Governance
Censorship
SWIFT considered ‘neutral’ on sanctions; debate sparked on whether Ethereum is the same
Global payment messaging service SWIFT claims to be "neutral" regarding sanctions. Can Ethereum make the same claim?
Hacks
NEAR Rainbow Bridge defends weekend attack costing hacker 5 ETH
NEAR/ETH bridge defended an attack in 31 seconds over the weekend that resulted in the attacker losing funds and no loss of user funds.
Research
Research: Will reducing US inflation from 8.3% to 2% compare to Bitcoin and Ethereum?
U.S. inflation rates have yet to fall but Ethereum will drop its inflation massively in September, while Bitcoin's inflation is baked into the code — how do these compare to a 2% FED inflation target?
Adoption
ByBit report claims Solana had strong network growth in Q2 on the back of GameFi, DAOs
Headline price figures do not necessarily tell the full story when it comes to network scaling. Is Solana seeing stealth growth amid a 46% drop against BTC?
Censorship
Largest Ethereum miner, Ethermine, stops processing sanctioned transactions
Ethermine is no longer processing blocks that include Tornado Cash transactions creating censorship at a protocol level
Censorship
Aztec responds to claims FTX froze user funds for interacting with the protocol
Also documented by Wu Blockchain, the accusations of FTX users having their accounts frozen came from a series of tweets from a handful of accounts.
Insurance
FTX backtracks on FDIC insurance but fails to delete all references
FTX President Brett Harrison deleted a tweet referencing FDIC insurance yet missed another reference as SBF gets involved
Privacy
Godfather of Crypto expresses concerns over current state of blockchain privacy
David Chaum has been working with cryptography longer than anyone in our industry and he is not happy with the state of privacy in blockchain
Merge
September 14 may be the biggest day in the history of the internet
The day Ethereum merges to proof-of-sake may be the most important moment for the future of the internet
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IRL
How to put together a global Web3 event with EthCC[5] organizer Bettina Boon Falleur
CryptoSlate caught Bettina Boon Falleaur, organizer of EthCC, to discuss one of the most iconic conferences in web3.
NFTs
ENS reaches 2 million names created – top holder owns 35k domains
The landmark 2 millionth ENS domain has been minted as it retains a top 10 spot on OpenSea's secondary market
Regulation
Crypto.com eyes security via regulation as it secures UK FCA approval amid global compliance tour
One of the biggest names in crypto, Crypto.com, just received FCA approval in the UK making it one of just 37 companies to achieve the status.
