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Ethereum Gas Fees Spike as ETH Value Rises: Average Onchain Fees Jump by More Than 50%
19.1.2023
While the second-largest crypto asset by market capitalization, ethereum, has risen 27% against the U.S. dollar in the last two weeks, the network’s average and median-sized gas fees have increased by more than 50%. On the first day of 2023, the average fee to spend ether was around $2.93...
Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count
16.1.2023
Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, Ethereum processed 1.10 million onchain...
GumBall Protocol goes live on Arbitrum
12.1.2023
GumBall Protocol has gone live on Arbitrum. The news was shared by GumBall Protocol on Twitter, adding that more information will be shared on the official Discord channel. Meanwhile, followers can retweet the announcement to claim one free LiquiCat, an NFT collection that is currently in...
Optimism and Arbitrum flip Ethereum in combined transaction volume
11.1.2023
The two layer-2 networks processed more than 1.1 million transactions combined on Jan. 10
Smart Contract Platform Tokens See Double-Digit Gains, Boosting Defi TVL Above $40 Billion
9.1.2023
Decentralized finance (defi) and smart contract platform tokens rallied on Monday morning (ET) and the total value locked in defi jumped above the $40 billion zone for the first time since mid-December 2022. The top smart contract platform coins by market capitalization increased 7.1% on January...
OpenSea announces support for Arbitrum Nova
9.1.2023
Arbitrum Nova is now supported by OpenSea, the largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens and digital collectibles. OpenSea will also join DAC, short for Data Availability Committee, to provide access to on-chain data and improve data accuracy. The new outcome of the partnership where OpenSea...
Unreported Transactions Linked to Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Revealed by Onchain Investigation
5.1.2023
According to onchain research, wallets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, transferred a significant number of previously unreported transactions across various blockchains. The transfers were discovered by Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, and while most of...
Arbitrum One goes live on Nitro
2.1.2023
The moment seems to have finally arrived when the Arbitrum is functioning live on Nitro. For all concerned and connected users, this simply means they will now have the added benefit of an increased amount of throughput and immensely lesser fees. There will also be the factor of the new-age rollup...
Gamma Strategies gets positioned live on Arbitrum
29.12.2022
Gamma Strategies has now been successfully positioned live on the Arbitrum. As an entity, Arbitrum has reached its pinnacles over some time and, as of date, happens to have become the fourth biggest in terms of the overall ecosystem. However, where the L2 ecosystem is concerned, it is now...
NFT Sales This Week Jumped 27% Higher, Cryptopunks Rise Above Bored Apes
14.12.2022
On Dec. 14, 2022, statistics show that non-fungible token (NFT) sales jumped 27.72% higher than NFT sales recorded last week. The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection captured the most sales this week but on Wednesday afternoon, the floor value tied to Cryptopunks once again jumped above...
Hacker Steals $6.9 Million From Arbitrum-Based Defi Protocol Lodestar Finance
11.12.2022
Arbitrum-based lending platform Lodestar Finance was exploited on Dec. 10, 2022, according to a tweet from the project’s Twitter account on Saturday. Community reports detail that Lodestar lost roughly $6.9 million from the vulnerability. Lodestar Finance Loses $6.9 Million in an Exploit,...
GammaSwap officially launches on the Arbitrum Network
9.12.2022
GammaSwap recently released a tweet about officially launching on the Arbitrum network. The integration will help GammaSwap collaborate with Arbitrum to be a part of the upcoming DeFi innovation. The platform shared a string of tweets to inform users about the launch. According to GammaSwap...
This Week’s NFT Sales Slid 5% Lower Than Last Week, Ethereum NFT Sales Accounted for 76.8% of the Volume
5.12.2022
On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, market data shows that non-fungible token (NFT) sales dropped 5.23% lower than last week’s sales despite a 15.16% increase in NFT buyers. Out of the $112.70 million in NFT sales volume over the last week, Ethereum-based NFTs accounted for $86.59 million or 76.8% of the $112...
Avalanche-Based DEX Trader Joe to Soon Deploy on Ethereum Scaling Solution Arbitrum
2.12.2022
Trader Joe locks up over $95 million worth of tokens as of Friday and is among the most popular Avalanche-based products
Bitdao Reveals Modular Ethereum L2 Called Mantle, Public Testnet to Launch in 2023
1.12.2022
On Wednesday, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, Bitdao, announced the soft launch of a modular Ethereum layer two (L2) network called Mantle that claims to bolster lower fees and fast transactions. According to the Bitdao team, Mantle’s public testnet...
Game7 Launches $100 Million Grants Program to Push Web3 Gaming Development
30.11.2022
Game7, a blockchain gaming-focused DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) has announced the launch of a $100 million grants program. The objective of this grants program is to support the Web3 gaming community in these times of market downturn and to advance the adoption of blockchain gaming...
The World’s Largest NFT Marketplace Opensea Adds BNB Blockchain Support
29.11.2022
On Tuesday, the world’s largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in terms of overall NFT sales volume, Opensea, announced that BNB blockchain-based NFTs will be supported on the marketplace platform. With BNB blockchain support, Opensea users will be able to purchase and list BNB...
NFT Sales Jumped 22% Higher This Month With $568 Million in NFTs Sold Across 20 Blockchains
29.11.2022
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have shown improvement during the last month as 30-day statistics show NFT sales are up 22.37% higher than the month prior. During the last seven days, NFT sales are up 5.13% higher than the week before. Additionally, over the last two days, the floor value of Bored...
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Speeds Up DAI Transactions and Withdrawals, Expands to Arbitrum, Osmosis
16.11.2022
MakerDAO’s new tech, Maker Teleport, enables users of the DAI stablecoin to circumvent Ethereum’s jam-prone base layer
Arbitrum sees steady growth as airdrop speculation leads to increased earnings
14.11.2022
Arbitrum earnings are soaring as daily active users flood the layer-2 platform with the hope of an eventual airdrop