Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 23,01/06/2023 - 07/06/2023)
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 23,01/06/2023 - 07/06/2023)MakerDAO votes to add US$1.28B in US Treasury bonds. Curve stablecoin crvUSD to support Lido’s stETH. Optimism completes Bedrock upgrade.Weekly DeFi IndexThis week's market cap index was negative at -3.75%, while volume and volatility indices were positive at +12.43 and +58.97, respectively. Chart of the WeekTether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, continues to dominate the market, setting a new all-time high market cap of US$83.2 billion and surpassing its previous record high in May 2022. This comes after Tether reported outstanding performance in Q1 2023 with a net profit of $1.48 billion and with a market dominance reaching a two-year high of 64.45%. News Highlights
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Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 22,25/05/2023 - 31/05/2023)
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Ethereum surpasses US$40B in deposit contract balance. New token standard BRC-721E bridges Ethereum NFTs to the Bitcoin blockchain. Tether invests in sustainable Bitcoin mining in Uruguay.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 21,18/05/2023 - 24/05/2023)
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Crypto.com introduces an enhanced Pay experience in DeFi Wallet. Cronos Labs partners with Seoul for the Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023 #SWF2023. Uniswap V3 to launch on Polkadot via Moonbeam Parachain.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 20,11/05/2023 - 17/05/2023)
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
ETH's Beacon chain experienced two finality issues within 24 hours. Circle rebalanced its Treasury holdings, citing US debt default risk. Optimism's latest major upgrade, Bedrock, is set for 6
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 19,04/05/2023 - 10/05/2023)
Friday, May 12, 2023
Bitcoin transaction fees surpass block subsidy for miners. MakerDAO launches Spark Protocol, a DeFi lending solution for $DAI users. SushiSwap rolls out v3 liquidity pools across 13 networks.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 18, 27/04/2023 - 03/05/2023)
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Cronos Labs partners with AWS for its AWS Activate programme. Bitcoin's transaction volume hits all-time high thanks to Ordinals. Circle launches USDC transfer protocol for Ethereum and Avalanche.
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