The Daily: Ethereum rolls out Fusaka, Citadel triggers DeFi backlash, police arrest two men over crypto-linked murder, and more
Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade launched, Citadel urged DeFi regulation, and police arrested two men in a crypto-linked murder case.Summary
The daily crypto briefing highlights several key events, starting with Ethereum's 17th major upgrade, Fusaka, which initiates a new twice-a-year hard-fork schedule. Fusaka's main feature, PeerDAS, increases blob capacity for Layer 2 networks, and the upgrade also introduces more predictable Layer 2 fee structures and backend improvements like support for secp256r1.
In regulatory news, Citadel Securities petitioned the SEC to regulate DeFi protocols as exchanges and broker-dealers, drawing sharp criticism from figures like Uniswap's Hayden Adams, who accused Citadel of trying to stifle open-source technology.
Tragically, Austrian police arrested two Ukrainian men suspected of kidnapping, assaulting, and murdering a 21-year-old man to steal his crypto wallet passwords. Additionally, American Bitcoin increased its treasury to 4,367 BTC, and Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan dismissed fears that Strategy might be forced to sell its bitcoin holdings.
(Source：The Block)