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A PiNetwork expert has shared how Stellar’s upcoming Protocol 23 upgrade could boost the token’s value. The expert emphasized that Pi Network’s Node software shares its backbone with Stellar. This could mean the upgrade’s improvements will directly impact Pi’s infrastructure. Expert Explains Why the Upgrade Matters for Pi Network’s Future In a recent X post,
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Strategy (previously MicroStrategy) recently conducted its third-largest Bitcoin purchase in terms of dollar cost. The firm made this move shortly before revealing its huge successes in Q2 2025, indicating its steady long-term commitment.
Chairman Michael Saylor recently appeared in an interview, explaining his vision for the company’s future. Despite BTC’s slight drop last week, he remains confident in a multi-decade vision for crypto.
Strategy has been a pioneer with its Bitcoin treasury technique, specifically becoming the world leader of corporate crypto acquisition.
After months of consecutive stock offerings and ambitious purchases, the firm made its third-largest buy by US dollars last week. Outpacing the firm’s biggest moves in 2025, this signaled a firm commitment.
Strategy’s latest Bitcoin acquisition is quite impressive for a few reasons. First of all, this happened towards the tail of a highly profitable quarter for the firm, which followed a bleak posting in Q1 2025.
Strategy continued buying before its new net income was fully realized. Second, Bitcoin’s price momentarily fell shortly after this purchase, for unrelated reasons.
To explain his unorthodox moves, Strategy Chair Michael Saylor agreed to an interview to discuss this ambitious Bitcoin purchase.
His comments were very enthusiastic, brushing off any minor price setbacks as usual.
“This is digital capital. If you’re using traditional treasuries as capital, you’re underperforming the S&P 500 by 10% a year. You’re burning money. If you’re using Bitcoin, you’re outperforming the S&P by something like 40% a year. The more capital you raise [and] hold, the faster you create shareholder value,” Saylor claimed.
In essence, Saylor downplayed the possible risks of Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases, envisioning a scenario where retail traders will continually buy stock to reap higher gains.
Rather than claiming that the firm will hodl its assets forever, Saylor offhandedly mentioned wanting to custody BTC for 21 years. Meanwhile, these stock sales generate massive yields.
Also, Saylor was asked if he’d consider investing in any altcoins, and he praised the TON ecosystem in response. He saluted TON’s technical innovations and enthusiastic community, but Saylor is firmly in the BTC maximalist camp.
Whatever happens next, Saylor isn’t getting off this train any time soon. He spoke of Strategy investors’ desire to use Bitcoin to achieve 2x gains, but claimed it has much more potential.
For now, the company will remain a standard-bearer of corporate confidence in BTC through thick and thin.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has urged the blockchain community to rethink the network’s design approach, pushing for a more minimalist and efficient structure.
In a blog post published on May 3, Buterin argued that Ethereum should adopt a simpler protocol model, similar to Bitcoin’s, to improve efficiency, scalability, and security.
Buterin described Ethereum’s current system as overly complex, warning that its technical depth increases costs, isolates research efforts, and raises the likelihood of serious bugs.
The Ethereum co-founder also emphasized that the current design centralizes too much control among a small group of technically advanced contributors. He argued that this approach undermines the network’s decentralization ethos.
To address these challenges, Buterin proposes simplifying the protocol across all network layers over the next five years. So, he suggests Ethereum draws inspiration from Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
“Even a smart high school student is capable of fully wrapping their head around and understanding the Bitcoin protocol. A programmer is capable of writing a client as a hobby project,” Buterin wrote.
According to Buterin, simplifying the protocol will make Ethereum more resilient, reduce infrastructure costs, and lower the entry barrier for developers.
He also concluded that simplicity should be treated as a core value, much like decentralization. He believes Ethereum must prioritize design choices that promote clarity, robustness, and long-term sustainability.
To achieve this vision, Buterin highlighted three key areas where Ethereum can reduce complexity.
First, he recommended changes to the consensus layer, particularly by streamlining the finality system and reducing the number of validators. These steps, he said, would lower operational costs and speed up network consensus.
He pointed out that the consensus layer is loosely coupled with Ethereum’s execution system. This separation gives developers more flexibility to implement improvements without breaking core functionality.
“The nice thing about the consensus layer is that it is relatively disconnected from EVM execution, which means that there is a relatively wide latitude to continue to make these types of improvements,” Buterin said.
The second is focused on overhauling the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
To do this, Buterin recommends introducing RISC-V, a simpler and more efficient computing architecture, as an alternative execution option. He also envisions a future where developers can write contracts using RISC-V alongside the EVM.
Additionally, he suggested replacing precompiles with a canonical on-chain implementation. He also proposed building a RISC-V-based EVM interpreter to support future upgrades with better maintainability.
Lastly, he called for standardization across protocol components. Instead of using different tools for similar functions, Ethereum could adopt one erasure code, serialization format, and Merkle tree. This unified approach would help reduce redundancy and enhance the network’s clarity.
“There is typically very little or no benefit to using different protocols to do the same thing in different places, but such patterns appear anyway, largely because different parts of protocol roadmapping don’t talk to each other,” Buterin pointed out.
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According to Hollywood rumors, Netflix is planning to make a movie based on the 2022 FTX collapse. Julia Garner is rumored to be finalizing negotiations to play Caroline Ellison, but Bankman-Fried’s actor is less certain.
Several outlets have claimed that Evan Peters, who starred in Netflix’s award-winning series DAHMER, is in talks to play SBF. However, this is presumably even less certain than Garner’s role. Graham Moore, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, is also in talks to write the series.
The FTX collapse in 2022 was one of the most dramatic events in financial history, not just crypto. So, it makes sense that Netflix is planning a movie about it. After all, several studios were fighting to get the film rights the same month that the collapse happened.
Variety recently published rumors about the casting, claiming that Julia Garner is nearly set to play Caroline Ellison.
Garner previously played digital con artist Anna Delvey and received an Emmy nomination for her performance. This relevant experience could add color to her portrayal of another convicted fraudster in Netflix’s FTX adaptation.
However, Garner’s largest role was Ozark, an acclaimed Netflix show that earned three Emmy awards. Variety further claimed that she may become an executive producer on this series, but again, nothing has been finalized.
Netflix will reportedly use a love story as a framing device for the FTX series’ plot, so the actor playing Sam Bankman-Fried will be essential.
Other industry publications have alleged that Evan Peters is in talks for this role. He has also won awards for a previous Netflix production in 2022.
A Netflix adaptation of the FTX story could be highly entertaining, but it’s important to stress that no contracts have been signed. The crypto industry has produced many famous events, after all.
The 2016 Bitfinex hack was allegedly getting a movie adaptation last year, but there hasn’t been an update on the project in around six months.
That is to say, “development hell” is a popular term in the film industry for a reason. Hopefully, the crypto community will soon enjoy Netflix’s dramatized take on the FTX collapse. Today, it’s still in the very early stages.
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