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Paradigm Team Outline Efficient AMM Design for Large Trades

Byte, News / By Owen Fernau / July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021 / AMM, DeFi, DEX, Ethereum Gas Costs, Exchanges

Paradigm research partners Dave White, Dan Robinson and Uniswap founder Hayden Adams have cooked up another trading protocol. The decentralized exchange, called TWAMM, which stands for time-weighted average market maker, aims to help traders execute large orders, quickly, at low gas prices and without negatively affecting price. In traditional finance, traders will often employ brokers …

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Looking Back at Uniswap’s Growth as it’s Deployed on L2

Research / By Lucas Outumuro / July 16, 2021 July 16, 2021 / Arbitrum, DeFi, DeFi Revenue, DEX, Ethereum Gas Costs, Ethereum Scaling, Layer 2, Optimism, Uniswap

On-Chain Markets Update by Lucas Outumuro, IntoTheBlock The anticipated launch of Uniswap on layer 2 has finally arrived, at least to some extent. Uniswap’s alpha on Optimism has been released, supporting only six crypto-assets so far, but at a fraction of the cost incurred on Ethereum’s mainnet. As Uniswap’s V3 is on track to fully …

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Uniswap’s V3 Launches on Layer 2 Solution Optimism

Byte, News / By Owen Fernau / July 15, 2021 July 15, 2021 / DEX, Ethereum, Ethereum Gas Costs, Ethereum Scaling, Optimism, Rollups, Uniswap

It’s a good time for Layer 2 enthusiasts as Uniswap V3 has soft-launched on Optimism, a leading optimistic rollup solution for scaling Ethereum. Users can now tap Optimism to deposit, trade and provide liquidity on the decentralized exchange (DEX), which captures roughly half of all DEX volume, according to a Dune Analytic’s query. Optimism “currently …

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EIP-1559 Locked In With London Upgrade on August 4

Dive, News / By Owen Fernau / July 8, 2021 July 8, 2021 / EIP-1559, ETH, Ethereum, Ethereum Gas Costs

The date is set. The upgrade, called London after Ethereum’s Devcon 1 location, includes the famous improvement proposal. EIP-1559, as the upgrade is labeled, will go live at block number 12,965,000. The launch date is expected to be August 4. EIP-1559 will change Ethereum’s fee model so that each block will have a set “BASEFEE,” …

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ShibaSwap Is Dragging Ethereum By the Tail

Dive, News / By Dan Kahan / July 8, 2021 July 8, 2021 / DeFi, Ether, Ethereum, Ethereum Gas Costs, PancakeSwap, shibaswap, Sushiswap, Uniswap

For any Defiers wondering why gas prices on Ethereum have been so high over the past few days, you can blame it on the dog — $SHIB, that is. The meme coin’s revival through a new swap protocol has driven traffic, and gas costs, through the roof. While most meme tokens that moonshot and then crash …

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