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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Vitalik Buterin is pushing back against the dominant narrative shaping today’s artificial intelligence industry. As major AI labs frame progress as a competitive sprint toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), the Ethereum co-founder argues that the premise itself is flawed. In a series of recent posts and comments, Buterin outlined a different approach, one that prioritizes decentralization, privacy, and verification over scale and speed, with Ethereum positioned as a key piece of enabling infrastructure rather than a vehicle for AGI acceleration. Buterin likens the phrase “working on AGI”…

Ethereum researcher ladislaus.eth published a walkthrough last week explaining how Ethereum plans to move from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs.The post frames it as a “quiet but fundamental transformation,” and the framing is accurate. Not because the work is secret, but because its implications ripple across Ethereum’s entire architecture in ways that won’t be obvious until the pieces connect.This isn’t Ethereum “adding ZK” as a feature. Ethereum is prototyping an alternative validation path in which some validators can attest to blocks by verifying compact execution proofs rather than re-running every transaction.If it works, Ethereum’s layer-1 role shifts from…

MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene. Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will mark PS1’s 50th anniversary, and rather than bringing on any outside curators, the museum has this time leaned on its staff to organize the show. The exhibition’s curatorial team includes director Connie Butler, chief curator and director of curatorial affairs Ruba Katrib, associate curators Jody Graf and Elena Ketelsen, assistant curator Kari Rittenbach, curatorial assistant Sheldon Gooch, and curatorial coordinator Andrea Sánchez. Related Articles…

The cryptocurrency market is known for its high volatility, which is why many investors frequently look for a reliable way to exchange ETH to USDT. Swapping your Ethereum for a stablecoin is one of the most effective strategies to lock in profits or protect your portfolio from sudden market swings.The Swapter.io platform offers a simple and efficient solution for this task. In this guide, we’ll break down why this service is a great choice and how to complete your exchange step-by-step.Why Choose Swapter.io?While there are many exchanges available, Swapter stands out due to several key advantages:No Mandatory Registration: You don’t…

The United Kingdom’s financial watchdog has launched court action against cryptocurrency exchange HTX, alleging it illegally promoted crypto asset services to British consumers in breach of financial advertising rules.The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it began proceedings against HTX and several related persons in the Chancery Division of the High Court in October 2025. In an update published Tuesday, the regulator said it received permission on Feb. 4 to serve the case outside the UK and by alternative means, noting that HTX (formerly known as Huobi Global) is incorporated in Panama.The legal action comes under the FCA’s Financial Promotions…

By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Bitcoin BTC$68,606.95 slipped to $68,500 on Tuesday, having failed to reclaim $70,000 after trading above that level for a while over the weekend. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) dropped 0.23% over the past 24 hours.The market appears to be stabilizing after last week’s decline to $60,000, which erased all the cryptocurrency’s gains since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in November 2024.The slide prompted over $2.7 billion in liquidations, flushing out leveraged positions. It may not, however, have reflected a fundamental change in the crypto market. Rather, it might have been tied to…

South Korea’s financial watchdog opened an investigation into Bithumb after the exchange mistakenly credited hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin that it did not actually hold to user accounts.The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) launched a probe into Bithumb for alleged platform violations around the erroneous crediting of billions of dollars in non-existent Bitcoin (BTC) to user accounts, Yonhap News reported Tuesday.Bithumb acknowledged the incident on Saturday, saying the platform “incorrectly paid” 620,000 BTC ($42.8 billion) to users during a promotional event.While the exchange recovered most of the miscredited BTC, about 125 BTC ($8.6 million) remains unsettled, raising questions about operational risks…

Publicly listed companies that hold Solana as a treasury asset are sitting on more than $1.5 billion in unrealized losses, based on disclosed acquisition costs and current market prices tracked by CoinGecko.The losses are concentrated among a small group of United States-listed companies that collectively control over 12 million Solana (SOL) tokens, about 2% of the total supply. While losses remain unrealized, equity markets have already repriced the companies, with most trading well below the market value of their tokens. CoinGecko data shows that Forward Industries, Sharps Technology, DeFi Development Corp and Upexi account for over $1.4 billion in disclosed unrealized…

Ethereum price fell 13% over the past week, charting a bearish crossover that hints at more downside ahead. At the same time, exchange reserves have fallen to 10-year lows. Summary Ethereum price has fallen nearly 46% from its yearly high. Bearish chart structures, including a descending channel and a multi-year head and shoulders pattern, continue to cap upside. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price fell nearly 46% to around $1,800 on Feb. 6 from its highest point this year. This came as the broader crypto market lost over a trillion in value, with multiple macroeconomic and geopolitical concerns…

The crypto-based prediction market Polymarket is going to battle against the state of Massachusetts. Polymarket’s chief legal officer, Neal Kumar, says the firm has filed a federal lawsuit against the state, highlighting jurisdictional questions about event contracts. “Congress gave the CFTC, not states, exclusive authority over event contracts. These are national markets with critical questions that must be resolved in federal court.  Racing to state court to try to shut down Polymarket US and other prediction markets doesn’t change federal law — and states like MA and NV that have done so will miss an amazing opportunity to help build…