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Vitalik Buterin talks ‘Rainbow Staking’ at ETHTaipei to combat centralization risks
In his latest talk at ETHTaipei, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin introduces Rainbow Staking as a way to combat growing centralization concerns around staking.
Buterin notes that “staking in general” and “liquid staked tokens” today have…
You Can Earn Bitcoin for Playing This Asteroid Mining Game—Here’s How Much
Asteroid mining could be big business in the future, if anyone figures out how to make it economically feasible. For now, at least, you can mine Bitcoin from digital space rocks in the mobile game SpaceY. And yes, you really can cash out…
Gnosis uRamp joins suite of on-chain banking products
Gnosis Venture Studios, a branch of Gnosis known for developing on-chain finance solutions like Safe and Gnosis Pay, has unveiled uRamp. URamp is a new platform that facilitates transactions between on-chain assets and traditional fiat…
Jupiter Founder Says DEX Will Donate Fees to Slerf Presale Buyers
Solana decentralized exchange Jupiter moved fast to help Sloth-themed Slerf meme coin presale buyers who got burnt.Meow, the pseudonymous co-founder of Jupiter, said late last night that after joining an X space with the Slerf community,…
Maker moves to meet demand for DAI
MakerDAO, creator of the DAI stablecoin, has a good problem: Demand for its product is high.
SparkLend, a borrowing and lending platform organized as a sub-DAO within Maker, has issued so much DAI in recent weeks that it needs…
Reddit Discloses FTC Probe into AI Data Licensing Ahead of IPO
Social media giant Reddit has revealed that it is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its data licensing practices for artificial intelligence training. The disclosure comes as the company prepares for its…
It’s cheaper to swap on layer-2s than on Ethereum, Uniswap research finds
A recent paper by Austin Adams, a researcher at Uniswap Labs, contends that swapping and liquidity provisions on layer-2 networks are significantly cheaper than on Ethereum’s mainnet.
According to the paper, chains like…
El Salvador Bitcoin Treasury Is a Lot Bigger Than We Thought
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted a not at all subtle flex on X yesterday, saying his administration moved a "big chunk" of its Bitcoin treasury into a cold wallet and planned to lock it away in a vault.The screenshot he shared…
Swell launches its own layer-2 for restaking with Polygon CDK
Swell, a liquid staking protocol, will launch its own layer-2 rollup solution for restaking using AltLayer and EigenDA.
Restaked rollups are a design pioneered by AltLayer. Unlike a standard rollup solution, these variants are…
Binance Asked to Provide Names and Transaction History of Top 100 Users in Nigeria
Nigeria has stepped up its scrutiny of global crypto exchange Binance by demanding the names and transaction history for the top 100 Nigerian users, according to a news report.It's been three weeks now that the Nigerian government has…