Australia’s Treasury Department has released a consultation paper seeking feedback on applying an international reporting standard for cryptocurrency transactions. The initiative is part of a broader effort to enhance tax transparency and combat global tax evasion. The consultation, launched on Nov. 21, focuses on implementing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seeking to expand its cross-border payments platform — which will allow instant settlement — by adding new trading partners in the Asia and Middle East regions. According to Bloomberg, India already has an agreement with neighboring Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal, with plans to add the United Arab Emirates…

Bitcoin retreated after failing to break the $100,000 milestone on Nov. 24, causing one of the largest weekend crypto liquidation events in more than half a year. Over $470 million worth of crypto positions were liquidated over the last 24 hours. Long and short liquidations comprised $352.6 million and $119.9 million, respectively, with altcoins accounting…

The Ether price could see an imminent correction in the coming weeks before it resumes a sustainable rally to new highs. Ether rose over 33% during the past month to trade above $3,368 as of 10:23 am  UTC on Nov. 23, Cointelegraph data shows. Despite gaining ground, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency could be poised for…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw their fourth-best week of investments, while China-based ETFs suffered their biggest week of outflows in history, flashing another positive sign for global Bitcoin adoption. United States-based spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a cumulative $2.42 billion worth of inflows during the trading week of Nov. 18–22, marking their fourth-largest week since…

Dr. XinXin Fan, the head of cryptography at IoTeX, recently co-authored a research paper titled Enabling a Smooth Migration Towards Post-Quantum Security for Ethereum. The research paper received a Best Paper award from the 2024 International Conference for Blockchain and argued that hash-based zero-knowledge technology is the most user-friendly way to quantum-proof the Ethereum network and other…