Cryptocurrency Market

  • Market Cap: $2,894,909,904,390.81
  • 24h Vol: $118,984,160,286.52
  • BTC Dominance: 58.50%

DEX

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Coinbase Sees Strong Q4 for Bitcoin, Fueled by US Rate Cuts, China Stimulus

Coinbase Institutional’s report highlights optimism for the crypto market, driven by expectations of U.S. rate cuts and China’s monetary stimulus, which could boost bitcoin’s performance in Q4 2024. While bitcoin remains strong, ethereum faces challenges with rising transaction fees and limited impact from U.S. spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Coinbase: ‘We Anticipate a Constructive Q4 2024’ […]

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Rollups Are ‘Copies of the EVM,’ Not True Scaling Solutions, Says Developer

According to Adrian Brink, co-founder of Anoma and Namada, rollups offer little new functionality beyond the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). He argues they are essentially execution-sharding solutions presented as true scaling solutions. Brink instead touts Plasma as the “only true scaling solution out there” because it enables constant data posting to the main chain “regardless

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Sushiswap Smart Contract Bug Results in Over $3M in Losses; Head Chef Says Hundreds of ETH Recovered

According to several reports, a bug introduced to the decentralized exchange (dex) protocol Sushiswap’s smart contract has resulted in more than $3 million in losses. The blockchain and smart contract security firm Peckshield explained the exploited contract was “deployed in multiple blockchains.” Dex Platform Sushiswap Suffers From Smart Contract Exploit Over the weekend, the dex

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Dfinity Foundation Launches Chain-Key Bitcoin, a Native Internet Computer BTC Derivative Token

On April 3, 2023, the Dfinity Foundation, a development team behind the Internet Computer (ICP) network, announced the launch of a native ICP token called “chain-key bitcoin” or “ckBTC.” The bitcoin derivative is backed 1:1 with the leading cryptocurrency asset. On Monday, Dfinity detailed that the technology “builds on the protocol-level integration with the Bitcoin

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Value Locked in Defi Holds the Line at $50B, After Temporarily Shedding $8B in Mid-March

The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) during the first week of April is about $50 billion, roughly the same as on March 1. The value locked dropped to $42 billion on March 12 but has since rebounded as protocols such as Lido Finance, Aave, and Justlend recorded double-digit monthly gains. After the

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USDC Dominated Trading Volume on Decentralized Exchanges Amidst Depegging Incident

On Saturday, several centralized crypto trading platforms and payment processors stopped USDC auto conversions. However, USDC experienced a significant trading volume on decentralized exchange (dex) platforms such as Uniswap, Curve, and Pancakeswap. Uniswap alone recorded $10.13 billion in trades over the past day, with more than 55% of those swaps involving USDC against wrapped ether,

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Decentralized Exchange Pancakeswap to Launch Version 3 Iteration in April

On March 4, the decentralized exchange Pancakeswap announced that the team plans to launch its version three (v3) iteration of the platform during the first week of April 2023. Pancakeswap v3 will provide new features and improve liquidity alongside enhancements in interface accessibility and the decentralized exchange (dex) platform’s yield farming experience. Pancakeswap Announces Version

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Apple’s Approval Process Delays Uniswap’s Mobile App Launch; Firm Launches Limited Trial Release

On March 3, 2023, Uniswap Labs, the firm behind the decentralized exchange Uniswap, announced the launch of a limited early-release application through Apple’s Testflight program. The company stated that the limited release was due to Apple not granting approval for the application launch, and the team does not know why. Uniswap Labs Launches Limited Early-Release

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Total Value Locked in Defi Surpasses $50 Billion Mark for First Time Since FTX Collapse

Crypto prices have surged in value over the past few days, and the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has surpassed the $50 billion mark for the first time since the collapse of FTX. As of Feb. 16, 2023, the TVL in defi is $51.1 billion, with the liquid staking protocol Lido accounting

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Arbitrum-Based Vest Exchange Emerges, Aims to Democratize Perpetual Futures 

A new decentralized exchange (dex) on Arbitrum, called Vest Exchange, was announced this past weekend, and the team that created the project said the platform aims to focus on democratizing perpetual futures. The team behind Vest further detailed that the new Arbitrum dex is backed by firms such as Jane Street, QCP Capital, and Big

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