Bitcoin-native DeFi protocol Liquidium has passed a major governance proposal introducing a new staking model tied to the platform revenue. The protocol’s native token LIQ has climbed over 73.3% since the proposal was approved earlier this week. It was trading at roughly $0.25 as of press time, based on CoinGecko data. Liquidium introduces staking On […]
The post Bitcoin DeFi protocol Liquidium’s rebrand and staking model propel LIQ token to new heights appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin to eligible token holders, according to a May 15 statement. The governance vote, which ran from May 6 to May 13, received near-unanimous support, with 99.96% of participants backing the initiative. In total, around 7 billion tokens were […]
The post Over 40% WLFI’s USD1 airdrop approval vote concentrated to 5 wallet addresses appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has unveiled the Trillion-Dollar Security (1TS) initiative, a long-term plan to raise Ethereum’s security standards in line with its growing importance in global finance. The Foundation said it aims to position Ethereum as a network capable of securely holding trillions of dollars in assets for individuals and institutions. According to the […]
The post Ethereum Foundation aims to secure the future with trillion-dollar security initiative appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Proposal comes as ETH surges 30% on Pectra upgrade, boosting attention on Ethereum-native protocols.
Lido’s governance community is reviewing a new proposal to give staked Ethereum (stETH) holders more influence in protocol decisions. The May 8 proposal, dubbed Lido Improvement Proposal 28 (LIP-28), introduces a Dual Governance framework. Presently, only LDO token holders can vote on changes to the Lido protocol. This gives them complete control over decisions that […]
The post Lido proposes dual governance upgrade to empower stETH holders in decisions appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Around $11.6 million of Arbitrum's treasury will now be allocated to Franklin Templeton's FOBXX, Spiko's USTBL, and WisdomTree's WTGXX.
The EVM-only proposal aims to improve the user and developer experience ahead of Sei's forthcoming Giga upgrade.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
A new governance proposal has been submitted to finalize the Sky ecosystem's upgrade from MKR to SKY following its "Endgame" rebrand.
Base has reached “Stage 1 Decentralization” by introducing fault proofs and a decentralized Security Council to its network structure, the layer 2 blockchain announced in a blog post on April 29. Fault proofs allow any participant to propose or challenge claims about Base’s state, with open-source challenger software and financial incentives supporting permissionless dispute resolution. […]
The post Base becomes 10th L2 network to reach at least Stage 1 decentralization appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced a restructuring of its leadership on April 28, highlighting the focus areas of its two co-executive directors and separating the work areas of its management team and board of directors. The changes are part of an effort to enhance strategic execution, strengthen internal operations, and further support the Ethereum (ETH) […]
The post Ethereum Foundation introduces new leadership model based on management team, board of directors appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The reformed organization hopes to double down on scaling Ethereum and gaining users without sacrificing on its core cypherpunk values.
The Solana Foundation has implemented a new policy that will scale back support for long-standing validators reliant on Foundation-delegated stake, while paving the way for new, community-backed operators. The updated guidelines state that for each new validator brought into the Foundation’s Delegation Program, three existing validators will be removed, provided they have received Foundation stake […]
The post Solana’s new policy champions community validators over internal reliance appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Tally is used by decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to manage the governance process.
Galaxy proposed a wider array of options for voters in choosing deflation rates for Solana, with decision made from weighted average.
Galaxy Research has submitted a new proposal to the Solana (SOL) community to reform the network’s inflation governance discussion through a method called Multiple Election Stake-Weight Aggregation (MESA), according to a filing published on April 17. The mechanism seeks to introduce a market-driven process to refine the SOL emissions curve without relying on single-outcome votes. […]
The post Galaxy proposes consensus method to address Solana inflation debate appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Movement co-founder Rushi Manche has reportedly taken a “temporary leave of absence” following market maker irregularities last month.
The new token extensions enable users to confidentially shield balances, transfer tokens and mint or burn assets.
Venus Labs requested $1.7 million paid in BTC, BNB, ETH and USDT for work it did in the last two quarters of 2025.
Ethereum core developers have confirmed that the highly anticipated Pectra upgrade will be deployed on May 7. Nixo Rokish, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s protocol support team, shared the news in an April 3 post on social media, saying: “Pectra mainnet date confirmed May 7. Let’s gooooo.” Ethereum core contributor Terence further clarified that […]
The post Ethereum overcomes setbacks, confirms Pectra upgrade for May 7 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Compound Labs, the team behind the DeFi protocol Compound Finance, is considering launching a dedicated foundation to streamline operations and support the protocol’s long-term development. Compound is one of the most popular DeFi lending protocols on Ethereum. According to DefiLlama data, the platform currently has $2.5 billion in total value locked (TVL). Following the announcement, […]
The post Compound looks to emulate Uniswap with new foundation initiative appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Uniswap DAO has voted to continue its “treasury delegation program” in a preliminary decision that will now move onchain.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new framework for Layer-2 (L2) rollup security that could bring faster finality and stronger trust guarantees to Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem. In a recent proposal, Buterin outlined a roadmap built around a hybrid-proof architecture that combines zero-knowledge proofs, optimistic rollups, and trusted execution environments (TEEs) while avoiding overreliance on […]
The post Vitalik proposes new roadmap for Ethereum to enhance L2 security, finality appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Co-founders Zak Folkman and Chase Herro were reportedly replaced as “controlling parties” of the platform, according to Reuters.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The GCP was approved during a period of exceptionally optimistic projections that, in hindsight, proved unsustainable, the authors argue.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
dYdX will begin monthly token buybacks with 25% of its annual net protocol fees via its Treasury SubDAO.
Berachain allows users to stake assets in DeFi liquidity pools to earn BGT tokens, a key aspect of its onchain governance.