The Ethereum ecosystem stands at a pivotal moment. Over the past four years, scaling challenges have been addressed through Layer-2 (L2) solutions, rollups, and technological breakthroughs, expanding from processing 15 transactions per second to thousands, with costs dropping from $50 per swap to mere cents. The rollup-centric roadmap worked – it worked almost too well. […]

Ethereum developers have officially set test dates for Pectra, the network’s first upgrade in 11 months, putting it on track for a potential April release date. Pectra will contain an array of improvements — with a special focus on wallets and validators — but it comes at a period of heightened scrutiny for Ethereum, which

Czech President Petr Pavel signed a bill on Thursday exempting crypto users from paying taxes on long term gains, a spokesperson from the country’s Ministry of Finance told CoinDesk on Thursday. “The principle is if cryptoassets are held for more than three years, their sale will not be taxed, or transactions up to CZK 100,000

Crypto Twitter may sometimes seem like a raging brawl, but come Feb. 20, there will be some actual live combat between crypto influencers at Consensus Hong Kong 2025. The conference will play host that evening to the eighth edition of Crypto Fight Night (CFN), an industry sporting and networking event that’s become hugely popular since

A wallet identified as belonging to World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform backed by President Donald Trump and his family, has deepened its investment in Ondo Finance, the second-largest issuer of tokenized Treasuries. The address scooped up about 342,000 ONDO, the platform’s governance token, for $470,000 USDC on the CoW Protocol, according to

Crypto exchange Bybit completed registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) after agreeing to pay a 92.7 million-rupee ($1 million) fine for operating in the country without authorization. The Dubai-based company said in January it would temporarily halt its services to Indian users while it pursued the regulation process. “As part of this process, Bybit

U.S. President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), is making moves to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including one tracking the price of bitcoin (BTC), according to an announcement on Thursday. The ETFs — three of them in total so far, alongside other planned products — would be launched under Trump’s Truth.Fi

In today’s issue, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology provides an update on what’s happening with bitcoin mining this year. Then, Colin Harper from Blockspace Media answers questions on the topic of mining and AI in Ask and Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial

New York, NY — Ondo Finance, the second-largest tokenized Treasuries issuer, said it plans to start its own layer-1 blockchain designed for tokenized real-world assets in a bid to connect traditional capital markets with decentralized finance, the company announced on Thursday at its inaugural Ondo Summit. Ondo Chain was crafted to meet institutional compliance standards

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3248.93, up 0.4% (+14.12) since 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Eleven of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XLM (+1.5%) and LTC (+1.3%). Laggards: APT (-1.0%) and UNI (-0.8%). The