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- Highlights of Ethereum's All Core Devs Meeting (ACDC) #151: Pectra Updates, PeerDAS Updates, Blob Count Adjustments in Fulu, Mempool & Validator Considerations & Hardware Requirements for Validators & Nodes
- Major Security Breach at Bybit Exchange: Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit experienced a significant security breach, resulting in the theft of approximately $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum. The attack occurred during a routine transfer from an offline "cold" wallet to a "warm" wallet used for daily operations. Hackers manipulated the transaction, gaining control of the cold wallet and transferring 401,000 Ethereum to an unknown address BUSINESSINSIDER.COM
- Nigeria's Lawsuit Against Binance: Nigeria sued Binance, seeking $79.5 billion for economic damages and $2 billion for back taxes, alleging the company's unregistered operations contributed to economic instability. REUTERS.COM
- Argentina's Memecoin Scandal: Argentine President Javier Milei faced a scandal over the collapse of a cryptocurrency called $Libra, which he had promoted. The incident led to financial losses for approximately 40,000 investors and prompted legal investigations. WIRED.COM
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- PEEPanEIP 140: EIP-7623: Increase calldata with Toni Wahrstätter: EIP-7623 proposes adjusting the calldata cost to reduce the maximum possible block size and its variance without negatively impacting regular users. This is achieved by increasing calldata costs for transactions that predominantly post data.
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