Category: Blockchain

Executive Summary Platform Updates Ethereum Following the May 2025 Pectra upgrade, Ethereum’s PoS chain showed robust health. Staking surged to new heights: over 35 million ETH (28.3% of supply) was locked as of mid-June cointelegraph.com, driven in part by renewed confidence after the upgrade. Analysts noted ~500K ETH was staked in the first half of…
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June and early July 2025 were exceptionally eventful for blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT). The period saw landmark corporate milestones, surging institutional interest, major regulatory moves, and growing real-world adoption across sectors. “June proved to be a powerhouse month for the crypto world,” with record investment inflows, a blockbuster stablecoin company IPO, new stablecoin…
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Blockchain in Business and Information Systems Research Blockchain technology has exploded from its roots in cryptocurrency into a revolutionary force across industries. Advocates claim it could fundamentally change how we exchange value and trust information, much like the internet did for communication. “The blockchain can do for transactions what the internet did for information,” says…
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Background and Technical Foundations Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed digital ledger that securely records transactions across a network of computers without a central authority geeksforgeeks.org. At its core, a blockchain consists of a chain of data blocks linked together using cryptography; each block contains a bundle of transactions and a hash (digital fingerprint) referencing the…
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Crypto Prices Surge to New Highs in H1 2025 The first half of 2025 saw a robust crypto bull market, with major cryptocurrencies reaching or nearing all-time highs. Bitcoin (BTC) broke the six-figure milestone and traded around the $100K–$110K range for much of June coindesk.com coindesk.com. It set a record high of ~$112,500 on May…
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Latest Updates: XRP and Ripple Labs (2024–2025) Recent years have been eventful for XRP (the cryptocurrency) and Ripple Labs (the company behind it). Key developments include: Background: What Are XRP and Ripple Labs? XRP is a digital asset native to the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a blockchain originally launched in 2012 by Ripple’s founders 21shares.com. It…
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