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Ethereum’s Top DEX Is Relaunching to Tap Istanbul’s Lower Gas Fees
IDEX, the top decentralized exchange (DEX) for ERC-20 tokens in 2019, according to etherscan, is launching a new…
Matter Labs Unveils Layer-2 Scaling Solution for Ethereum Payments
Funds move between users inside the smart contract, which is orchestrated by validators and guardians. When a…
What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads
CMT Digital’s head of trading, Brad Koeppen, agreed. Cryptocurrency markets are almost uniquely vulnerable to…
Ethereum Devs Reconsider ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Timing as Hard Forks Loom
In light of the earlier-than-expected uptick, Conner drafted EIP 2384, the Istanbul/Berlin Difficulty Bomb Delay,…
Sanctions Weren’t Discussed at North Korea Crypto Conference, Attendee Says
"I always wanted to go there, in North Korea," Pietrosanti told CoinDesk. As a sanctioned country, the place…
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Released From Jail Pending Trial
According to Friday's complaint, Griffith asked for – and was denied – permission to travel to North Korea in order…
US Arrests Ethereum Developer for Training North Koreans to Evade Sanctions
“Despite receiving warnings not to go, Griffith allegedly traveled to one of the United States’ foremost…
Ethereum Scaling Fix Cuts Time to Create a Block in Half, Test Finds
Akomba’s results indicate BDN could have a modest but potentially cascading effect on block propagation in the…
What the CFTC Chairman Actually Said About Ether Futures and Ethereum 2.0
The Takeaway:
CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert said last month that ether is a commodity, and he expects to see…
DeFi Startup Compound Finance Raises $25 Million Series A Led by A16z
Lending protocol Compound Finance just raised $25 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto fund,…