Rollup Wars: Battle Rages For the Future Of Ethereum Scaling
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- Gains Network Rides Arbitrum Launch To All-Time Highs
- Solana Protocol Metaplex To Enable Royalty Enforcement
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Rollup Wars: Battle Rages For the Future Of Ethereum Scaling
Matter Labs Co-founder Takes Aim At Zero-Knowledge Technology
By Samuel Haig
On Jan. 29, Steven Goldfeder, the co-founder of Offchain Labs, the team behind leading optimistic rollup, Arbitrum, took aim at what he describes as a commonly held belief that ZK-rollups will emerge as Ethereum’s dominant scaling solution once the technology becomes widely available.
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Leveraged Trading
Gains Network Rides Arbitrum Launch To All-Time Highs
Leveraged Trading Protocol Sees Activity Spike Amid Market Rally
By Owen Fernau
DeFi traders are betting big as crypto markets rally.
Gains Network, a leveraged trading platform, hit an all-time high of over $200,000 in daily fees generated on Jan. 25. Seven-day average trading volume also crossed $100M for the first time on Jan. 17.
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NFT Royalties
Solana Protocol Metaplex To Enable Royalty Enforcement
Over 99% Of Solana NFTs Use Metaplex
NFT creators on Solana will soon be able to enforce royalty payments on secondary sales of their work, a big win for artists who have decried the rise of marketplaces that have made such payments optional.
Metaplex Foundation, a key player in Solana’s NFT ecosystem, will release an upgrade to its Metaplex protocol on Feb. 6 to enable royalty enforcement.
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