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The BNB Beacon Chain, which Binance manages, is preparing for an upcoming hard fork that will introduce substantial enhancements to its blockchain network's security and functionality

The Ethereum Shanghai Capella update, or “Shapella,” has been completed successfully. This much-anticipated upgrade marks a massive milestone for the ethereum ecosystem, completing the famed move to a complete proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Withdrawals following the upgrade At 22:27 UTC, the…

The highly anticipated ethereum Shanghai upgrade is scheduled for activation today, April 12th, following a swift consensus reached during the 157th AllCoreDevs Execution Layer meeting. What are the execution changes brought by Shanghai? This move comes after a smooth Goerli…

According to a research by Glassnode, the number of staked ETH every month has decreased lately. This comes ahead of the shapella upgrade and the ongoing regulatory storm.

Decentralized finance analytics platform DefiLlama has resolved an internal conflict that threatened to result in a "forking" of the platform.

BNB beacon chain testnet is set to undergo a hard fork upgrade dubbed Einstein next week. It requires all node operators to update their software before the process begins. Einstein upgrade to go live in January The largest crypto exchange…

OP Labs CEO liam.eth has announced an Ethereum core devs meeting today to discuss getting EIP-4844 to be considered for inclusion (CFI), says CFI does not imply inclusion in a hard fork. ETH Core devs deliberating EIP-4844 inclusion Liam.eth, the…

Monero, one of the most significant privacy protocols in the ecosystem, implemented a protocol update on August 13 to enhance several privacy and security features provided by the network. The hard fork was successfully executed on block 2,688,888, thanks to…

The ETHPoW team published an open letter claiming its proof-of-work fork of Ethereum was “inevitable.” The project has removed the “difficulty bomb” from its version of the Ethereum code in order to prepare for the fork. ETHPoW Team Updates ETC…

Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai), has completed a security upgrade that will help fortify the Ethereum sidechain against potential DeFi hacks. According to a recent tweet by the protocol’s developers, the hard fork was implemented on April 20th at block height…

A proposal published on Monday by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, noted that the Beacon Chain might be undergoing its first hard fork judgment. Presenting The HF1 Hard Fork The hard fork will be known as HF1 for now and would…

The Bitcoin Cash protocol might see another second split in the coming weeks after new changes were proposed by the Bitcoin ABC development team. Some of these see miners making 8% lesser on rewards. Bitcoin Cash Could Split, Again The…

The Internal Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has published new crypto tax guidelines indicating a tax exemption for hard forks and airdrops. Also, the guide outlines Singapore’s tax treatment scheme for digital tokens and securities. IRAS Guide on Digital Tokens…

The Hive Blockchain led by a faction of the Steem community launched its platform over the weekend after a successful split from the Steem network. Hive Blockchain Goes Live Announcing the news of the launch via a blog post, Hive…

The Zcash Foundation, the nonprofit organization in charge of privacy-centric crypto Zcash (ZEC), in collaboration with Electric Coin Co., is set to launch the Blossom hard fork today December 11, 2019 (22:06 UTC+00:00) at block height 653600. The Zcash Blossom…

The Ethereum network will be undergoing a network upgrade, or a hard fork on approximately December 7, 2019, at block number 9,069,000. All node operators and miners are requested to upgrade their node clients to account for variable block times.…