A widely followed crypto strategist believes that a decentralized oracle running on Ethereum (ETH) is gearing up for a big market reversal. Analyst Michaël van de Poppe tells his 733,600 followers on the social media platform X that he’s bullish on Chainlink (LINK). Van de Poppe predicts that LINK’s immediate resistance will crumble if the […]
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Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI) is launching a new bridge that will allow users to access other blockchains outside of Ethereum (ETH). In a new blog post, Uniswap Labs says that it’s launching the bridge in collaboration with Across Protocol (ACX), allowing users to swap crypto assets between nine different blockchains directly from the Uniswap […]
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Uniswap Labs has announced Unichain, its Ethereum Layer-2 solution aimed at streamlining the user experience for those leveraging its services. The organization specified that Unichain would be built as part of Optimism’s Superchain, designed specifically with decentralized finance in mind. Unichain aims to lower costs by 95% compared to using the Ethereum blockchain and to […]
Ethereum and Bitcoin, two of the world’s largest blockchains, are facing significant challenges in scaling their networks. As more users and transactions move to layer two (L2) solutions, these systems could undermine the security and sustainability of the base layer (L1), with fees and rewards for miners and validators dwindling. Growing L2 Adoption Raises Concerns […]
In October 2024, the latest data shows that decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) hold $24.5 billion in treasuries, down by $12.6 billion since the end of March. Optimism’s DAO, which boasted $8.3 billion on Mar. 24, has seen its treasury shrink to $3.8 billion, making it the largest DAO treasury despite the decline. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations […]
A decentralized finance (DeFi) project and an Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 blockchain are both surging after abruptly gaining support from Coinbase. In a new set of announcements, top US-based crypto exchange platform Coinbase says it’s adding DeFi platform Moonwell (WELL) and ZKsync (ZK), an Ethereum scaling solution, to its suite of products. According to Coinbase, customers […]
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According to L2Beat, six Ethereum layer 2s have already reached Stage 1, while most others are still stuck at Stage 0.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on Sept. 12 that he will no longer consider a network a “layer 2” if it has not reached “Stage 1” by the end of the year.
“The era of rollups being glorified multisigs is coming to an end,” he stated, adding that “the era of cryptographic trust is upon us.”
The question of whether a network is a layer 2 isn’t just a technicality for the Ethereum community.
Blockchain security firm SlowMist is reporting that an Indonesian crypto exchange was hacked for over $22 million in digital assets. SlowMist says that crypto exchange Indodax saw its hot wallets exploited across multiple blockchains, including Bitcoin (BTC), TRON (TRX), Ethereum (ETH), and ETH layer-2s Polygon (POL) and Optimism (OP). The firm’s data says that the […]
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Bitcoin remains below $55,724 support, but the selling may be reducing, increasing the possibility of a relief rally in UNI, SUI, OP and HNT.
Bitcoin (BTC) broke below the $55,724 to $73,777 range on Sept. 6, paving the way for a further decline to the Aug. 5 intraday low of $49,000. According to Bitget Wallet chief operating officer Alvin Kan, Bitcoin may remain under pressure until the Federal Reserve’s rate decision on Sept. 18. However, after the rate cut is announced, Kan anticipates risk assets to witness a short- to mid-term boost.
Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, who earlier speculated Bitcoin to drop below $50,000 has changed his view. He now expects Bitcoin to rally as early as next week due to increased United States dollar liquidity from the Fed.
Crypto market data daily view. Source: Coin360
OP Labs, a software development company focusing on the Optimism ecosystem, has proposed an upgrade for the Optimism rollup called Granite, which comes to fix a series of vulnerabilities in the chain’s fault-proof system. While some high-severity vulnerabilities were encountered during external audits, OP Labs stated that none had been exploited. Optimism Proposes Network Upgrade […]