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Ethereum’s Hashrate Surpasses Lifetime High as The Merge Gets Closer
4.6.2022
Following the all-time high (ATH) recorded in May, Ethereum’s hashrate has been breaking records again, as it reached 132 petahash per second (PH/s) on Saturday, June 4. Presently, Ethereum’s hashrate is coasting along at 129 PH/s and the network’s top mining pool Ethermine...
MixBytes Launches Lido Pool on Curve for DOT Staking
3.6.2022
MixBytes integrated with Curve Finance for launching new Lido pools on Moonbeam. The stablecoin pool will support stDOT+xcDOT staking. The Lido pool users stand a chance to earn LDO tokens thanks to a proposal by the Lido DAO reWARDS committee for 100,000 LDO. Staking is one of the methods used...
Bitcoin Block Data Shows Top 5 Pools Retained Over 71% of the Global Hashrate Last Month
2.6.2022
During the last 30 days, the price of bitcoin has lost more than 22% against the U.S. dollar but during that time, Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained above 200 exahash per second (EH/s). While 16 known mining pools mined the leading crypto asset during the last month, the top five mining pools...
Terra to burn 1B UST from the community pool as holders vote for it
27.5.2022
The proposal highlighted that the burn may help restore the UST dollar peg by burning the excess supply
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
13.5.2022
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days ago on May 5. One specific defi protocol called Lido, a liquid staking platform and the second largest defi...
Terra Proposes Token Burn and Increase in Pool Size to Stop UST Dilution
12.5.2022
Terra believes that decreasing the amount of UST in circulation, while increasing the amount of available LUNA, is the easiest way to return the UST to a peg
Bitcoin Miners Reach the Halfway Point to the Next Block Reward Halving
6.5.2022
On May 5, 2022, at block height 735,000, the bitcoin mining pool Poolin mined the 105,000th block reward since the last halving. The mined block also represents the halfway point to the next halving that is estimated to take place on or around April 27, 2024. Block 735,000 follows the network...
‘Smart Money’ Is Staking ETH on Rocket Pool and Selling ENS, Nansen Data Suggests
3.5.2022
For the second consecutive day, Yuga Labs’ Otherdeeds NFT collection has seen the most volume in the last 24 hours, according to the blockchain analytics platform
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Reveals $100 Million Single-Borrower Pool Designed for Blockchain.com
25.4.2022
The crypto firm Blockchain.com has revealed it has secured up to $100 million in liquidity from Truefi’s single-borrower pool. The pool will be initially capped at $100 million over the first year and Blockchain.com aims to use the funds to bolster its own “liquidity pools, leverage...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Surges Reaching a Lifetime High, Difficulty Expected to Jump Next Week
24.4.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high this weekend reaching 271.19 exahash per second (EH/s) on Saturday, April 23 at block height 733,197. Currently, the computational power is coasting along at 233.81 EH/s with a network difficulty change expected three days from now on April...
Dominant Staking Pool Lido Causing ‘Long Lasting’ Damage to Ethereum, But Aims to Improve
21.4.2022
Lido Finance, a third-party staking pool operator for Ethereum (ETH) 2.0, is under fire from the community for what is called an “unwavering commitment to being a monopoly” that accusers say damages Ethereum’s status as a decentralized blockchain. However, the operator says it aims to...
$19.2 Billion in Staked Assets — Liquid Staking Solution Lido Set to Surpass Curve’s TVL
21.4.2022
While the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) hovers just above the $214 billion mark, a defi protocol called Lido has been moving closer toward taking Curve’s top spot in terms of TVL in a defi protocol. Currently, the liquid staking solution Lido has $19.2 billion...
Is Ethereum Staking Pool Lido’s Growth an Omen of Centralization?
20.4.2022
Lido might be on track to control over 50% of all staked ether on the Beacon Chain. Better it than Coinbase, proponents say
13,233 Blocks Found by 16 Pools — A Look at the Top Bitcoin Mining Pools in Q1 2022
12.4.2022
During the first quarter of 2022, Bitcoin’s hashrate averaged between 180 to 200 exahash per second (EH/s) and during the course of that time, 13,233 block rewards were found by 16 mining pools. According to three-month statistics, Foundry USA was the network’s top mining pool...
Water great idea! Bitcoin mining heats this swimming pool
8.4.2022
A Bitcoin miner is heating his entire swimming pool so his kids can swim–all while securing the Bitcoin network and making money
NFL Star's Version Of Water Cup Challenge Now In Running For GOTY 2022
4.4.2022
Here’s how one guy ended up thrown into a swimming pool in front of millions of viewers. On Friday, professional NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster was recorded taking the “water cup challenge” on TikTok. It was the most nerve-wracking two minutes of Jenga I’ve ever endured. No matter how full the...
Frax Finance’s FXS Jumps as Terra Introduces Stablecoin Pool ‘4pool’
4.4.2022
Liquidity from four major protocols would be used to make Curve’s 4pool attractive for users
TrueUSD and Balancer Offer Liquidity Providers TUSD and BAL Rewards From Stablecoin Pool Incentive Program
3.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, Singapore / April 4th / – TrueUSD (TUSD) and Balancer (BAL) Automated Market Maker (AMM) partnered up with Polygon to offer liquidity providers with TUSD and BAL rewards from a stablecoin pool incentive program last November. The program incentivizes liquidity...
RichQUACK’s Staking Pool Accrues $1 Million TVL in Week Since Launch
31.3.2022
RichQUACK, a hyper-deflationary token backed by a community of more than 209,000 on Twitter and 50,000 on Telegram, launches its staking pool, accessible to holders of its native $QUACK token through its decentralized application (dApp). The pool, which Techrate found to be safe for users in...
Synthetix commence debt pool merger to enhance liquidity and staking capabilities
24.3.2022
The merger of L1 and L2 debt pools is just one of a number of upgrades slated for this week within the Synthetix ecosystem