Ethereum Watch

It is going to be a happy new year for the Ethereum Classic community indeed, as the ETC Cooperative recently made some positive announcements for the protocol’s upcoming year. Advertisements The ETC Cooperative, which is a public charity focused on supporting the development and growth of Ethereum Classic, will be funding the development work on […]

NFTs often become punchlines, with countless “right-click and save” memes being born as a result of the same. On the flip side, however, traditional artists are speaking out about the pain of seeing their work stolen and minted as NFTs without their permission. Advertisements Thou “Art” a thief On 18 December, Liam Sharp, a British […]

Do you remember the day you took the training wheels off your bicycle? Maybe you liked them well enough, but knew it was time to move on. Advertisements Now, an Ethereum rollup – or a Layer 2 solution for scaling transactions – is ready to take the same step. Glass half full Optimism, an Ethereum […]

Share this article URL Copied Advertisements Balancer is hoping that the update will increase yields for liquidity providers.  DeFi Mainstays Announce Collaboration  Two of DeFi’s most popular protocols are coming together to increase yields for users.  Balancer has announced its plans to launch Boosted Pools with Aave, allowing for greater capital efficiency and higher yields […]

Key Takeaways Circle has announced that it will be launching native support for its dollar-pegged USDC stablecoin on Avalanche. Following the integration, users will be able to mint and redeem USDC directly on Avalanche. USDC is already the most widely used stablecoin on Avalanche. Share this article URL Copied Advertisements Circle is launching a native […]

Consider the hypothesis: deflation could swap inflation next year. Well, if that’s the case, cryptocurrency can prevail over other asset classes. This is the hypothesis based on which Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone is bullish on the outlook for Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2022. He says “deflationary forces” will take the crypto assets to new […]

Key Takeaways Enso Finance, a new DeFi index and social trading platform, has announced its mainnet launch due on Dec. 9. The launch will involve bootstrapping liquidity through a simultaneous vampire attack on six competing protocols. Users migrating liquidity to the platform will be rewarded with NFTs and Enso’s native tokens. Share this article URL […]

Key Takeaways Pontem partners with Polkadot node provider to finalize experimental test network for Facebook’s Diem blockchain. The partnership with PinkNode means the Pontem team can deploy nodes on Kusama, Polkadot’s canary network. Pontem aims to help Diem introduce new features by testing them in the Polkadot ecosystem. Share this article Pontem, an experimental network […]

Key Takeaways Panther Protocol has raised over $8 million from over 140 investors for its privacy-focused DeFi solution. The protocol will allow users to mint 1:1 collateralized privacy-preserving synthetic assets. Leveraging zk-SNARKs, such assets obfuscate all the information involved in an on-chain trade. Share this article Panther Protocol, an end-to-end privacy protocol that can be […]

Key Takeaways Oiler is an on-chain trading protocol for blockchain parameters like gas fees or network hashrate. Oiler’s clients will most likely be Ethereum power-users like exchanges, wallet operators, or Layer 2 providers. Oiler functions without oracles. All information they use is available directly on the blockchain, thus limiting oracle attack risks. Share this article […]