Published: 3:00pm, 7 Jan 2026Updated: 3:47pm, 7 Jan 2026 Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups to relocate offshore, according to two sources. One of...

The company has a goal to own 5% of the global ETH supply. 

In brief Ethereum increased its blob target to 14 and the blob limit to 21 in a planned fork. On-chain data shows blob usage remains well below capacity despite rising rollup activity. The change reflects Ethereum’s move toward tuning data availability rather than relying on major upgrades, Decrypt was told. Ethereum, the world’s second-largest blockchain...