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The Terra blockchain was halted after an exploit drained over $4 million in tokens, including 60 million ASTRO tokens, causing ASTRO's price to plummet. The network resumed after an emergency patch, but the exploit highlighted vulnerabilities in the inter-blockchain communication protocol, leading to sharp declines in Terra's LUNA and ASTRO tokens.
Despite the recent movement of $3 billion in Bitcoin from a Mt. Gox-affiliated wallet, the market barely reacted, with Bitcoin prices holding steady. Analysts believe this is because Mt. Gox creditors are long-term holders who are unlikely to sell, and the market has already factored in these transfers.
Eclipse is a Solana Virtual Machine L2 that uses Celestia for DA and Ethereum for settlement. As a rollup, it may surpass Solana L1 transaction speeds while providing liquidity access to Ethereum. Its mainnet is now open for builders.
Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Nomura, has partnered with Dinero to launch an institutional liquid staking token fully backed by Dinero's pxETH called IpxETH. This product is designed for institutional investors seeking exposure to Ethereum staking yields, offering a unique alternative to spot Ether ETFs by providing staking benefits alongside ETH exposure.
Aave's introduction of protocol fee distributions to token stakers could mark the bottom of its negative price movement over the past few years. For this proposal to go through, it must pass a couple more votes and the protocol must hit “trigger milestones,” like the GHO stablecoin reaching a 175 million supply. The DAO is cutting expenses and its status as a blue-chip protocol is hard to replicate. It is one of the few protocols that has proven PMF along with high float and a low fully diluted valuation.
This thread highlights 20 pieces of advice to ensure general internet security and crypto wallet safety. Tips include using multiple emails with different passwords, disabling SMS authentication, and revoking smart contract approvals.
Uniswap Labs, Circle, and the Copenhagen Business School have released a paper explaining how traditional financial factors affect the crypto market. Since 2019, digital asset prices have been composed of monetary policy, broad market risk premium, and crypto-specific demand. Two-thirds of Bitcoin's 2022 decline can be attributed to contractionary monetary policy. 2023 and beyond's bull market has been driven by the decrease in crypto risk. Day-to-day Bitcoin volatility can be explained best by adoption and risk premium shocks.
Solana is rapidly emerging as a leader in stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs), positioning itself as a key player in merging traditional finance with onchain economies. With robust stablecoin growth, particularly in USDC, and innovative RWA projects like Maple and Parcl, Solana is expanding its ecosystem to attract both retail and institutional capital. Solana is set to further solidify its place in the tokenization of real-world assets through initiatives like the Libre Fund and Jupiter's GUM Alliance aimed at driving adoption and reinforcing its position in the market.
BlackRock's ETHA has accumulated 150,000 ETH in five trading days, demonstrating the potential of the ETFs to act as supply sinks.
The EVM's ability to run transactions in parallel depends on how much they rely on each other.
StarkNet is struggling, with only 10,000 daily users, low DEX volume, and fewer transactions compared to other Layer 2s.
Circle's $5B valuation gives it a 2.5x revenue multiple, marginally higher than PayPal and Square and significantly below Coinbase's 15x.
Polymarket rewards liquidity providers (LPs) in USDC for placing limit orders near the mid-book, with higher rewards for popular markets and double-sided LPs.