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Velodrome AMM Launches Airdrop on Optimism
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Velodrome AMM Launches Airdrop on Optimism

Eligible users can now claim their $VELO airdrops.
El Salvador Struggles to Adopt Bitcoin Despite Government Push
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El Salvador Struggles to Adopt Bitcoin Despite Government Push

Despite government incentives, researchers from the University of Chicago found that only 4.9% of all sales in El Salvador are conducted in Bitcoin.
Liquid Staking Derivatives Pose 'Significant Risks' to Ethereum 2.0: Report
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Liquid Staking Derivatives Pose 'Significant Risks' to Ethereum 2.0: Report

LSD Protocols May Make Ethereum Vulnerable to Abuses of Power After Shift to PoS
Optimism Airdrop Turns 'Turbulent' After Demand Overload
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Optimism Airdrop Turns 'Turbulent' After Demand Overload

Optimism Struggles to Handle Surge for OP Token
$OP is Live! A Guide To Claiming The Airdrop
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$OP is Live! A Guide To Claiming The Airdrop

A step-by-step guide to claiming Optimism's $OP airdrop.
Eth2 Beacon Chain Launches on Ropsten Testnet, Paving Way for Merge
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Eth2 Beacon Chain Launches on Ropsten Testnet, Paving Way for Merge

The Ethereum Foundation launched the Eth2 Beacon Chain on a public testnet yesterday, marking one of the final tests before Ethereum transitions to Proof-of-Stake later this year. The Beacon Chain, Eth2’s Proof-of-Stake consensus layer, went live on the longstanding public testnet, Ropsten.  The launch is a major milestone toward Ethereum’s highly anticipated ‘chain-merge’, which developers…
Crypto Lender Celsius Partly Responsible for Terra Collapse, Says Nansen
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Crypto Lender Celsius Partly Responsible for Terra Collapse, Says Nansen

Using on-chain data, Nansen traced seven power users who may have triggered the depeg when they rushed to sell huge amounts of UST on Curve.
Ethereum Miner Tries to Expedite Testnet Merge By 2 Weeks
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Ethereum Miner Tries to Expedite Testnet Merge By 2 Weeks

Ethereum developers foiled a “mischievous” miner’s attempt to expedite Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake on a public testnet by two weeks. Developers expect Ethereum’s Eth2 Beacon Chain to merge with Ethereum’s mainnet this autumn. The transition, known as “The Merge”, will change the chain to Proof-of-Stake consensus and abandon Proof-of-Work miners.  Ethereum’s developers want to trial…
Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Defends Algo-Stables
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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Defends Algo-Stables

Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin said that algorithmic stablecoins should be scrutinized according to how they fare under extreme market conditions, and whether they can safely wind down when hype falls away. Despite the recent collapse of UST and LUNA, which knocked UST from its $1 peg and wiped billions from the market, Buterin argued in…
Forked Terra Blockchain To Launch On Friday
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Forked Terra Blockchain To Launch On Friday

Terra is forking its blockchain and ditching UST, the algorithmic stablecoin that collapsed in dramatic fashion two weeks ago.