Bitcoin and ether edged higher as traders assessed macro risks, derivatives positioning and whether bitcoin can sustain a push toward $80,000.

Bitcoin holds above $72,000 as crypto market pauses after breakout

Author: Vitalik Buterin
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TechFlow Dive: This is one of Vitalik's rare public self-criticisms. He directly points out Ethereum's near-absence in addressing various social issues over the past few years and proposes a new framework—"sanctuary tech."
This post represents one of the most valuable internal discussions within the Ethereum community: what exactly are we building, and for whom are we building it?
The full text is as follows:
Over the past year, many people I've met have been worried about two things:
First, the world's trend: government control and surveillance...

Vitalik's rare self-criticism: Ethereum missed the really important battleground

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a strategic investment in OKX, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, boosting its valuation to approximately $2 billion.
The article, "Star Xu Statement: ICE's Investment in OKX is Not the End, but the Beginning of Deep Integration of Traditional and Digital Finance," was originally published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain ABMedia media.

Star Xu declared: ICE's investment in OKX is not the end, but the beginning of a deep integration of traditional and digital finance.

$OKB, the native token of crypto exchange OKX, jumped around 50% today following news that Intercontinental Exchange, the publicly traded parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, made a strategi...