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Bitmine adds another $75M in ether, closing on its 5% supply goal as Tom Lee talks up a Q4 institutional rush
Bitmine bought 27,562 ETH last week, lifting its holdings to about 5.98 million ether — roughly 4.9% of supply — as chairman Tom Lee declared a crypto bull market underway and predicted an institutional buying surge in Q4.
Solana's first onchain vote: issuance cut clings to two-thirds, fee-burn plan falls short
Solana's debut onchain vote has the constitution passing overwhelmingly and a faster issuance cut clearing two-thirds by two points, while a fee-burn plan sits below the threshold with voting still open.
A proposal to burn validator rewards lands as ETH staking hits 34%
Ethereum researchers including the Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake filed EIP-8361 on Aug. 4, a proposal to burn a rising share of validator rewards that its own authors model as halving staking yield.
Fidelity Files to Stake the Ether Inside Its Ethereum ETF
Decrypt reported on August 12 that Fidelity has filed to let its spot Ethereum ETF stake its holdings and route the rewards to shareholders; the filing's terms remain unconfirmed.
Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche got cheaper and busier as their tokens halved, Bitwise says
Bitwise's first quarterly staking report found Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche grew busier and cheaper to use over the past year, yet staking revenue and all three tokens fell by roughly half.
BitMine's ether pile nears 5% of all ETH as Tom Lee pins the rally on a 50/50 regulatory bet
BitMine bought about 42,197 ether for roughly $73–74 million last week, pushing its treasury to 5.74 million ETH — near 5% of all Ethereum — as chairman Tom Lee credited a coin-flip Clarity Act bet for ether's relative strength.
Cardano's van Rossem hard fork awaits stake pool and committee votes as epoch 640 winds down
Cardano's van Rossem hard fork cleared its DRep vote threshold but still lacked enough stake pool operator and constitutional committee votes as epoch 640 neared its close on July 3.
Ethereum Foundation Begins Staking ~70,000 ETH From Its Treasury
The Ethereum Foundation has begun solo staking roughly 70,000 ETH from its treasury, directing rewards back to the treasury while running minority clients and distributed signing across multiple jurisdictions.