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12/6/2023
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Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 49, 30/11/2023 - 06/12/2023)
Crypto.com secures approval as an Electronic Money Institution in the UK. DeFi market rebounds as TVL surpasses US$50B. Uniswap partners with Talos to bring institutional access to DeFi.
11/29/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 48, 23/11/2023 - 29/11/2023)
Blast skyrockets with nearly US$600M in TVL days after launch. dYdX completes mainnet migration, rolls out a $20M launch incentive program. Cosmos founder calls for chain split to create AtomOne.
11/22/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 47, 16/11/2023 - 22/11/2023)
Circle launches 'bridged USDC standard' on new networks. Aave Companies rebrands to Avara, acquires crypto wallet Family. EigenLayer to launch second phase of its mainnet in H1 2024.
11/17/2023
3 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 46, 9/11/2023 - 15/11/2023)
Crypto.com obtains digital asset provider license in Dubai. Circle and Noble to bring native USDC to Cosmos via CCTP. Ordinals mints push Bitcoin transaction fees to reach a new peak.
11/8/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 45, 2/11/2023 - 8/11/2023)
Celestia launches its mainnet beta following the TIA token airdrop. Optimism introduces the Canyon Hardfork. Arbitrum DAO passes proposal to allow ARB token staking.
11/1/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 44, 26/10/2023 - 1/11/2023)
Ethereum devs confirm Dencun upgrade ruled out for 2023. Arbitrum Orbit is now officially mainnet-ready. Lido DAO raise concerns over LayerZero's unapproved wstETH bridge rollout.
10/25/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 43, 19/10/2023 - 25/10/2023)
dYdX becomes open source as it transitions to Cosmos-based blockchain. Celestia gears up for mainnet beta launch. Safereum unlocked and dumped native tokens in US$1.3M exit scam.
10/19/2023
3 : 14
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.
10/4/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 40, 28/09/2023 - 04/10/2023)
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.
9/27/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 39, 21/09/2023 - 27/09/2023)
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.
9/20/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 38, 14/09/2023 - 20/09/2023)
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.
9/17/2023
13 : 54
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 37, 07/09/2023 - 13/09/2023)
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.
9/6/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 36, 31/08/2023 - 06/09/2023)
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.
8/30/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 35, 24/08/2023 - 30/08/2023)
Tether releases reserves reports, confirming a $3.3B liquidity buffer to maintain $USDT stability. Aave suspends GHO minting to fix integration issue. Shibarium bridge token withdrawals are now live.
8/23/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 34, 17/08/2023 - 23/08/2023)
New Ethereum testnet Holesky scheduled to launch in September. Tether stops support for USDC on three blockchains. Shibarium resumes block production after a brief pause after its mainnet launch.
8/16/2023
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Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 33, 10/08/2023 - 16/08/2023)
Curve Finance passes proposal to launch new stableswap pool. Microsoft partners with Aptos Labs to build new blockchain AI tools. Sei mainnet goes live.
8/14/2023
13 : 15
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 32, 03/08/2023 - 09/08/2023)
PayPal to issue a new stablecoin in the US. Tether unveils new software to improve Bitcoin mining. Cypher Protocol suffered an exploit with close to US$1 million in losses.
7/26/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 30, 20/07/2023 - 26/07/2023)
Wormhole Foundation launches Gateway for Cosmos appchains. Optimism moves forward with two proposals to add ZK-proofs. CLabs plans to migrate Celo blockchain to Ethereum Layer-2.
7/19/2023
12 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 29, 13/07/2023 - 19/07/2023)
Uniswap launches the UniswapX protocol. Aave launches decentralised stablecoin GHO on Ethereum, with US$2M minted to date. zkSync Era unveils its latest prover tech upgrade Boojum.
7/16/2023
15 : 14
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 28, 06/07/2023 - 12/07/2023)
On-chain Staking is now available in the Crypto.com App. Aave DAO community to vote on GHO stablecoin deployment on Ethereum. Shiba Inu Layer-2 Shibarium is expected to go live in August.