Following its private mainnet launch in May, Katana has over $240 million in pre-deposits that is already being used to earn yields.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Robinhoood has also launched perpetual futures in the EU and the staking of Ethereum and Solana in the U.S.
The XRPL EVM Sidechain opens up new Ethereum-compatible decentralized application use cases for the XRP Ledger ecosystem.
The firm is beginning with a tokenized version of MSTR stock on Arbitrum and plans to expand to additional assets and networks.
No employee or team member of Layer 2 scaling solution Eclipse may claim its upcoming ES token airdrop, the start up said in an X post.
Coinbase has launched two additional wrapped tokens on its Base Ethereum Layer 2 network — cbADA and cbLTC.
The Ink blockchain, developed by Kraken as a Layer 2 on Optimism's Superchain, has seen a surge in activity ahead of a planned token rollout.
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Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina announced Zisk as new foundation CEO Sandeep Nailwal pivots resources to Polygon PoS and Agglayer.
JPMD, to be launched on Base, is a "permissioned" deposit token that will digitally represent commercial bank holdings.
Fileverse, the startup making easy-to-use Ethereum-based productivity software, has released dSheets, an alternative to Excel.
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The Ink Foundation said there will be a hard cap of 1 billion INK tokens, which will not be used for protocol governance.
a16z crypto has purchased $70 million in EIGEN tokens, expanding on its previous lead investment in Eigen Labs' $100 million Series B round.
MEV-related spam continues to consume a large share of block space and a new system is required to unlock true onchain scalability, Flashbots says.
Yupp is a free platform that allows users to compare answers from multiple AI models, using crypto rails for rewards and payouts.
Stripe said the ability for merchants to accept USDC will be available to Shopify merchants in 34 countries.
The pilot initiative clears a path for World Chain to ultimately become a ZK rollup, according to Succinct.
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Nailwal announced plans to double down on Polygon's Agglayer and PoS networks and the deprecation of Polygon zkEVM.
XRP Ledger plans to launch an EVM sidechain in the second quarter of this year to gain Ethereum compatibility.
The exploit was Alex Lab's second major exploit in as many years, and the recovery process from last year's exploit has yet to conclude.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The firm said it is tokenizing real-world assets such as solar farms, Medicaid claims, consumer credit, corporate debt, and more.
Botanix is “now fully removed from all operational responsibilities,” with governance decisions being made by the federation.
This includes roles responsible for growth in Latin America, Europe, Singapore, South Korea, and West Africa.
The Ethereum Foundation has restructured its Protocol Research & Development division, now simply called “Protocol.”
The acquisition specifically focuses on seed phrase management, though the value of the deal was not disclosed.
Rails aims to enable participants to earn yield on their bitcoin while bolstering the Lightning Network's performance and scalability.