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Crypto Media Houses Taken In By Fake $10M Uniswap Airdrop Scam
16.2.2024
A scammer deceived several crypto media houses into running stories on a fictitious $10 million Uniswap airdrop on February 15. This comes as the automated market maker (AMM) blockchain protocol announces the timeline for its latest V4 platform. Crypto News Outlets Promote Fake Uniswap Airdrop...
Protocol Village: QuickNode Adds Support for ZkSync Hyperchains
15.2.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 15-21
DeFi Protocol Tranchess Launches New Staking Products With Lido Finance
15.2.2024
Tranchess, a decentralized protocol specializing in risk-adjusted yield solutions for digital assets, announced the launch of two new staking products in collaboration with Lido Finance, a leading liquid staking platform. These products, dubbed “staYETH” and “turYETH,”...
Moonwell Introduces ‘USDC Anywhere’ for Cross-Chain Lending and Borrowing
15.2.2024
Moonwell has launched a new feature called “USDC Anywhere,” designed to facilitate the cross-chain lending and borrowing of the USD Coin stablecoin directly across various Ethereum networks. Following the launch on Feb. 14, a Moonwell blog post revealed that USDC Anywhere untilized Circle’s...
Over 1 Million Telegram Users Sign Up on NEAR Protocol’s Self-Custodial Wallet in 10 Days
15.2.2024
Over 1 million Telegram users have created wallets using HERE, the self-custodial wallet designed for the NEAR Protocol (NEAR), within a span of just 10 days. In a recent note shared with Cryptonews.com, NEAR said users had already created 300,000 wallets within the first 48 hours of its launch...
Ethereum Restaking Draws $4.4 Billion to EigenLayer Amid Surging Interest
14.2.2024
Over the past 10 days, EigenLayer witnessed a major increase in inflows, receiving over $4.4 billion with its Ethereum restaking feature as a key contributor. According to data from DefiLlama, there is now $1.93 billion worth of wrapped ether tokens locked on the protocol, as well as $2.73 billion...
The Protocol: Bitcoin's OP_CAT, Fake Ethereum Tokens, Starknet's Airdrop
14.2.2024
CoinDesk's Jamie Crawley takes a look at the suddenly-high-profile proposal to revive Bitcoin's historic "OP_CAT" function as a way of enabling more development on the oldest blockchain. PLUS: the unofficial "ERC-404" tokens driving up fees on Ethereum and highlights from our Protocol Village...
UniLend V2 Launched on Mainnet: First-Ever Permissionless Lending and Borrowing Protocol for All Digital Assets
13.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. February 13, 2024. UniLend Finance, a leading decentralized finance protocol, has launched its revolutionary new version UniLend V2 on the Ethereum Mainnet. UniLend V2 marks a significant milestone as the first-ever permissionless lending and borrowing protocol for all ERC20 tokens...
Kenny Li, Core Contributor of Manta Network, on The Future of Modularity, Decentralization, and More | Ep. 308
13.2.2024
In the latest episode of the Cryptonews Podcast, host Matt Zahab had a wide-ranging discussion with Kenny Li, Core Contributor to the privacy-preserving Polkadot–based protocol and layer-1 blockchain Manta Network. In this exclusive interview, Li talked about: the future of modularity and...
Puffer Finance is 2nd biggest liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum
13.2.2024
With a TVL of $857 million, Puffer Finance has positioned itself as the second most substantial liquid restaking protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. In addition to DeFi, users may deposit stETH and generate returns through ETH staking and pufETH. Prominent entities in the investment industry have...
Is It Too Late to Buy Bitcoin Cash? BCH Price Takes Off as New Bitcoin Protocol Raises $10.7 Million
12.2.2024
Leading Bitcoin Fork Bitcoin Cash has undertaken an impressive +15% price increase and traders are now wondering whether it’s too late to buy into Bitcoin Cash at these levels. This article will provide an analysis of BCH’s current price trends and look to see whether a newer Bitcoin token...
Farcaster Co-Founder Critiques Twitter Clones: Innovation Over Imitation
10.2.2024
Decentralized social media protocol Farcaster has emerged as a prominent player among several burgeoning Twitter alternatives, both on-chain and off-chain. However, Dan Romero, the co-founder of Farcaster, does not view his decentralized social app as a competitor to Elon Musk’s Twitter...
Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0 Will Allow Institutions to Issue Stablecoins Backed by U.S. Treasuries
8.2.2024
Protocol Village: Order-Routing Protocol Flood Raises $5.2M Led by Bain Capital Crypto, Archetype
8.2.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14
LBank Labs Announces Strategic Investment in Navi Protocol, Joining OKX Ventures, DAO5, and Hashed in $2M Funding Round
8.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. LBank Labs, a prominent player in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, is excited to announce its investment in Navi Protocol, an inaugural Native One-Stop Liquidity Protocol on Sui, offering users opportunities as liquidity providers or borrowers within the Sui Ecosystem. LBank...
The Protocol: Solana's Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon
7.2.2024
Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there's a lot of crypto news to cover. Here's this week's The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain tech
Aave Stablecoin GHO Hits $1 Peg After Six Months – Here’s More
7.2.2024
Aave’s GHO stablecoin has hit the $1 mark after trading below the peg for over six months since its launch in July 2023. The asset’s price hit $1 on Feb 6 following efforts from the wider community, which included integrations with the Aave decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol....
Is Monero Doomed? XMR Plummets, Yet This Bitcoin Protocol Just Hit $10.3 Million in Funding
7.2.2024
After a tumultuous Binance announcement, the leading privacy token Monero has seen its price plummet. This XMR analysis takes a look at whether Monero is doomed to fall even further. Monero token’s huge price drop has been attributed to an announcement from Binance, which yesterday spooked...
Taproot Wizards' New Bitcoin NFTs Already Trading at Twice the Initial Sale Price
7.2.2024
With almost two hours left for whitelisted buyers to claim the digital-art collectibles, at least 2,560 of the series of 3,000 had been claimed, at a fixed price of 0.1 BTC ($4,274 each)
GoDaddy and ENS Partner to Offer Free Linking of .eth Domains to Traditional Web2 Domains
5.2.2024
ENS, the domain name protocol on the Ethereum network, has announced a partnership with GoDaddy, the largest internet domain registry, allowing users to seamlessly link their internet domains to ENS addresses without any cost. Announced on February 5, GoDaddy domain name holders can now easily link...