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Lido Co-Founder’s Comments Spark Debate Over Decentralization of Ethereum

MakerDAO Poised to Break Up Into ‘MetaDAOs’ in Historic Shakeup

U.S. Sanctions Spur Ethereum Validators to Shun Transactions

Layer-1 Blockchain Aptos Launches Its Mainnet

Mango DAO Votes To Let Hacker Keep Nearly $50M Of Stolen Funds

Governance Project Uses ‘Contests’ to Help DAOs Improve Decisionmaking

How Key CBDC Plan Threatens to Betray Crypto’s Founding Principles

Friends with Benefits’ Alex Zhang on Building Web3 Communities That Endure

Quick Take: Why Uniswap Deploying on zkSync is a Big Deal

DAOs Aren’t People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC’s Ooki CaseL CoinDesk

Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short: The Wall Street Journal

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Arrakis Loses Mojo as User Pulls $300M From Vault Provider

Uniswap Fulfills its Unicorn Destiny with $165M Funding Round

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Shapovalov Says At-Home Staking Is For ‘Hobbyists’

 Liquid staking giant Lido has come under fire after co-founder and chief technology officer Vasiliy Shapovalov said the hardware used to secure Ethereum should be professionally managed, infuriating an army of enthusiasts who operate such hardware at home, as well as several prominent Ethereum influencers.

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Maker Members Voting on New Reorganization This Week in Series of Votes

 Is MakerDAO, the No. 1 DeFi protocol, about to be broken up? That’s what is at stake in a flurry of votes taking place this week in the collateralized debt platform. Its members are deciding whether to spin off a number of operating units, including the Real-World Finance Core Unit, which directs its strategy of soliciting lending business from TradFi partners.

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‘Sad Milestone in Censorship’ Puts Pressure on Flashbots and MEV Players

 Just two months after the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tornado Cash, more than half of the blocks on the Ethereum network appear to be excluding transactions from the sanctioned wallets, according to data from MEV Watch.

Maker, Polygon and Aave Test Jokedao’s Humorous Approach to Governing

 Managing DAOs may be one of the most serious issues in decentralized finance. Yet an outfit called jokedao is betting its unorthodox approach, and a dash of humor, may be just the trick.

 Jokedao, a three month-old project co-founded by entrepreneurs 

, has developed a software tool to help DAO members decide on the best course of action in advancing their causes. In a nutshell, it runs a “contest” to solicit ideas from members who get to vote on potential decisions.

Attacker Stole $116M By Manipulating The Price Of MNGO on Oct. 12

 two days ago from Mango Markets, the Solana-based margin trading and lending platform, they have struck a deal with the Mango DAO to keep nearly $50M of pilfered assets.

 Aptos, the much-hyped Layer 1 blockchain being built by ex-Meta engineers, has launched Aptos Mainnet after months of 

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Lido Co-Founder’s Comments Spark Debate Over Decentralization of Ethereum

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