Ethereum

June 8 Ropsten Merge Indicates Ethereum’s PoS Transition Is On Track for Q3: Joe Lubin
ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin emphasizes Eth2 scalability ahead of the first chain-merge on a public testnet planned for June 8.

Crypto Markets Stabilize After $693B Sell-Off
Crypto markets have stabilized, ending a market free-fall that erased $693B from crypto’s market capitalization from May 5 to May 12. Crypto’s market capitalization fell from $1.81T on May 5 to lows of $1.12T on May 12. The market started to rise on Friday, and now rests at $1.28T, data from CoinMarketCap shows. The crash…

Norway’s Central Bank Taps Ethereum Layer 2 For CBDC Trial
Norway’s central bank is embracing Ethereum’s Layer 2 for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. On May 16, Nahmii, an Ethereum L2, announced it had been tapped by Norges bank to host the sandbox for the country’s national currency, the krone. Nahmii said in a statement that it will “build, maintain, and train Norges…

Coinbase Rolls Out Ethereum Dapp Wallet
On May 16, Coinbase shared a wallet for its mobile app that lets customers access Ethereum-based dapps.

Terra Network Restarts After Second Shutdown; Binance Delists LUNA and UST Pairs
Terra Stops and Starts to Salvage Network.

Lido Increases Liquidity Incentives as stETH Trades at Discount to ETH
Lido Finance has announced $1.3M in new incentives to improve stETH:ETH liquidity.

Alt Layer 1 Trade Unravels as Ethereum Killers Sink Below ETH
Solana, Fantom and Other Layer 1s Ride the Storm

Do Kwon Humbled as LUNA Spirals and UST Suffers 'Lehman Moment'
Terra Struggling to Stabilize Crisis as Investors Flee







