PayPal USD: Boon for Ethereum but not decentralization, says community

    Proponents say PayPal’s PYUSD could see Ethereum become the money layer of the internet, while opponents argue that it’ll act like a poorly designed central bank digital currency. PayPal’s new Ethereum-based stablecoin, PYUSD, has been seen as bittersweet news for the crypto community. While it could finally see Ethereum find its place in mainstream adoption, it…

    Enterprise blockchain: ‘Ethereum for Business’ explains key use cases

    Paul Brody’s “Ethereum for Business” gives a basic overview of enterprise Ethereum, while providing real-world use cases of how EY clients leverage the technology. The cryptocurrency market has encountered its share of ups and downs over the past year, but blockchain technology continues to see impressive growth as businesses seek digital transformation. Recent findings from the market research platform,…

    Revoke adds new feature after users complain of fake approvals scam

    Scammers have found a new way to make crypto by luring users into revoking fake approval transactions. Approval management platform Revoke has issued a fix aimed at mitigating a new crypto scam, which involves baiting crypto users into revoking “fake approvals” and then stinging them with excessively high transaction fees. On July 9, Revoke.cash stated…

    The future economy: Anticipating the central role of crypto payments in financial transactions

    With advances in scaling and interoperability, cryptocurrencies are more ready than ever for widespread adoption. With crypto gas prices dropping to lows after numerous recent innovations in scaling and interoperability across different chains, we can more vividly imagine a possible shift toward widespread crypto payments. Crypto payments at scale are currently prevented by regulation, lack of understanding and mass adoption, as…

    Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum ‘fails’ without these 3 important ‘transitions’

    Layer-2 scaling, wallet security and privacy-preserving features are all necessary to secure Ethereum’s future, according to the Ethereum co-founder. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes the success of Ethereum will come down to three major technical “transitions” that need to happen almost simultaneously — layer-2 scaling, wallet security and privacy-preserving features. In a June 9 post…

    Ethereum gas fees cool down after May memecoin frenzy

    Besides Ethereum, Bitcoin’s meme frenzy via Ordinals has steeply declined from its high in May. The average gas fee — transaction fee — on the Ethereum network has cooled substantially in the first week of June after reaching a multimonth high in May, owing to the memecoin frenzy and much maximal extractable value (MEV) bot…