Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain
As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”
MoonPay, the exclusive onramp to Moonshot, said it onboarded 750,000 new customers following the memecoin launch.
Elon Musk’s name change on X to “Harry Bōlz” sparked another memecoin frenzy on Tuesday before quickly fading away.
Lending protocol zkLend acknowledged a hack resulting in a loss of over $9 million and requested the hacker to return 90% of it.
Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies.
Powered by Optimism's OP stack, Unichain—like other layer-2s on Ethereum—offers faster and cheaper transactions compared to Ethereum's mainnet.
OpenSea refuted rumors that it would mandate a know-your-customer process for users to participate in a potential token airdrop.
Proton, known for its privacy-focused solutions like Proton Mail and Proton VPN, has rolled out its Bitcoin wallet to all users.
It marks the latest release for the community of coders, artists and technologists that have been quietly tinkering in the shadows for years.
Bitcoin appears to be trapped in yet another emotionally charged range, shifting market sentiment by the day.
The protocol is designed to solve the issue of undercollateralized crypto lending by allowing borrowers to customize their vaults.
Should a pair of major tests go well, developers expect the upgrade to hit Ethereum's mainnet in April.
Also: Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin; UBS tests ZKSync for gold
Ripple CTO David Schwartz confirmed the XRP Ledger network is now back up and running, with no loss of user funds.
Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall Street. Now he's trying to market Ethereum to big banks.
The app store will allow users to directly own and control their AI agents on-chain for various use cases, including autonomous social media accounts and DeFi trading.
The Swiss banking giant, which has been experimenting with blockchain, tapped the layer-2 firm to test whether it could scale its current Key4 Gold program.
Following Bitcoin's fourth halving in April 2024, mining companies have tried to diversify their operations.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The investment could be a “sign of things to come” for AI diversifying Bitcoin miners, according to analysts at JPMorgan.
The integration is supported by Taproot Assets, a network that enables interoperability between stablecoins and other assets on the Bitcoin network.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The upgrade was designed to make Avalanche cheaper. It worked.
With the new rule, Tesla’s digital asset holdings grew to $1.076 billion at the end of 2024 from $184 million the previous quarter.
Also: SSV DAO Unveils “SSV 2.0”; Cardano Hard Fork
Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.
A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain's programming.
Ai16z, an open-source platform for building and managing AI agents, has undergone a rebranding to ElizaOS.
A new paper proposes using a method called "coarse-grained boson-sampling" to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.