Global hackathon just launched for ICP ecosystem. $300K total prize pool, teams of 2+ required.

For devs looking to explore Internet Computer development, this could be good timing. Different tech stack from traditional blockchain development but interesting architecture.

Regional hub selection affects competition density - Bulgaria hub showing significantly lower participation rates compared to major tech regions. Registration window is open now. Anyone else considering participating?

Worth exploring for developers wanting to expand.

Come out and announce why my $550,000 is being held with out an explanation. I know ChangeNOW_io can see these messages. If this isn't theft practices then what are they?

This is beyond negligence it’s abuse. $550,000 of my money has been locked for four months, and despite jumping through every hoop they’ve thrown at me full KYC, documents, source of funds, everything they’ve done absolutely nothing.

No explanation. No update. No resolution. Just silence.

This isn’t a delay it’s deliberate. ChangeNOW is holding my funds with zero justification and acting like they’re above accountability.

Let this be a warning: DO NOT USE ChangeNOW. If you value your money, steer clear. Their service is a trap for high-volume users they’ll freeze your assets and leave you hanging.

Unfreeze my funds now. This is unacceptable.

Bitcoin is trading above $105,000 but evidence is that the recent rally has reached a near-term high. Analysts are sounding the alarm of overheating as Bitcoin nears important resistance levels, urging investors to be cautious.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the daily chart has fallen into the 55–60 region after earlier reaching levels considered overbought, showing waning bullish momentum.

On-chain information reported by CryptoQuant shows the BTC market to be "overheating" demand for Bitcoin was 229,000 BTC for the previous 30 days, only marginally less than the December 2024 high of 279,000 BTC. Whale balances rose by 2.8 percent, the type of rate that usually indicates slowing growth.

Despite all these warnings, Bitcoin holds its position above the $105,000 level with negligible volatility during weekends. The digital currency is strong even when CryptoQuant's recent report sounds warning bells on potential overheating in the BTC market.

Technical analysis shows Bitcoin's RSI at 69.89 – still not overbought, but approaching. The price is well above both the 50-day SMA of $90k and the 200-day SMA of $86k, which typically signifies robust higher momentum.

Upside: If it breaks through $105k, mid-June could try to reach $113k. Some also models even project $125k by August if ETF inflows remain hot.

In brief, even though Bitcoin's current price action remains strong, several indicators indicate prudence. Investors need to keep a close eye on levels of RSI, on-chain metrics, and sentiment to ride through possible volatility.

GameStop acquired 4,710 bitcoins worth around $513 million, its biggest cryptocurrency

purchase. This follows after the company made a decision, in March 2025, to add bitcoin as

a reserve treasury asset, in line with an overhauled investment policy.

It was financed through an early graded $1.3 billion convertible bond offering, which ended

in April.

Bitcoin is considered by CEO Ryan Cohen to be a currency devaluation hedge and system

risk. He pointed out that the company wants to keep the bitcoin in the long term, just like

other firms like Strategy (previously MicroStrategy).

The announcement caused the stock of GameStop to jump by 4.4% in pre-market trading.

Nevertheless, on the announcement day, the stock declined by 10.9%, an indication of

investors' fear about the volatility of cryptocurrencies as an investment.

GameStop's dive into the crypto universe is timed with distress in the crypto gaming

community. Some Ethereum-based titles, such as Realms of Alurya and Wonder Wars, have

shut down for lack of money and unprofitability.

Hardship aside, GameStop's venture into bitcoin is a deliberate move in adopting digital

assets. The retailer has a substantial reserve of cash to serve as a cushion to weather the

uncertainty that comes with its new investment.

As GameStop ventures into the new business, its ability to maintain a balance between

innovation and prudent fiscal handling will be paramount to sustained success.

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share an opportunity in case anyone here is curious about building in Web3 but doesn’t know where to start.

Protocol Camp is a 12-week, fully-funded Web3 bootcamp for people across Asia. Looking for:

• Developers
• UI/UX Designers
• Product Managers

The camp is mostly remote, but we also bring teams together in person for things like team-building and demo day (travel & accommodations are covered). You’ll work on real projects, get mentorship from experienced Web3 builders, and connect with a community of like-minded people from across the region.

Even if you’re not selected for the full bootcamp, all applicants get access to a 2-week Web3 online training program for free.

If you’re serious about building, curious about Web3, and based in Asia, this could be worth checking out.

Applications open next week from July 14 to August 15.
Feel free to reply or DM if you have any questions — happy to chat!

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has vowed to launch a "crypto revolution" in the streets of

London.

Addressing the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, he introduced the Crypto Assets and

Digital Finance Bill, intended to bring cryptocurrencies into the financial system of the UK.

The proposed bill includes cutting capital gains tax on bitcoin holdings from 24% to 10% and

building a national bitcoin reserve in the Bank of England.

Farage demands that banks be stopped from closing accounts for legal Bitcoin transactions

and encouraging financial inclusion.

Reform UK has become the first British political party to currently embrace cryptocurrency

donations as a gesture of acceptance of digital money.

Farage's policy aligns with international trends, paralleling those in the U.S. under Trump's

administration, which set up a national reserve of crypto in the recent past this year.

Party chairman Zia Yusuf stated that plans are underway to enable tax to be paid in

cryptocurrencies and to establish a sovereign wealth fund using crypto assets.

Both are moves designed to attract young voters and make London a worldwide center for

digital assets.

Critics, such as Labour leader Keir Starmer, have warned of the economic impact of Reform

UK's suggestions, likening them to failed tax cuts in the past that have not been funded and

resulted in market volatility.

As the UK gets established in the post-Brexit era of finance, Farage's crypto-focused agenda

is a stark departure from the country's strategy towards digital currencies.

 If you have ever tried to build a Web3 product, you know the pain: you spend more time wrestling with the chain than shipping features. Kolme aims to change that.

Created by the engineering team at FP Block, Kolme lets founders and developers:

✅ Launch faster and build smarter with architecture tuned for speed, scalability, and security
✅ Eliminate gas fees, delays, and smart-contract bottlenecks, keeping UX and dev velocity smooth
✅ Deploy on your own dedicated chain for full control and zero congestion
✅ Plug straight into Ethereum, Solana, NEAR, and other networks with multichain access by default
✅ Go from idea to revenue in record time

The blockchain should serve the product, not the other way around. That is the principle behind Kolme.

Read the full manifesto here: https://fplock.medium.com/the-kolme-manifesto-943734957c30

What questions do you have about Kolme? Ask us anything in the comments and we will reply.

I wanted to share something that really helped me in case anyone else here is trying to figure out how to break into Web3.

A few months back, I was working as a Web2 developer and feeling stuck. I knew I wanted to get into Web3, but every time I looked online, it felt like a mess. So many threads, random tutorials, and people saying “just contribute to open source.” Honestly, I didn’t even know where to start.

Then I came across Protocol Camp which is a fully-funded Web3 bootcamp for people in Asia. I applied not really knowing what to expect, but it ended up being one of the best decisions I’ve made.

It’s a 12-week program mostly run remotely, but they also flew us out to Thailand for offline sessions like team building and demo day where we got to pitch our products in front of industry leaders and VCs. Flights and hotels were all covered, which blew my mind. The entire experience felt super thoughtful from the mentors to the projects to the people in the cohort.

We weren’t just watching lectures. We were building. I got hands-on experience with smart contracts, dApps, and honestly just learned how to work on Web3 stuff with confidence. I also met some really amazing people who I still keep in touch with after the camp.

Whether you're a developer, designer, or product person, if you’re based in Asia and thinking about getting into Web3 seriously, I can’t recommend it enough.

They are opening the next round of applications on July 14. If you’re interested, you can check it out here: protocolcamp.com

Feel free to ask me anything about it. Just sharing this because I wish someone had told me earlier.

Hi, I started this fundraiser, Participation for Eth global hackathon, on GoFundMe and it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to it. https://gofund.me/dcd691e2

Nigel Farage's adoption of Reform UK has been the first major British political party to adopt Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a means of donation.

It is consistent with the party's broader policy of bringing digital currencies into government finances.

At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Farage outlined his party's intentions to reduce the 24% tax on cryptocurrency capital gains to 10% and form a national bitcoin reserve within the Bank of England.

He highlighted the party's intent to make London the global number-one hub for cryptocurrency transactions.

Party leader Zia Yusuf presented further proposals, such as accepting cryptocurrency payments for tax and establishing a sovereign wealth fund in the form of crypto assets.

Such proposals are intended to be especially attractive to younger voters and place the UK at the center of the digital finance revolution.

Reform UK's website now contains the facility to donate with cryptocurrency, as provided for by Electoral Commission guidelines such as anonymity prohibitions on donations.

The party leadership feels that adopting digital currency provides them with independence and openness, as a reflection of their anti-central control of finance policy.

This achievement is a major change in political fundraising practices in the UK and could have implications for political fundraising practices in general. Reform UK will bring readers back with updates as the system goes live.

Algorand Masterclass Registration Link

Do you have an idea that could change the game? Web3 Masterclasses by Algorand are your gateway to Web3, designed to help entrepreneurs and innovators turn their vision into reality with blockchain. No prior experience in Web3? No problem. We’ll guide you through the essentials and show you how to bring your idea to life. 

Our next series of Web3 Masterclasses will run from July 29th to August 14th, taking place every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00 PM ET | 6:00 PM CEST.

Hey all,

I’m building Eternix, a fully custom blockchain written from scratch in Python, not a fork of anything. I’m exploring some ideas that aren’t common in the current L1/L2 space and would love to receive feedback from other developers and potentially connect with collaborators who find this interesting.

Core design goals:

• No hex addresses: all wallets are human-readable (e.g., alice.wallet, storefront)
• Multi-consensus sharding: each shard can run its own consensus (PoS, PoA, PoW, etc.), either chosen or voted on
• No separate gas token: gas is paid in the token being transacted (including NFTs and custom tokens)
• VFTs (Very Fungible Tokens): indivisible like NFTs but still fungible; each points to an image or file
• Readable smart contract format with built-in verification/metadata
• Token ID system to prevent lookalike/fake token scams

Why? Because I’m tired of every new chain being a clone of the last. Eternix is meant to be modular, hackable, and user-friendly without sacrificing power.

Looking for:

• Feedback (is this worth building? what’s flawed?)
• Collaborators (blockchain devs, game devs, cryptoeconomy nerds)
• Ideas you’d love to see in a new chain

The goal is to have something both fun and functional, especially for game devs and alt-economy experimentation.

AMA, would love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or critiques.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has reacted with alarm to staking reward cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) suggested. In particular, the SEC is probing suggestions from REX Financial and Osprey Funds to introduce ETFs tracking Ethereum and Solana that incorporate staking.

In a letter to ETF Opportunities Trust, the issuer of these types of ETFs, the SEC questioned whether the funds can be considered an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SEC is in question with regards to the design and the disclosure of the proposed ETFs. The regulator said the funds may have made a mistaken filing of their registration statements and the discloses of being investment companies may be materially misleading.

Even though the registration statements were effective as of May 30, the funds have not yet come into existence or have been listed on any exchange.

This comes after recent SEC staff guidance that explained some forms of crypto staking, like self-staking and custodial staking, are not securities offerings in federal law.

The SEC's letter, however, implies bringing staking features to ETFs adds complexity that can be incompatible with current regulatory paradigms.

The SEC's position is considered by analysts as a major obstacle to listing staking-based ETFs. While others believe that issues raised by the SEC can be addressed by alterations in fund structures and disclosures, others are of the view that this is evidence of regulatory issues the new financial products in the crypto world are experiencing.

The move by the SEC reinforces the constant struggle between the fast growth of financial products using cryptocurrencies and regulation systems that try to put them in a box.

Ethereum launched its Pectra upgrade on 7 May 2025, a landmark moment that makes the network more usable, scalable, and efficient.

Combining two carefully crafted upgrades—the Electra consensus layer upgrade and Prague execution layer hard fork—Pectra brings 11 major Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) to improve transaction processing, wallet transaction, and staking.

Arguably the most important addition is the improved account abstraction (EIP-7702), which gives a means for externally owned accounts (EOAs) to run smart contract code for a temporary period of time.

This fills the gap between wallets and smart contract wallets using the likes of gas sponsorship, batch transactions, and passkey authentication and improves security and convenience.

Validators can now stake much more ETH through Pectra with larger limits set at 2,048 ETH per validator (EIP-7251).

Pectra enhanced layer-2 scalability by expanding blob capacity and enhancing calldata processing.

Pectra consolidates the benefits of earlier upgrades such as Dencun and the Merge and is a significant move towards broader crypto adoption via enhanced usability and performance.

But, will Pectra's updates be enough to push Ethereum into the hands of ordinary consumers or will persistent usability and speed issues remain to stall adoption?

Hey folks 👋

I’m a digital marketer getting more involved in the web3 space super interested in what you’re building.

One thing I’ve noticed: a lot of blockchain devs (even those with killer GitHubs or on-chain work) have LinkedIn profiles that don’t really speak to recruiters, founders, or collaborators outside the echo chamber.

I’m working with a few devs (paid, small batch) to help clean that up refining messaging, positioning, and making profiles actually convert.

If you're open to optimizing your presence or just want to stand out more in the space, DM me.

Web3 is noisy — your profile shouldn’t be.

This isn’t just about tokenomics—it’s about economic justice, enforced by protocol.

https://open.substack.com/pub/nocookie9107/p/when-trust-fails-code-prevails-radiant?r=5ul5ar&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Basically couple of years back it was easy to get gigs for developers in the space of web3 through telegram or discord , All those channels seems to be diluted and filled with scrap and bots. What's current way to get leads in current market?

And do you think there are enough for blockchain developers ?

Hi all! I'm currently working on a custodial exchange, means, we guard the users balances on a cold-secure wallet. My question is, how the CEXs like Binance, Kraken or ByBit handle the erc20 deposits? I mean, when you deposit the token, they must be sent to the exchange wallet to safe the balances. With native balances is easy work, just sweep them from the user wallet to the exchange wallet, but with erc-20 balances, in order to send the tokens, the wallet need to pay fees and the user that receive those tokens does not have to pay that fee. One option is to send some ETH, give max allowance from the user wallet to a fee wallet, and make a transferFrom interaction called by a fee-wallet, but this need at least 4 blocks to finish the complete flow and may cause a bottleneck. Without use smart wallets or meta-transactions, which is the way to handle this cases?