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Vishal Chawla

Vishal Chawla is The Block’s Crypto Ecosystems Editor who has spent over eight years covering technology. Vishal can be reached on X at @vishal4c and via email at [email protected]

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Ethereum hits 45 million block gas limit in latest scaling move

July 22, 2025, 3:27AM EDT

Layer 1s

Zora token rallies after Base App integrates its content tokenization tech

July 21, 2025, 1:13AM EDT

Token Projects

Founders Fund-backed Caldera to launch native ERA token along with community airdrop

July 11, 2025, 2:12AM EDT

Layer 2s and Scaling

Arbitrum transaction ordering system Timeboost generates $2 million in fees within three months of launch

July 4, 2025, 2:53AM EDT

Crypto Ecosystems

Velodrome enables native cross-chain swaps for its DEX ecosystem on Optimism Superchain

July 2, 2025, 3:11AM EDT

Crypto Ecosystems

Attacker drains over $9 million from Resupply stablecoin protocol after manipulating token price

June 26, 2025, 3:00AM EDT

Crypto Ecosystems

Nasdaq-listed Bit Digital to focus exclusively on Ethereum staking after moving away from Bitcoin mining

June 26, 2025, 12:59AM EDT

The Block

Activity on Kraken's Ink Layer 2 rises ahead of token rollout

June 23, 2025, 2:47AM EDT

Crypto Ecosystems

Namada blockchain completes mainnet rollout for composable privacy layer as native token set to begin trading

June 17, 2025, 9:35AM EDT

DeFi

XRP Ledger devs plan sidechain launch in Q2 for Ethereum compatibility

June 11, 2025, 1:45AM EDT

Infrastructure