Ethereum


Tech

Arbitrum’s New Chain Arbitrum Nova Is Open to Developers

Nova is intended to be used for social applications and gaming, while the Arbitrum mainnet will continue to be available for NFT and DeFi projects.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Markets

Celsius Reclaims $410M of 'stETH' Tokens After Paying Down $81M Debt to Aave

The embattled crypto lender Celsius is inching closer to fully paying off its loans from decentralized finance protocols, reducing its outstanding debt to $59 million.

Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

SSV DAO to Distribute $10M in Grants for Staking Projects Ahead of Ethereum Merge

The organization will distribute grants in USDC, ETH and SSV tokens.

(Jeff McCollough/Getty Images)

Learn

What Is the Ethereum Name Service? How ENS Works and What It’s Used For

The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) takes inspiration from a technological challenge first contended with when the U.S. military was developing the building blocks of the internet.

3D illustrated letters (Getty)

Tech

Aave Proposes Decentralized, Yield-Generating Stablecoin GHO

The U.S. dollar-pegged algorithmic stablecoin will be minted by users and generate interest yields.

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Markets

Why Ethereum Name Service Is Seeing a Spike in Domain Registrations

The registrations came on the back of a record-breaking ENS sale, a research firm pointed out.

ENS domain registrations spiked this week. (Dan Gold/Unsplash)

Videos

Is MakerDAO Becoming ‘a Company Run by Politics’?

“The Hash” hosts unpack the specifics and industry implications of the recent “governance drama,” division and lobbying that gripped Ethereum’s pioneering decentralized money layer, MakerDAO.

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Tech

Decentralized Mixer Tornado Cash Makes Its User Interface Open-Source

The privacy protocol is stepping up transparency by inviting more eyeballs to review code.

(Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images)

Learn

From stETH to wETH to Gwei: Understanding the Different Shades of Ethereum

It's important to understand the difference between staked ether tokens and staked ether deposits and more so that you don’t make an expensive mistake.

(Gavin Biesheuvel/Unsplash)

Finance

Aztec Launches DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect

The privacy solution, now on mainnet, allows users to interact with popular DeFi apps in a private way.

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