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Hot New Restaking Project Karak Faces Backlash Over Team’s Past

Karak has been outed as the second reincarnation of Risk Harbor, a protocol accused of running off with millions earmarked as insurance for Terra’s failed UST stablecoin.

EigenLayer Launches on Ethereum Mainnet

There is over 4.1 million ETH re-staked on the platform.

Institutional Investors Are Farming Liquid Restaking Tokens For Yield

MEV Capital says liquid staking offers market-neutral ETH yields.

EtherFi Closes $23M Series A Round As Eigenlayer TVL Surpasses $9B

EtherFi accounts for 36% of the $4.65B locked in liquid staking protocols.

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Gearbox’s Leveraged Re-Staking Trade Attracts Over 2,600 ETH in One Day

The cap on EtherFi liquid re-staking tokens has been filled but Gearbox is hinting Renzo's LRTs will be added next.

Tranchess Offers Leveraged stETH Exposure Following V3 Launch

Tranchess v3 introduces leveraged and fixed staking rewards for stETH positions.

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Prisma Introduces ULTRA Stablecoin Backed by Liquid Restaking Tokens

Prisma Finance introduced a stablecoin backed by Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) last year.

EtherFi, Renzo, and Swell Team Up To Launch Liquid Restaking Pool On Balancer

Liquidity providers can earn boosted points for all three projects and EigenLayer.

EigenLayer Amasses More Than 10% Of Circulating LSTs

EigenLayer’s TVL tripled since temporarily removing caps on its LST pools on Feb. 5.

EigenLayer’s TVL Grows $1.5B In One Day After Raising LST Pool Limits

EigenLayer’s LST pools will remain uncapped until Feb. 9.

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BlackRock Would Still Pursue Spot Ether ETF If Ethereum Cops Securities Designation

BlackRock’s CEO said the SEC classifying Ether as a security would not preclude spot Ethereum ETFs from entering the market.

EigenLayer Removes Deposit Caps On Liquid Staking Tokens

The move marks the culmination of the Ethereum restaking protocol’s rollout phase.

Layer 2 Scroll zkEVM Introduces Points Program

Users can now earn Scroll Marks by bridging assets to the network.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Take A Plunge Amid Strengthening US Dollar— Could Bitcoin Halving Turn the Tables?

Ahead of its April 20 halving, Bitcoin's value dips as the US dollar strengthens.

Runestones Wants to Become the Biggest Memecoin Community, Says Creator

The airdropped Runestones collection has soared to become the second most valuable NFT collection after CryptoPunks.

Pump.Fun Takes Over Solana Memecoin Scene

The no-code platform allows anyone to create a memecoin in minutes.