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In this issue:
- Can Ethereum be private? Pushed by the developers for the airpled Mempool, Default Privacy
- Nvidia moves the production of AI Supercomputer with us, opening new avenues for crypto miners
- MIT-INCUBATED Optimum raises $ 11m seed to form the missing web3 memory layer
- Noble’s new ‘apple’ applies to developers to develop stablecoin tools in Celestia
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Network news
Privacy warms up with Ethereum Devs: When the US government allows the Crypto Mixing Service Tornado Cash Crypto Mixing Service Cash, it will notice a debate within the crypto community that continues three years later. Proponents argue that compliance with penalties is worth censorship – which bothers a basic Cypherpunk principle. President Donald Trump supported Cypherpunks and Raised penalties In Tornado Cash in March of this year, but for some Ethereum developers, the situation has highlighted a flaw within the network that still exists today: why should users depend on third-party apps that transact privately to the network? Perhaps reinforced by recent tornado cash developments, Ethereum developers and researchers have begun discussing ideas for making Ethereum’s private network at its core. “Privacy should not be an optional feature that users should enable – it should be the default network state,” Pcaversaccio said, that post outlined His vision for a roadmap dedicated to privacy. “Ethereum architecture must be designed to ensure that users are private by default, not by exclusion.” In response to Pcaversaccio’s post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Blerin has left a Comment on the main network developer forum with himself Most shorter privacy-oriented Ethereum Roadmap. Buterin suggested that privacy for on-chain payments, not introducing on-chain activity within applications, making network anonymous network, and privatizing on-chain read. To achieve all of this, the bakerin listed various steps such as integrating some third-party privacy features into the main network. – Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler Read more.
NVIDIA AI’s supercomputer production plans can benefit from crypto miners: NVIDIA plans to make the next generation of AI chips and supercomputers completely in the US in the first time, the company said in A statement. The move reflects rising demand for AI infrastructure and a greater push to localize advanced tech-one production that can also benefit crypto miners who repurcing their facilities for AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Many of these operators already have access to the large -scale power and cooling systems required for data center operations, making them potential players in the growing AI economy. Crypto miners, sometimes focused on the hashing power, are increasingly looking for ways to fit the AI and HPC supply chain. Their existing access to the power-dense infrastructure and logistics experience in running industrial-scale operations gives them a foothold as a demand for the AI Computation Surge. US president’s recent tariffs Donald Trump, however, are causing anxiety to miners As policy changes are expected to raise costs to ASIC miners, de -electrical components, networking hardware and more. Helene Braun Read more.
Memory Layer Optimum raises $ 11m in seed: Optimum, a decentralized, improving the memory of the performance memory for any blockchain, raised a $ 11 million seed rotation, inviting its creators from institutions such as Harvard and MIT to jump from the world of the academy to the commercial crypto arena. The seed round is led by 1kx with participation from robot ventures, finality capital, Spartan, CMT digital, SNZ, Triton Capital, Big Brain, CMS, Longhash, NGC, Animoca, GSR, Caladan, Reforge and more. Optimum is the development of the so -called missing layer of memory of blockchains, which makes the data stored, accessible and propagated, faster, cheaper and truly decentralized, according to a press release. At the core of optimum change is a means of decentralized coding for shared systems, known as Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC)developed by Muriel Médard, a professor at MIT. – Ian Allison Read more.
Noble ‘apple’ applies gives developers to develop stablecoin apps at the top of Celestia: The Noble, a blockchain for the release of real-world assets (RWA) and Stablecoins, announced on Wednesday that it will expand its platform by introducing “apple,” an Ethereum-compatible rollup that allows developers to create their own RWA and infrastructure applications. The Noble apple aims to let developers develop new financial tools optimized for real-world assets such as Stablecoins -Digital possessions whose value is on another possession, such as the US dollar. The applies will persuade Celestia, a blockchain of having data Aimed at dropping storage costs for data blockchain networks. Celestia, like Noble, is plugged into the Cosmos Blockchain Ecosystem and is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which means it can read intelligent contracts from other Ethereum-based chains. – Margaux Nijkerkk Read more.
In other news
- Mantra’s Om Token fell from over $ 6 to under $ 0.45 for a few hours on Tuesday without a bright catalyst. CEO John Mullin said in an X post on Wednesday that he would burn his team’s tokens to restore the mantra community’s confidence. Mullin said the price collapse resulted from the exchanges of closing OM positions, but members of the Crypto Community Cast would blame the mantra team. OKX founder Start XU defined the incident as “a big scandal.” – Jamie Crawley Read more.
- The goal of perhaps to replicate the Bitcoin (BTC) playbook of the strategy, with the exception of Solana (Sol), the Fintech Commercial Real Estate Platform Janover (JNVR) built a Sol Stack worth about $ 21 million and saw a price increase of sharing of almost 20-fold in less than a month. The company bought Earlier this week was another 80,567 Sol Tokens worth more than $ 10.5 million, carrying its total handling at 163,651. – Christian Sandor Read more.
- DWF Labs invests $ 25 million in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized financial protocol supported by US President Donald Trump and his family. The crypto market manufacturer also enters the US market with a new office in New York City as part of its broader expansion plans, according to a Press release. – Francisco Rodrigues Read more.
Regulation and policy
- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is not yet willing to make a decision on two critical features that those who have funded funds exchanged funds (ETF) hope to add to their products. The regulator delayed a decision whether it would allow in-kind redemption for Bitcoin’s Fund of WisDomtree (BTCW) and Vaneck’s Bitcoin Fund (BITB) and Ethereum Fund (ETHW). It also moved the deadline for a decision about a proposal’s Grayscale To allow the Ethereum Trust (ETHE) and Mini Ethereum Trust (ETH), which the Asset Manager’s exchange was requested, Nyse Arca requested in February. – Helene Braun Read more.
- Seychelles based on Cryptocurrency Exchange OKX expands in the US and has established a new regional headquarters in San Jose, California. The exchange will release access to its platform and its native OKX wallet to US-based entrepreneurs. Cheyenne Ligon Read more.
- Search Giant Google will only allow cryptocurrency exchanges and software wallets to announce the European Union if they hold a license under EU markets in crypto-assets (Mica) Regulation, beginning April 23, the company announced. Google Says Advertisers should get a certification from the company and show that they are registered as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) under MICA. The company also requires advertisers to comply with any additional legal obligations that are specific to the country.Francisco Rodrigues Read more.
