Zug: Where Ethereum Was Born and Crypto Goes to Grow Up
What is not to like about the tiny Swiss city where Vitalik Buterin and his cofounders launched Ethereum? The No. 1 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 ranking has it all: regulatory clarity, crypto-friendly banks and a lively crypto job market and events calendar.

Bitcoin Holds Above $30K as Investors Await Historically Strong July, Eye Options Expiry
BTC has gained at least 20% in July in each of the past three years. Depending on its price heading into the expiry, bitcoin could rally additionally or retreat.

Uniswap's Hayden Adams: Q&A on Weathering the Regulatory Storm, What’s Next for DeFi
After the recent release of a proposal for a new "v4" version of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, CoinDesk's Sam Kessler chats with Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams about the case that DeFi is “here to stay” and his position that the U.S. “lags behind” on crypto regulation.

Casa CEO on Ethereum Expansion, Future of Crypto Self-Custody
Casa, a popular crypto self-custody firm historically focused on the Bitcoin blockchain, added support for Ethereum this week. This comes as the recent crypto crash has pushed many users away from centralized exchanges and called for the importance of securing and owning your crypto. Casa CEO Nick Neuman shares insights into the rollout and the case for self-custody.

El gran repunte de bitcoin impulsado por los ETF dejó a ether en su precio más bajo frente a BTC en dos meses
La principal criptomoneda por capitalización de mercado se benefició del creciente optimismo de los inversores tras las múltiples solicitudes de ETF de bitcoin al contado y del hecho de no haber aparecido en las demandas de la SEC a principios de este mes.

‘Storage Proofs’ Touted as Alternative to Hack-Prone Bridges in Multichain World
Storage proofs, a feature that could minimize cross-chain exploits by allowing users to keep their assets on one chain and prove that it's there on a different chain, will go live on Starknet soon.

Bitcoin Custody Firm Casa Rolls out Ethereum Support
Other Ethereum-related assets such as NFTs, ERC-20 tokens and stablecoins are also being considered for future rollouts.

Ethereum Layer 2 Network zkSync Era's Locked Value Surpasses $500M
The total value locked has increased by 12% in one week, according to data source L2Beat.

EigenLayer’s Restaking Smart Contracts Reach Max Limit on Same Day as Mainnet Launch, Pulling in $16M
Notable depositor into EigenLayer’s pools includes one address that deployed the U.S.-sanctioned Tornado Cash money mixing tool.

DeFi Platform EigenLayer Rolls Out Restaking Protocol on Ethereum Mainnet
EigenLayer's developers raised $64.5 million in a series of investment rounds.
