Results hardforka Constantinople, growth Binance Coin and other events of the week.

In the traditional Sunday digest - a flat of Bitcoin, the explosive growth of Binance Coin, the launch of the custodial service from Fidelity Digital Assets and the scandal around the purchase of startup Neutrino by the company Coinbase.

This week in the network Ethereum held hardforks Constantinople and St.Petersburg.

The long-awaited updates of Constantinople and St.Petersburg will make significant changes to the Ethereum blockchain. Improvements will affect the specifications of the underlying protocols, client APIs and contract standards.

The official announcement states that the planned updates will occur simultaneously at block No. 7,280,000, which, according to Amberdata.io, is likely to occur on February 28. According to the Ethereum blog, the exact date may vary depending on the time the blocks were created and the updates can be activated 1-2 days earlier or later than the planned date. Recall that the activation of Constantinople, which is part of a three-stage update called Metropolis, which combines a total of five proposals for improving Ethereum (EIP), has already been postponed in January due to a vulnerability.