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France's gambling regulator, the ANJ, plans to block Polymarket, a U.S.-based crypto prediction market popular for its election betting, due to its classification as illegal gambling under French law. Access through VPNs and other workarounds could make enforcement challenging.
Crypto.com has released its roadmap for 2025. It plans to launch a stock and options trading platform, a stablecoin, and an ETF. It is also exploring the banking sector with personal multi-currency accounts and interest on cash balances. Notable milestones include “1 second, 1 cent” transfers, a US credit card, and fiat on and off ramps in South Korea and Hong Kong.
Optimism has expanded its mission from a single Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) solution to a foundational role within the "Superchain," a network of interconnected, Optimism-governed blockchains using the OP Stack to facilitate Ethereum's scalability. Through shared technology, governance, and a collaborative ecosystem that rewards impactful open-source contributions, the Superchain aims to harness network effects to grow Ethereum's capacity and enhance interoperability, benefiting all participants and developers in its ecosystem.
ERC-7683 standardizes intent-based transactions, leading to a commoditization of solver services and a redistribution of value to the ecosystem. As solver fees have declined from 15 to 4 basis points over the past year, value is increasingly flowing to order originators like UniswapX and settlement networks like Across, which provide critical infrastructure including flexible repayment systems and intent backstopping. The standard is expected to capture 20-30% of L2 DEX volume and 25-40% of the bridging market.
There is no clear “L1 premium” in fully diluted valuations (FDV). That being said, it does exist in market cap comparisons, with L2s trading at FDV/revenue multiples of 100-250x versus L1s at 118-140x. Optimism has significantly higher multiples largely due to successful collective strategy implementation and adoption of OP Stack technology. The data challenges common assumptions about blockspace restriction and revenue generation, with Arbitrum showing lower L2 profit than Base despite higher fees.
Talus is an L1 designed for AI agent deployment. It addresses current issues like platform isolation, API fragmentation, and payment rail restrictions. Its onchain agentic framework, Nexus, enables agent orchestration through IBC protocol integration, permissionless payments, and programmable security. Built on MoveVM, Talus aims to provide the essential infrastructure for autonomous agents including composability, interoperability, cost-effectiveness, and verifiable computation.
dYdX v3 shutdown with $70 million in user funds stranded on the L2. The platform's Escape Hatch mechanism allowed users to withdraw nearly $30M through a three-step transaction process on the Ethereum mainnet. This incident highlights the importance of security measures and fallbacks for L2s. More robust solutions are needed for general-purpose L2s.
This chart shares a visual depiction of various AI projects on Base and their specific sub-category.
Binance is listing Cow Protocol (COW) and Cetus Protocol (CETUS) with a "Seed" tag, which indicates higher risk and volatility - trading will open on November 6.
Polymarket outperformed traditional media and pollsters in forecasting the election by quickly and accurately processing data without bias.
Vitalik Buterin deposited 2.09 million STRK tokens, valued at $799,000, into Binance.