Dune Launches Dashboard Tracking $2.5B Lost to Crypto Hacks and Phishing Scams
The new dashboard by Dune reveals funds lost in over 5,500 blockchain-based scams, exploits, and attacks.
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VC Darling Eclipse Finally Debuts Its Solana-Ethereum Blockchain Hybrid
Eclipse raised more than $50 million from investors but has been marred by controversy over the past year.
Protocol Village: Liquid Restaking Platform Puffer Launches Testnet for Ethereum Rollup ‘UniFi’
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The Protocol: Elections, Schmections. Blockchain’s Got Work to Do
The blockchain industry might get a boost as former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term, promising to keep his promises, including a long list of Bitcoin- and crypto-related pledges.
Is Optimism’s ‘Superchain’ Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?
One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where the teams encouraged developers to clone their code to spin up new layer 2s. Now, it appears, one project in particular, Optimism, appears to be pulling away as the clear leader.
Chainlink, UBS Asset Management, Swift Complete Pilot to Extract Cash From Tokenized Funds
The pilot was run as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian.
Ethereum Researchers Relinquish EigenLayer Roles Over Conflict of Interest Concerns
Researchers Justin Drake and Drankrad Feist set off a controversy in May when they revealed that they’d accepted big token payouts from EigenLayer, raising conflict of interest concerns.
Protocol Village: River, Protocol for Securing Communications, Acquires Llama, Protocol for Decentralized Governance
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Ellipsis Labs Raises $21M to Launch ‘Verifiable Finance Blockchain’ Atlas
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Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A
The goal of allowing greater utility on the Bitcoin blockchain is one of almost existential importance, according to Citrea