Is Ethereum Staking Pool Lido’s Growth an Omen of Centralization?
Lido might be on track to control over 50% of all staked ether on the Beacon Chain. Better it than Coinbase, proponents say.
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Attacker Drains $182M From Beanstalk Stablecoin Protocol
The flash-loan attack becomes the second nine-figure DeFi exploit in a month.
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Apr 17, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
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OlympusDAO Co-Founder Doxxed? Lawsuit Claims to Unmask 'Apollo'
An early Olympus investor alleges he was cheated out of millions of OHM tokens when key smart contracts were rendered inoperable.
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Ethereum Merge No Longer Expected in June
According to Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko, the network’s much-anticipated shift to proof-of-stake might not come until the fall.
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Reminder: The Merge Won’t Solve Ethereum’s Scaling Woes by Itself
Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake might finally be around the corner, but true scale won’t come from a single upgrade.
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Apr 13, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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Cosmos Builder Ignite, 11 VCs Put Up $150M to Invest in Multichain Crypto Teams
The accelerator includes backing from Sam Bankman Fried’s Alameda Research, KuCoin Ventures and others.
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Ethereum Rollup Arbitrum to Release Major Update
The update will halve fees, increase transaction speed, and make it easier for Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible apps to build on Arbitrum.
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Apr 8, 2022 at 7:01 p.m. UTC
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Cosmos-Based Gravity DEX Rebrands and Moves Chains
The re-launch as “Crescent” comes after Gravity DEX struggled to establish itself as a larger player within the broader Cosmos ecosystem.
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Cosmos-Based Juno Blockchain Pushed Offline in Apparent Attack
A malicious smart contract has put the network out of commission for over 24 hours and comes less than a month after a controversial governance vote.
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Apr 6, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. UTC
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Ronin Attack Shows Cross-Chain Crypto Is a ‘Bridge’ Too Far
Last week’s $625 million exploit of the Axie Infinity sidechain underscores the risks of sacrificing decentralization for scale, Ethereum boosters say.
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Apr 5, 2022 at 7:45 p.m. UTC
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