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Today in crypto, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is pushing for an update simplifying the blockchain’s node software, while a Galaxy Digital exec said the US CLARITY Act may have little chance of passing this year if it doesn’t move forward within the next seven weeks, Elsewhere, USDC’s market cap is approaching a record $80 billion amid turmoil in Dubai’s real estate market.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a proposal, or a pull request, on Saturday that would merge the backend programs used by nodes to interact with Ethereum’s Beacon Chain, which handles consensus and staking, and the protocol’s execution layer into one unified code structure to simplify node setup.
Ethereum node runners, also called validators, currently have to run two separate programs, which each require setup and synchronization to coordinate and communicate the data produced by Ethereum’s consensus and execution layers.
