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Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)
Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection
The tool, which was released just a few weeks after Blocknative had to cut back on its MEV-Boost relay services, could ultimately help reduce instances of block-level manipula...
Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

CFPB office in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
U.S. Consumer Finance Watchdog Wants to Oversee Major Tech, Some Crypto Payments
A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions.
CFPB office in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

According to Celestia Foundation, this photo was taken shortly after Celestia CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam (then a Ph.D. student) published the "LazyLedger" research paper in 2019. Al-Bassam is on the right, with Celestia executives Ismail Khoffi (left) and John Adler (center). (Celestia Foundation)
Celestia's TIA Airdrop Hype Wanes as Blockchain Struggles to Gain Users
More than 410,000 eligible airdrop participants did not claim their TIA tokens worth almost $1 million.
According to Celestia Foundation, this photo was taken shortly after Celestia CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam (then a Ph.D. student) published the "LazyLedger" research paper in 2019. Al-Bassam is on the right, with Celestia executives Ismail Khoffi (left) and John Adler (center). (Celestia Foundation)

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Shiba Inu’s Puppynet Testnet Logs 10M Transactions, Putting Ecosystem Tokens in Focus
Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will be used to transact on the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain.
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Ethereum Resumes Finalizing Blocks after Second Performance Hiccup in 24 Hours
When blocks are not being finalized, it is possible that pending transactions might be re-ordered or dropped from the network. Developers haven't determined the source of the...
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Ethereum Mainnet Was Unable to Fully Finalize Transactions for 25 Minutes
Developers resolved the finalization issues and are investigating what caused the outage.
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Bitcoin’s High Fees Brought Back Bull Market-Level Mining Revenue, But Not for Long
The transaction fees debacle might have provided a short-lived revenue bump for the miners but gives a glimpse of the future for the industry.
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Pepe the Frog meme. (Pepe coin's Twitter account)
Ethereum Gas Fee Surges to 12-Month High as PEPE Frenzy Grips Market
Users pay the fees, measured in fractions of ether (ETH) known as gwei, to execute transactions on the smart contract blockchain.
Pepe the Frog meme. (Pepe coin's Twitter account)

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Bitcoin Set New Record of Daily Transactions the Same Day the U.S. Government Quietly Engineered a Bank Buyout
The events are unconnected, but crypto has a role to play in the wider political realignment questioning the sanctity of central banks and established powers.
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