Traders Are Paying 2,000% to Buy CYBER as Social Network’s Tokens Soar
The price of the tokens has more than doubled on some exchanges in the past week in an otherwise little-changed market.
DeFi
Aerodrome Fanatics Deposit $150M to Base Blockchain on First Day
Its creators hope to emulate the apparent success of Velodrome, one of Optimism network’s most used platforms which holds over $288 million in locked value.
Scores of Friend.tech Users Remain Active Even as Trading Volumes Drop 95%
Falling revenues have led some market commenters to say the platform has “gone dead.” But has it?
Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections
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PancakeSwap Version 3 Goes Live on Ethereum Layer 2 Linea Mainnet
PancakeSwap v3 introduces advanced Swap and Liquidity Provision functionalities, enabling users to trade tokens seamlessly and maximize capital efficiency.
The Protocol: Coinbase Blockchain’s Viral Use Case Puts Focus on Optimism’s Tech
The week in blockchain tech: Crypto-fueled social marketplace Friend.tech goes viral on Coinbase’s new Base blockchain, Shiba Inu community’s “Shibarium” network aims for fresh start, and Ethereum experts handicap the competition between leading technologies for layer-2 networks.
Balancer Depositors Pull Nearly $100M in Crypto After Vulnerability Warning
Ethereum-based DeFi major Balancer learned of a “critical vulnerability” that imperils a slice of the protocol’s user-deposited crypto.
Social Platform Friend.tech Gains 100K Users in Days Even in Depths of a Bear Market
The growth correlates with the more than $25 million in revenue generated by the platform since its Aug. 10 launch.
BNB Chain Exploiter Liquidated for $30M on Venus Protocol
This is the second major liquidation in under a week and potentially safeguards bnb prices from crashing suddenly.
The Protocol: Blockchains Keep Launching, From Sei to Shibarium
In this week’s issue, we cover Coinbase’s launch of “Base,” a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, along with the crypto community’s reaction to PayPal’s new stablecoin and the brouhaha over Matter Labs’ use of Polygon-crafted open-source software. The Protocol is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain and crypto technology.