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Farcaster Launches Permissionless Onboarding [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Farcaster, the Optimism-based decentralized social media protocol, opened its doors to permissionless onboarding. Dan Romero, the co-founder of Farcaster, announced the news on Oct. 11 via tweet, declaring that…
Polygon L2 Proposal Roils ApeCoin Community [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Polygon ruffled feathers in the ApeCoin community by proposing the development of a Layer 2 network dedicated to hosting Yuga products. The kicker? Polygon wants $200,000 per year for…
People Are Leaving Ethereum [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Did ultrasound money turn into … infra-sound money? ETH has flipped back to inflationary for the first time since the Merge. Layer 2s have taken over transaction volumes. Users…
Major Arbitrum Delegate Gauntlet Unable to Vote in $40M Grants Proposal [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] In the wake of a major Arbitrum vote this week, Gauntlet, a reputed technical service provider, finds itself in a conundrum. Despite holding the seventh-largest delegate position on Ethereum's…
Stars Arena Recovers $2.2M Of Stolen Assets [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Stars Arena, a SocialFi platform operating on the Avalanche blockchain, has successfully recovered approximately 90% of the funds lost in a smart contract exploit. According to the official X…
Lido Faces 20 ETH Slashing Penalty [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Lido Finance, the leading liquid staking protocol, has disclosed that 20 slashings have occurred in connection with validators operated by Launchnodes, one of the protocol’s node operators. Following the…
JPMorgan Executes First Blockchain Collateral Settlement in BlackRock-Barclays Trade [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank by assets, launched its first collateral settlement for clients via a blockchain network. This milestone development was reported by Bloomberg News. JPMorgan used…
Tangible’s USDR Stablecoin Crashes To $0.51 [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] USDR, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Tangible, a real-world assets protocol on the Polygon network, has lost over half its value in the past four hours amid a rush…
Beyond crypto: Zero-knowledge proofs show potential from voting to finance
An emerging cryptographic technology may provide help with two gaping 21st-century needs: Privacy and truth. Features
Lens Ups User Onboarding Ahead Of V2 Migration [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Lens, the highly anticipated social networking graph from Aave, announced it will begin onboarding a wider base of users. On Oct. 10, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave and…
Spark Protocol Launches On Gnosis Chain [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Spark Protocol, MakerDAO’s first subDAO and a DAI-focussed fork of Aave v3, is now live on Gnosis Chain. The launch marks Spark’s first deployment beyond the Ethereum mainnet. Gnosis…
ETH Slumps To 15-Month Low Against BTC [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Ether is now trading at a 15-month low against Bitcoin amid speculation regulators may soon greenlight a spot BTC ETF and anticipation for next year’s Bitcoin halving. Meanwhile, monthly…
Deribit To Launch SOL, XRP, and MATIC Options Next Year [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Deribit, the leading centralized cryptocurrency options exchange, announced plans to launch products for Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), and Polygon (MATIC). Deribit announced the news via tweet on Oct. 9,…
“Layer 2s and AppChains Will Converge”: Aurora Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Alex Shevchenko is the CEO of Aurora Labs, which is a Layer 2 scaling solution built on Near. Alex has a doctoral degree in math and physics. Today we…
The Defiant s Ultimate Friendtech Guide [TheDefiant]
[TheDefiant] Disclaimer: This is neither a recommendation nor an endorsement to buy or trade any token(s). yyctrader has been using friend.tech since August and holds many of the keys mentioned.…