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Ethereum wants to hide your trades from bots before they can attack
An Aug. 19 meeting will examine proposals designed to conceal pending trades until their place in a block is fixed.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 5 min read
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Cardano has two weeks to avoid a governance freeze as 4 committee seats expire
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SafePal breach exposes 40,000 customers as hardware wallet attacks escalate from data leaks to $100 million theft
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Ethereum abandons its 8-year cryptography bet after proof systems flip the tradeoff
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