Solana CEO breaks silence over controversial ad backlashSolana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has broken his silence over the “America Is Back — Time to Accelerate” advertisement, which blended American patriotism and tech innovation with political messaging around gender identity.“The ad was bad, and it’s still gnawing at my soul,” Yakovenko said in a March 19 X post after receiving immense backlash over the controversial ad. Source: Anatoly Yakovenko“I am ashamed I downplayed it instead of just calling it what it is - mean and punching down on a marginalized group.”Yakovenko praised those in the Solana ecosystem who called out the “mess” that was posted on Solana’s X account, which accumulated around 1.2 million views and 1,300 comments before it was deleted roughly nine hours later.
It would be the first US ETF to hold NFTs if approved. Additionally, “[t]he Trust will also hold other digital assets, such as SOL and ETH, that are necessary or incidental to the purchase, sale and transfer of the Trust’s PENGU and Pudgy Penguins NFTs,” the filing said. Launched in December, PUDGY has a roughly $438 million market capitalization as of March 20, according to CoinGecko.
Source: CointelegraphCoinbase becomes Ethereum's largest node operator with 11% stakeCrypto exchange Coinbase is the largest node operator on the Ethereum network, controlling 11.42% of the total staked Ether, according to the company’s latest performance report.Coinbase said it had 3.84 million Ether (ETH), worth about $6.8 billion, staked to its validators.
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