Key Takeaways

• The number of Ethereum (ETH) addresses with non-zero balance hits an all-time high of 71,364,788, as of December 29, 2021. This shows the increasing adoption of the second-largest cryptocurrency. (ref)

• Ethereum-based layer 2 scaling network Polygon (MATIC) has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token at risk. (ref)

• Crypto.com became a Gold Member of Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme (SBIP). SBIP is a national-level partnership anchored at the National University of Singapore, developing use-inspired blockchain technology. (ref)

• Cronos (CRO) saw a+10.86% increase in total transactions to 9.49M and an increase of TVL to $1.97B (+2.07%week-on-week). The total number of wallet addresses now stands at 308,837, up +12.71% from last week.

Highlights

• A hacker stole $1.6M after exploiting a Polygon bug

• Bitcoin network turns 13, celebrates with new hash rate all-time high

• Ahead of SundaeSwap rollout, Cardano acquires Infinity Blockchain to expand interoperability

• Efinity becomes the winner of Polkadot’s sixth parachain auction

• Ethereum reaches new milestone as over 71 million wallets hold ETH

• Solana's Phantom wallet sees record growth with over 1.8M MAUs in 9 months

• Cardano was the most-developed crypto on GitHub in 2021, study finds

• Ethereum project airdrops scam token, then pulls the rug

• Cardano records 468% growth across all social channels in 2021

• Polygon co-founders say they've gotten rid of C-suite positions

‡ Accurate as of end of November report

Sources: Coingecko, Etherscan,Ethernodes, Terra Station, Terra Etherscan, Avascan, Solana Beach, FTMscan, BSCscan,Cronos Explorer, DeFi Llama

Sources:  DeFi Llama, Polyscan, Clark Moody Bitcoin, 1ML, Ronin Explorer, Coingecko, Optimistic Etherscan, Arbiscan, Boba Explorer