Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 42, 12/10/2023 - 18/10/2023)
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 42, 12/10/2023 - 18/10/2023)Uniswap to charge a 0.15% swap fee on select assets. Ethereum L2 Scroll launches on mainnet. Platypus loses over $2M from a flash loan attack, its third exploit in 2023.
Weekly DeFi Index This week's market cap index was positive at +0.04%, while volume and volatility indices were negative at -5.01% and -22.02%, respectively. Chart of the WeekIn a recent blog post, Uniswap Labs announced that it will impose a 0.15% flat fee on trades involving ETH, USDC, and other select tokens executed through Uniswap Labs' frontends. It states that the fee only applies when traded through Uniswap Labs’ interfaces on the mainnet and supported Layer-2s for specified tokens (swaps between stablecoins are exempt). This fee is different from Uniswap's existing ‘protocol fee’ that governance voters manage, which is being levied by Uniswap Labs to fund its operations sustainably. News Highlights
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Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 40, 28/09/2023 - 04/10/2023)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Crypto.com is now the preferred exchange for PYUSD. Ethereum successfully relaunches Holesky testnet. Native Bitcoin is coming to Cosmos via Osmosis's Nomic Bridge.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 39, 21/09/2023 - 27/09/2023)
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Google Cloud expands to blockchain data, adding 11 networks, including Cronos. Aave v3 to launch on Polygon zkEVM. Mixin Network and HTX suffered hacks with millions in losses.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 38, 14/09/2023 - 20/09/2023)
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Ethereum's new Holesky testnet delayed after launch failure. Cosmos Hub rolls out Gaia v12 upgrade to add a liquid staking module. Optimism announces third round of community token airdrops.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 37, 07/09/2023 - 13/09/2023)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Circle's USDC launches on Optimism, Base, and Cosmos. dYdX to launch decentralised order book exchange on Cosmos. Sushi expands to Aptos and marks first non-EVM chain deployment.
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 36, 31/08/2023 - 06/09/2023)
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Cronos Labs kicks off recruitment for its US$100M accelerator program. MakerDAO founder proposes new native chain of Solana fork. Polygon zkEVM is now fully open-source, unveils Dragon Fruit upgrade.
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