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After two buggy tests, Ethereum’s developers have decided to spend a bit more time collecting veri on the highly-anticipated Pectra upgrade.

The upgrade, which introduces smart contract capabilities for wallets and increases validator stake limits, is nearing deployment.

Fundamental investors tracking XRP have more reason to cheer as a planned set of features aims to make the XRP Ledger, the network underpinning that token, even more appealing for institutional usage. XRP prices are up 2.2% in the past 24 hours …

Mining economics came under pressure as the network hashrate rose while the bitcoin price fell, the report said.

Powered by Optimism’s OP stack, Unichain—like other layer-2s on Ethereum—offers faster and cheaper transactions compared to Ethereum’s mainnet.

A taban in activity was marked by a sharp decline in the number of transactions and a spike in demand from long-term holders may underpin the bitcoin price.

The blockchain’s native token ether has underperformed bitcoin and other altcoins in recent months, the report noted.

Just $33 million worth of ether and stablecoins is currently deployed on Abstract.

Based applications — bApps — will be able to leverage Ethereum validators directly from the layer-1, allowing them to avoid security and centralizing risks.

Vitalik Butern’s proposal for an Ethereum Foundation restructuring has unveiled deep rifts within the network’s community.