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Optimism
Ether Hovers Around $1.9K Ahead of ‘Shapella’ Upgrade
The interest in ether trading comes ahead of Shapella, a portmanteau of Shanghai and Capella, two major Ethereum network upgrades expected to occur simultaneously on April 12. Shapella will allow investors to withdraw their ether staked on the Ethereum blockchain. Runa Digital Assets Chief Operating Officer Max Williams discusses what to expect from Shapella, sharing insights into ether's supply since the Merge, ETH staking yield outlook, and Layer 2s like Arbitrum and Optimism.
Decentralized Liquidity Platform Synthetix Sees Jump in Fees Collected Amid Incentive Campaign
The protocol generated more than $730,000 in fees on Thursday ahead of the start of its allocation of 200,000 OP tokens per week to traders.
Interest in DeFi Sector Rises Due in Part to Arbitrum Popularity: DappRadar
A new report from DappRadar shows the total value locked in DeFi rounded out the first quarter with over $83 billion, thanks in part to the rise in interest of scaling solutions like Arbitrum, Fantom, and Optimism. That's an increase of nearly 38% from the previous quarter. DappRadar Head of Research and Analytics Pedro Herrera breaks down the details of what happened in the first quarter as jitters swirling around the U.S. banking sector remain.
Paradigm Leads $7M Round for Optimism-Based Startup Conduit
The newly announced startup will help developers launch Optimism-based applications.
Let’s Talk About Crypto Protocol Layers and Why Investors Must Examine Them
They’re the overflow rooms for the bustling Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems.
Decentralized Betting Protocol Thales’ Staking Model Deploys to Arbitrum
By expanding to the largest layer 2 scaling solution, Thales aims to become more resilient and encourage protocol usage.
Upcoming Upgrades That Will Shape the Ethereum Ecosystem
Here are some approaching dates and launches that Ethereum followers and observers should keep an eye on.
Optimism DEX Velodrome Generates Record Weekly Fees Following Coinbase Announcement
Coinbase said last week it is launching Base, another layer two network built using Optimism technology.
Tokens of Optimism Ecosystem Surge as Coinbase Unveils Its Layer 2 Base
Coinbase said Thursday that it is using Optimism's technology to launch an Ethereum layer 2 scaling product called Base.
Coinbase's New Layer 2 Blockchain, Base, Has Rocky Rollout
The much-anticipated protocol struggled to process user transactions, then became the target of some Twitter shade for changing some terms of a contribution pledge on the fly.
