Optimism’s major ‘Bedrock’ upgrade set for June 6
Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism is set to undergo its highly anticipated Bedrock upgrade on June 6. The move is...
Ethereum
Celsius moves $781M in stETH just as Lido withdrawals open
It appears that embattled crypto lender Celsius is wasting no time in shifting its Ethereum staking tokens from liquid staking...
$500K worth of stETH redeemed in 3 hours as Lido enables withdrawals
The Lido liquid staking protocol has enabled Ether (ETH) withdrawals for the first time, according to May 15 data from...
These 5 Altcoins Are Less Than $1 and Could Perform Well in 2023
2022 turned out to be a challenging year for the crypto and altcoin market. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem...
Bitcoin’s Ethereum-Like Features Expose Huge Issue
The crypto market has witnessed countless evolutions since Bitcoin’s inception in 2009. A recent development in this field is the...
US strips Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith of export privileges for 10 years
The United States Department of Commerce has imposed a 10-year export privilege ban on Virgil Griffith, an Ethereum developer serving...
Ethereum Staking Tokens Lido, Rocket Pool Soar Double Digits on the Week
LSD tokens are heading higher.Lido Finance (LDO) and Rocket Pool (RPL) led weekly market gains with 22.9% and 12.8% price...
Avorak AI Explores Cross-Chain Interoperability With Solana EVM
It is not fully known by a lot of those in the crypto industry, but Neon Labs, a blockchain solutions...
Are ZK-proofs the answer to Bitcoin’s Ordinal and BRC-20 problem?
The Bitcoin (BTC) network has faced a litmus test in recent weeks due to the increased demands of Ordinals and...
First Free Spacebrat NFT Minted Over 300,000 Times Across Several Blockchains
Jasmine Monsegue, also known as the artist Spacebrat, released her first free NFT called “Gleam” through an open edition mint,...
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin and Ethereum Lead Market Pullback as Dollar Rises
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt.Despite a small midweek growth spurt on news that the U.S. Department of Labor’s inflation...
Ethereum (ETH) Supply Down 0.285% in 240 Days Post-Merge
Today marks 240 days since an event the Ethereum community has come to know as “the merge.” And its effects...
New tech could make crypto and Web3 wallets more convenient
The foundation of the Web3 ecosystem is the wallet, an app or browser extension that lets users verify their web...
Coinbase screws up, Florida bans CBDCs, and Bitcoin Ordinals…
Top Stories This Week Coinbase calls Pepe a ‘hate symbol,’ prompting calls to boycott the exchange An email sent out...
Ethereum’s Beacon Chain is updated after finality issues
Ethereum core developers rolled out patches for Prysm Labs and Teku clients as a response to two Beacon Chain finality...
Ordinals and BRC-20 will disappear in a matter of months, JAN3 CEO says
The latest hype around Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens is unsustainable and will fade away in a matter of...
BitDAO proposes to replace BIT token in branding revamp
A proposal seeking to apply a "One Brand, One token" principle has been pushed to a vote on BitDAO's Snapshot...
Eigen What? How EigenLayer Is Putting $34B in Staked Ethereum Back to Work
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster)Crypto Twitter has been awash the past few weeks with talk...
Musician RAC’s NFT Fan Pass Is ‘About Belonging to Something’
Grammy-winning electronic musician RAC recently teamed up with HIFI Labs to launch the CULT Pass, a dynamic, blockchain-enabled membership pass...
What is Pepecoin and can it flip memecoins Dogecoin and Shiba Inu?
The market valuation of Pepecoin (PEPE) has dropped by 65% as of May 12, a week after its record high...
MakerDAO publishes 5-phase roadmap featuring funding for open-source AI projects
MakerDAO, the organization behind the DAI stablecoin and its related MKR governance token, recently announced a slew of planned updates...
Crypto VCs made $2.6B worth of deals in the first quarter of 2023
While the crypto space suffers through a bear market, venture capital (VC) firms are still making deals in 2023, demonstrating...
