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Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Ethereum mainnet merge. With almost 1 million ETH burned being a major achievement and creating a deflationary effect, there is growing concern over staking centralization.
While the market is brutal for many tokens, some VCs seem start to accumulate
Many Ethereum aficionados have predicted that the most promising layer-2 blockchains would be built not using the OP Stack’s “optimistic rollup” technology – favored by the U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase – but with a different setup known as “ZK rollups,” reliant on "zero-knowledge" cryptography.
After launching its mainnet on Monday, Mantle’s utility and governance token has jumped roughly 4%, more than the native tokens of Arbitrum and Optimism over the past day.
By making their code open source and easy to replicate, projects including Arbitrum, Optimism and zkSync are making it easier for copycat blockchains to steal away their users – in pursuit of broader ecosystems of related networks.
- 01:09SEC Chair: Expects Significant Benefits from Digital Assets, Plans to Work with Lawmakers to Establish Regulatory FrameworkPANews, April 26 — According to The Block, U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins stated on his fourth day in office that he expects digital assets to bring "significant benefits," and he plans to collaborate with lawmakers to establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Paul Atkins said, "I look forward to engaging with market participants and working with my colleagues in the Trump administration and Congress to develop a reasonable and applicable framework for crypto-assets." Digital assets are expected to bring "significant benefits," including risk reduction and cost savings.
- 01:08DOGE Mining Company Z Squared to Go Public Through Merger with CoeptisPANews reported on April 26, according to CoinDesk, that the DOGE-focused mining company Z Squared will go public through a merger with biopharmaceutical company Coeptis (COEP). The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year, at which time 9,000 DOGE miners will be put into operation. This merger will allow the new company to continue its DOGE mining business, while Coeptis's pharmaceutical business will be divested and operate independently. Post-merger, the company will become one of the largest publicly traded companies, primarily focusing on the mining of Dogecoin (DOGE) and other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin (LTC).
- 01:07Data: A whale address borrows 4,000 ETH again from Aave to sell short, entry average price $1,808According to ChainCatcher, monitored by on-chain data analyst Ember, a whale address borrowed 4,000 ETH (approximately $7.25 million) again from Aave to sell short at an average price of $1,808.6. Reportedly, the address bought back the 8,000 ETH it previously sold short yesterday afternoon to close the position, incurring a loss of $208,000. Later, after ETH rose back above $1,800, it borrowed to short again.