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In this issue:
- Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes – Finally
- Starknet to Settle on both Bitcoin and Ethereum
- From Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street: Danny Ryan’s New Mission
- Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces
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ETHEREUM HOLESKY TESTNET FINALIZES – FINALLY: Ethereum’s Holesky testnet achieved finality nearly two weeks after the Pectra upgrade, overcoming a client-software configuration bug that had prevented finality since Feb. 24. The achievement comes as Ethereum developers held off on deciding when Pectra would go live on the mainnet blockchain,…