0xResearch Newsletter

Ethereum core developers finalize Pectra’s May 7 launch and wrap scoping of the next upgrade

The depeg is part of a plan to improve sUSD’s capital-efficiency

The controversial new model aims to cut emissions by 43% and redirect incentives

The up-and-coming L2 aims to be the first chain with about a 1.7 gigagas/s speed

As equities retest 2024 lows and trade wars are brewing, BTC’s resilience stands out, but it’s not decoupled yet

Markets recoiled on Trump’s tariff talk, and crypto’s resilience was short-lived

The latest chain to join zkSync’s network also uses Avail for data availability

The Binance-affiliated stablecoin lost about $200M of market capitalization

The chain could mark a turning point in bitcoin’s utility

Credora and others are setting new standards for transparent, user-facing risk in DeFi

Ethereum core developers debated a major overhaul of the EVM, weighing complexity and benefits

Introducing garbled circuits for enhanced privacy and regulatory compliance

A memecoin short squeeze pushed Hyperliquid to the brink — and revealed decentralization limits

Fidelity is planning a stablecoin launch, FT reports, as more companies flock to the digital-dollar business

David Chaum’s ecash in the 90s offers insights into balancing priorities in DeFi today

With mainnet now live, Nillion looks to bring privacy-preserving compute to Web3

Bitcoin ETF outflows are leveling off, Ethereum’s price action is increasingly sentiment-driven, and TradFi’s role in crypto is expanding

The Interchain Foundation is open-sourcing evmOS under Apache 2.0 to streamline EVM adoption across the ecosystem

Aave DAO pushes back against Horizon token

New “Hoodi” testnet means the Pectra hard fork will be delayed to May

Fundamental investors are turning to token buybacks

Layer-2 Movement finally launched its mainnet yesterday

Cryptographic breakthroughs are unlocking Bitcoin programmability — without changing a single line of Core code

Trump’s embrace of crypto is a double-edged sword — without real legislation, the next administration could undo everything