“Also: Starknet Settles to Bitcoin and Ethereum, Danny Ryan’s New Mission from Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street, and Japanese Tech Giants Sony and Line Join Forces”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com
In this Issue:
- Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes – Finally
- Starknet to Settle on Both Bitcoin and Ethereum
- From Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street: Danny Ryan’s New Mission
- Japanese Tech Giants Sony and Line Join Forces
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Network NewsEthereum Holesky Testnet Finalizes – Finally: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Achieved Finality Nearly Two Weeks After The Pectra Upgrade, OverComing A Client-Software Configuration Bug that have mented Finality Since FB. 24. The Achievement Comes as Ethereum Developers Held Off on Deciding WHEN PECTRA Wuld Go Live on the Mainnet Blockchain, Thus Delaying the Big Upgrade. – Shaurya malwa Read More.
Starknet to Settle on Bitcoin and Ethereum: One of the Foremost Projects Aiming to Increase The Speed of the Ethereum Network is Ramping Up ITS Work on the World’s Original Blockchain: Bitcoin. Ethereum Layer-2 Starknet, In Partnership with BTC Wallet XVERSE, IS AIMING TO DELIVER A “Full Defi Experience to Bitcoin Users.” XVERSE SAID IT WILL “ACHIEVE BITCOIN’S DEFI TAKE-OFF MOMENT,” THRUGH INTEGRATING WITH STARKNET IN Q2 2025, In An Emailed Announcement Seen by Coindesk. The Starknet Foundation Has Published a New Bitcoin RoadMap, WHICH DESCRIBED How Starknet Wound Remain Fully Active on Ethereum, WHILE “BCOMING BITCOIN’SROK 13 TPS to Thousands. ” Developers have been increatingly exploring how to tap the security and deep reserves held in btc to the Empower The Broader Defi and Blockchain World. The Challenge Has Been How To Address Bitcoin’s Relative Lack of Programmmability Compared to Ethereum and others. – Jamie crawley Read More.
From Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street: Danny Ryan’s New Mission: Danny Ryan, Previoously A Key Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, Left The Ef In September But Entered Talks A FEW MONTHS LATER TO REGOIN The Organization As ITS NEW LEADER. In January, Ryan “Ended Up Mutulaly Parting Ways” with the Foundation, and in March he AnnounCed he wound be joining ethrerealize, an organization focused on Bringing Ethreum to Walling. In a Candid Interview with Coindesk, Ryan SAID HE MOVE The MOVEUAUSE HE BELIEves Ethereum is at a Technological Inflection Point that is going to make or break ethereum at large. ” – Margaux nijkerk Read More.
Japanese Tech Giants Sony and Line Join Forces: Sony’s Bringing is Bringing Japanese Social Media Giant Line Line Into The Web3 World, with Plans to Adapt Several Popular Mini-APPS ON SONYUMUM NETWORK, The Company. Line Reports Approximately 200 Million Active USers Across Its Platform, and The Agreement Will Bring Four Line-Based Games, or “Mini-APPS,” TO SONEIUM: SLEEPAGOTCHI, FARM FRIMS, PUFAP The integration is meant to facilite features like in-game Rewards and Purchases. Soneium Went Live in January, and at the Time, The Team Said Thaty Hoped to Bridge Web2 USers Into The Web3 Space. The Blockchain Is A Layer-2 on Top of Ethereum that Uses Optimism’s Op Stack Technology.– Margaux nijkerk Read More.
In Other News
- The US House of Representatives Struck Down An Irs Rule that would have had imposted information collected Collection Rules on Decentralized Entities. The vote, Supported by a bipartisan Group that included 71 Democrats, is a big win for defi. Nik De Reports.
- We may have to wait a little long for the new Crypto etfs in the US Applications have been filed for a string of new entities, including for xrp, solana (SOL) (SOL) (SOL) But A Decision on Tese Isn’T Likely Before President Trump’s Pick to Run the Agency, Paul Atkins, Is ConfirMed by The Seenate. As yet, no hearing on that have had been screduled. Helene Braun Reports.
- In a Huge Systemic Win for the Crypto Industry, The Office of the CompTROLER OF THE CURRENNcy Approval. The OCC HAS ALSO WITHDRAWN A REQUIREMENT FOR BANKS TO REPORT LIQUITY RISKS RELATED TO CRYPTO. Sam Reports Reports.
Calendar
- March 18-20: Digital Asset Summit, New York
- April 8-10: Paris Blockchain Week
- April 30-May 1: Token 2049, Dubai
- May 14-16: Consensus, Toronto
- May 20-22: Avalanche Summit, London
- May 27-29: Bitcoin 2025, Las Vegas
- June 30-July 3: Ethcc, Cannes
- Oct. 1-2: Token2049, Singapore
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