Printr V2 is looking to fix the “incentive misalignment" in token launches on platforms like Pump.fun, co-founder Jason said.
StarkWare is cutting staff and restructuring under two units as CEO Eli Ben-Sasson says the firm is "simply too big" to move fast.
The Giugliano upgrade is expected to occur on April 8 to improve finality and add fee parameters directly in block headers, the team said.
Kieran Dennis, co-founder of Z and an initial contributor to Core, claims Z is the first attempt to bring native EVM capabilities to Zcash.
OKX Wallet users can supply assets, including USDT0, xBTC, and xETH, to earn yield that compounds automatically without giving up custody.
The Ethereum Foundation is co-funding the "easy" initiative, which was announced at EthCC in Cannes, and partners include Aave, Titan, Centrifuge, and more.
This comes as X is developing X Money, a payments system that is set to integrate cryptocurrencies into the platform.
IDEX is a decentralized exchange that combines a traditional centralized-style order book with an automated market maker.
In 2023, Celo voted to pay quarterly CELO grants to Opera to fund its deployment across the web browser's Mini App ecosystem.
The Polygon-based T-REX Ledger will serve as the official reference chain for permissioned ERC-3643 tokens.
Muneeb Ali's Stacks Labs said its SIP-034 upgrade has now been implemented, boosting effective capacity for certain DeFi applications.
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The funding coincides with Arkade adding support for digital assets, including infrastructure designed for stablecoins like USDT on Bitcoin.
Pump.fun tops $1 billion in revenue as domain records reveal Ethereum, Base, BSC, and Monad subdomains amid potential cross-chain expansion.
OP Labs CEO and Optimism co-founder Jing Wang clarified that the layoffs were not driven by financial difficulties.
The proof-of-concept demonstrates Layer 2 transactions settling through re-execution on Ethereum’s base layer.
Starknet is developing the STRK20 framework to enable privacy-focused stablecoins and other assets with built-in confidentiality.
The platform is live on multiple EVM chains and powers the majority of token launches on Base, via integrations with apps like Zora and Bankr.
A16z added the NovaBlindFold folding scheme to the open-source Jolt zkVM, “rendering it suitable for privacy applications.”
Last year, Coinbase relaunched the noncustodial Base App with social features like Creator Coins that have since been phased out.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
ZKsync said it will deprecate ZKsync Lite on May 4, freezing the network and shifting focus to Era and ZK Stack.
Starknet plans to launch strkBTC, a bitcoin-based asset that enables shielded balances and transfers while preserving DeFi composability.
Voltage launched a USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning Network revolving credit line following a $1 million institutional Lightning transaction.
Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum designed to support tokenized real-world assets and onchain financial services.
Ether.fi will migrate roughly "70,000 active cards, 300,000 accounts, and millions in user TVL to Optimism," over the coming months.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 is “evolving its foundational software by moving to a unified, Base-operated stack."
Zora, a socialfi platform closely associated with the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, is launching its new attention market platform on Solana.
The integration allows institutions to conduct confidential payments, treasury management, and DeFi transactions on public blockchains.