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While the briefing touches on science and tech policy (leap second removal, Meta settlement), these topics have no direct linkage to blockchain or digital assets. Crypto markets are currently driven by macro factors, BTC dominance, and risk sentiment, not science news.

Nature published a daily briefing covering science images, leap second removal, and Meta's legal settlement.

Leap Second Removal Poses Hidden Risk to Blockchain Timestamps

Leap Second Removal: The Hidden Time Bomb for Blockchain Consensus and Smart Contracts

The abolition of leap seconds is part of a global effort to simplify timekeeping, reducing the risk of time-related errors in financial systems. For crypto, this could improve the reliability of timestamping and consensus mechanisms, which are foundational to blockchain integrity.

Plans to abolish the leap second are accelerating due to fear of a possible negative leap second.