Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 56, 02/02/2023 - 08/02/2023)
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 56, 02/02/2023 - 08/02/2023)Ethereum testnet processes its first ETH staking withdrawals. LidoFinance V2 upgrade focuses on a new staking router and ETH staking withdrawals. OptimismFND proposes Bedrock upgrade.Weekly DeFi IndexThis week's market cap, volume, and volatility indices were positive at +7.14%, +18.77%,and +77.10%, respectively.
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Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 55, 26/01/2023 - 01/02/2023)
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
ETH developers launch 'Zhejiang' testnet for simulating ETH withdrawals. Aave buys 2.7M CRV tokens to clear bad debt from exploit. MakerDAO's new proposal seeks to increase Compound D3M
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 54, 18/01/2023 - 16/01/2023)
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Ethereum Shanghai Mainnet shadow fork goes live. MakerDAO approves proposal to deploy USDC in Yearn Finance. SushiSwap passes Kanpai proposal, will redirect all trading fees to its treasury.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 52, 04/01/2023 - 10/01/2023)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Crypto.com DeFi Wallet now enables card payments via Crypto.com Pay. Balancer warns LPs to withdraw liquidity ASAP. Critical vulnerability found in Polkadot, preventing potential US$200M loss.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 53, 11/01/2023 - 17/01/2023)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Ethereum hits 500K validators, staked ETH passes 16M. Polygon completes hard fork to reduce gas spikes and chain reorg. Shiba Inu to launch beta release of Shibarium L2.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 51, 28/12/2022 - 03/01/2023)
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
1inch's new upgrade supports gas-free swap orders. SushiSwap proposes new tokenomics and will stop lending products. Debaub found a critical vulnerability in Uniswap's Universal Router smart
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