NFTs, Gaming and Metaverse Instagram to support NFTs from Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Flow: report Instagram will not charge users for posting and sharing NFTs. Read Full Story May 8, 2022, 1:57PM UTC
Mining Crypto mining platform NiceHash says it developed workaround to Nvidia hash rate limiter Last May, Nvidia reduced the possible hash rate production of its GeForce graphics cards to discourage their use for mining. Read Full Story May 8, 2022, 12:59PM UTC
Ethereum Ethereum bridge Hop Protocol unveils token and airdrop for early users Out of 1 billion newly created tokens, Hop gave 33.5 million to bridge users. Read Full Story May 6, 2022, 12:54PM UTC
Mining A look at the trends driving down GPU prices — and what this means for Ethereum miners Prices for GPUs have been steadily declining for the past few months, as demand from Etherium miners seems to be dwindling. Read Full Story May 5, 2022, 5:36PM UTC
DeFi Lido Finance overtakes Curve to become the biggest DeFi protocol by TVL After today, Lido’s smart contracts hold more assets than the top decentralized exchange Curve Finance. Read Full Story May 5, 2022, 3:08PM UTC
Mining Bitcoin mining revenues fell in April while Ethereum's rose Bitcoin mining revenues dropped in April by 4.3%, while Ethereum revenues went up by 6.2%. Read Full Story May 3, 2022, 2:04PM UTC
Ethereum Ethereum scaling startup Optimism confirms governance token as part of broader shift Optimism, the Ethereum scaling startup, said Tuesday that it will shift to a new governance structure powered in part by a dedicated token. Read Full Story Apr 26, 2022, 5:34PM UTC
Layer 1s Smart contract mistake locks up $34 million of ETH for NFT project "We will mint your NFTs, and reveal them as soon as humanly possible," AkuDreams said. Read Full Story Apr 23, 2022, 2:32PM UTC
Ethereum OFAC sanctions three more Ethereum addresses tied to $600 million Ronin attack The US government is continuing to issue sanctions tied to last month's headline-generating attack on Axie Infinity's Ronin sidechain, which resulted in the theft of more than $600 million worth of crypto. Read Full Story Apr 22, 2022, 6:23PM UTC
Ethereum MetaMask stops working as Infura suffers another service outage The fault means MetaMask users are unable to complete transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. Read Full Story Apr 22, 2022, 2:55PM UTC
Venture Capital Ethereum scaling project Scroll raises $30 million from Bain Capital and others Scroll, an Ethereum scaling project that utilizes zk-rollup technology, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. Read Full Story Apr 21, 2022, 10:00AM UTC
DeFi MakerDAO to integrate StarkNet to cut DAI transaction costs The creator of the DAI stablecoin is set to integrate the Ethereum Layer 2 network StarkNet next week as part of its multichain strategy. Read Full Story Apr 20, 2022, 10:30AM UTC
Ethereum Liquid staking protocol Lido allocates $6 million to Ethereum development The $6 million grant will go towards the long-term maintenance of the Ethereum codebase via the Protocol Guild funding mechanism. Read Full Story Apr 19, 2022, 3:38PM UTC
Cryptocurrency Ukraine minister Fedorov tweets thanks for crypto donations on Easter Just days after the Russian invasion began, the Ukrainian government authorized Aid for Ukraine. Read Full Story Apr 17, 2022, 9:48AM UTC
Ethereum Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash blocks sanctioned addresses from its frontend Tornado Cash, a popular Ethereum mixer that obfuscates crypto transactions, now blocks OFAC-sanctioned wallet addresses via its front-end. Read Full Story Apr 15, 2022, 2:01PM UTC
Layer 1s Ethereum Push Notification Service raises $10 million in Series A funding The EPNS team says it will use the funds to expand its workforce and messaging capabilities beyond Ethereum. Read Full Story Apr 14, 2022, 2:11PM UTC
Ethereum Ethereum largely passes first major test for proof of stake Ethereum developers tried out proof of stake for the first time on a fork of the blockchain. And it went well. Read Full Story Apr 12, 2022, 1:06PM UTC
Venture Capital Boba Network raises $45 million at a $1.5 billion valuation Boba Network, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling project, has raised $45 million in Series A funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. Read Full Story Apr 5, 2022, 4:00PM UTC
NFTs A DAO is selling NFTs for the right to tweet — in a bizarre experiment Called Tweet DAO, members are paying to get the right to tweet and it’s resulting in a multifaceted Twitter profile. Read Full Story Apr 3, 2022, 11:56AM UTC
Ethereum Ethereum miners reach $1.29 billion in revenues in March Ethereum miners brought in $1.29 billion in revenues during March 2022. Read Full Story Apr 2, 2022, 11:39AM UTC