Ethereum Watch

Ethereum-based projects have joined forces to protect against exploits involving maximal extractable value (MEV). Advertisements CoW Swap, BeaverBuild, and Agnostic Relayer have launched a new MEV protection tool. MEVBlocker.io will reportedly pay users to protect themselves across DeFi, dApps, and when trading NFTs. MEV Blocker routes transactions through a searcher network to block attacks. Searchers […]

Update April 2, 17:58 UTC: The Arbitrum Foundation released a statement to address the crypto community. It said that from the on-chain transfer of 50 million ARB tokens, 40 million ARB were allocated as a “loan to a sophisticated actor in the financial markets space.” Meanwhile, the remaining 10 million ARB tokens were converted to […]

Ethereum validators have earned 1.1 million ETH ($2.007 billion) in staking rewards since January 2021, according to Delphi Digital data. Advertisements Ethereum validators started staking in 2021, soon after the launch of the Beacon Chain. Since then, their reward has steadily grown as more validators joined the network. Ethereum Validators Earning (Source: Delphi Digital) Over 67k […]

Ethereum developers said in a blog post following the 157th AllCoreDevs Execution Layer meeting that withdrawals of staked ETH would occur on April 12, 2023. Advertisements The upgrade is the final stage that will allow Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network validators to unstake ETH previously locked in a smart contract on Ethereum’s Beacon Chain. Ethereum Shapella Upgrade […]

According to on-chain data, Euler Finance exploiter returned over 58,000 Ethereum — worth over $100 million on March 25. The returned funds shot its EUL token up by 28%. Advertisements In a series of March 25 transactions, the Euler exploiter first sent 51,000 ETH to the decentralized finance (DeFi) deployer address. The exploiter later sent […]

Matter Labs has launched its zero-knowledge EVM mainnet zkSync Era in Alpha, marking the first-ever launch of a permissionless zero-knowledge Ethereum scaling solution. Advertisements Several notable crypto projects are already live on zkSync Era, including, Argent, a DeFi and Ethereum wallet, Frax, a fractional algorithmic stablecoin, and oracle network Pyth. Ethereum Projects and Exchanges Joining […]

A recent Bank of America Report argues that Ethereum’s long-term viability depends on scalability, even as OFAC censorship issues loom large post-Merge.  Advertisements According to the report, Ethereum’s first-mover advantage drew decentralized app developers who now face the prospect of network congestion until sharding goes live. Ethereum’s Low Transaction Throughput and Censorship Threaten Use Data […]

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to a nine-month high of over $27,000 and has liquidated more than $200 million from short sellers, according to available data. Advertisements During the last 24 hours, BTC rose by 4.24% to $27,470 at the time of writing, according to BeInCrypto data. This continued its positive price performance over the past seven […]

On the back of soaring NFT activity, Ethereum tests $1,700. On-chain metrics show the recent ETH price downswing could dip further in March 2023. Advertisements Ethereum (ETH) was lauded after EIP-1559 successfully passed, enabling a mechanism for network transaction gas fees paid to be burned. It marked the start of the disinflationary era for the […]

ConsenSys will launch a permissionless testnet for its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine rollup on March 28, 2023, hot on the heels of Polygon Labs. Advertisements The testnet will be compatible with the self-custodial wallet MetaMask to move tokens on and off the network. Developers can prototype new applications using dApp development platforms Truffle, Hardhat, Foundry, […]