Q: What year did Satoshi Nakamoto disappear from public communication?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued new staff guidance clarifying how broker-dealer rules apply to crypto interfaces, introducing the concept of “Covered User Interface Providers.” Under this framework, DEX front-ends, wallet swap interfaces, and aggregators can avoid broker-dealer classification if they remain non-custodial, do not execute or control trades, avoid steering order flow, and rely on neutral logic.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs returned to net inflows this week, signaling renewed institutional demand after a period of outflows. Flows are increasingly moving through structured vehicles such as ETFs and custodial platforms, reinforcing their role as primary entry points for institutions and a key source of downstream liquidity across crypto markets.

European policymakers are accelerating efforts to develop euro-denominated stablecoins as a counterweight to the dominance of U.S. dollar-backed assets. Support is coming from major financial institutions including ING and BNP Paribas, with calls to expand both stablecoin issuance and tokenized deposit infrastructure.

Engineering continues to make steady progress on ZK provability, with optimizations and improvements to internal systems like Oxygen. Work is expanding beyond initial ZK requirements as the team aligns broader infrastructure with long-term scalability and performance goals.

The transition from op-geth to op-reth is actively underway, with testing in progress for a fully integrated version that includes Hemi-specific functionality. A release is targeted ahead of the upcoming deprecation timeline, giving node operators time to migrate.

Work continues on MinerF, with ongoing development and testing of Continuum, the daemon responsible for managing threshold signature participation. This includes final testing of threshold signature infrastructure, integration with ZK proving systems, and preparation for broader participation through restaking mechanisms.

Lagoon is now directly integrated with Hemi, expanding vault infrastructure for hemiBTC in DeFi.

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Governance, restaking, and what the industry got wrong about vote-escrow tokenomics.

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This month, Hemi recognizes a community member who has been here since the beginning. Congratulations to Alpha, a builder in the ecosystem, who will receive a Hemigo of the Month hoodie, a rare collectible recognizing sustained contributions.

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The Hemi crew met for another special AI Happy Hour discussion on the most recent trending topics and advances in autonomous agents and large language models.

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Hemi continues to move forward across core infrastructure.

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A: Satoshi Nakamoto ceased public communication in 2011.