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Leaked Documents Expose Secret Token Deals Between Movement Labs and Advisers
A scandal-plagued crypto startup, Movement Labs, has been found to have secretly promised significant portions of its token supply to early insiders through undisclosed agreements. The company, backed by Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial, committed large portions of its MOVE tokens to a handful of early advisers before its token launch, arrangements that were never disclosed to investors. In…
May 15, 2025, 2:24 p.m.
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CoW Swap Introduces Collaboration Feature to Enhance Trading Capacity by 33%
CoW Swap, a decentralized exchange aggregator, is introducing a novel feature called Combinatorial Auctions, designed to increase its transaction handling capacity and offer greater rewards to trade facilitators. This innovation allows solvers, who route trades for the aggregator, to collaborate for the first time to provide traders with the best possible swaps. Aggregators act as one-stop shops,…
May 15, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
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Lyft Partners with Solana's Hivemapper to Enhance Mapping Capabilities with Real-Time Crowdsourced Data
In a recent development, Bee Maps, a project built on Hivemapper, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) focused on mapping data on the Solana blockchain, has announced a partnership with ride-hailing giant Lyft to provide more accurate and up-to-date mapping data. This move underscores the growing significance of crowdsourced geospatial intelligence in the transportation industr…
May 14, 2025, 3 p.m.
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Ethereum's Forthcoming 'Fusaka' Upgrade May Significantly Reduce Costs for Layer-2 and Validators
Following the successful rollout of Pectra, Ethereum's most substantial upgrade in over a year, the network's core developers have shifted their focus towards the next major chain upgrade, dubbed Fusaka. Pectra, which introduced significant code changes to Ethereum since the Merge in 2022, brought about key modifications designed to simplify staking for institutions, enhance wallet accessibility,…
May 12, 2025, 3:37 p.m.
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Security Breach at Lido Results in Limited Ether Loss
A recent security incident involving Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, has been contained with minimal losses. The breach, which targeted one of Lido's nine oracle keys, resulted in the theft of approximately 1.46 ETH ($4,200) in gas fees, but did not compromise any user funds. The incident occurred when a private key belonging to validator operator Chorus One was compromised…
May 12, 2025, 5:53 a.m.
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Enhanced Security for Bitcoin DeFi as Rootstock Increases Hashrate Dominance
Although Bitcoin's decentralized finance sector is still in the early stages compared to Ethereum, it is becoming more secure and cost-effective, according to a recent report by crypto analytics firm Messari. A key player in this development is Rootstock, a pioneering Bitcoin layer-2 project. As highlighted in Messari's 'State of Rootstock' report, Rootstock is now backed by 81% of Bitcoin's tota…
May 11, 2025, 5 p.m.
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Lido Unveils Innovative Governance Model Empowering stETH Holders in Protocol Decision-Making
Lido Finance, the largest liquid staking platform on Ethereum by total value locked, has put forth a proposal granting stETH holders direct voting power in conjunction with existing DAO token holders. The proposed dual governance system, outlined in Lido Improvement Proposal (LIP) 28, enables stETH holders to participate in a veto mechanism for key protocol decisions, currently reserved for LDO t…
May 10, 2025, 4:11 p.m.
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Sei Network Plans to Drop Cosmos Compatibility in Favor of Ethereum
A proposal has been put forth by a Sei Network developer to discontinue the blockchain's support for Cosmos, citing the need to simplify the platform and enhance user experience. If successful, the proposal will restrict Sei users to transactions compatible solely with Ethereum. According to Philip Su, Engineering Lead at Sei Labs, this transition will lead to increased adoption, improved develop…
May 8, 2025, 11:41 a.m.
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Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade Launches: A New Era for the Blockchain
CoinDesk's weekly cryptocurrency tech development wrap-up, The Protocol, is here. I'm Margaux Nijkerk, Ethereum protocol reporter. This issue covers key network news, including Ethereum's Pectra upgrade, which aims to improve staking, wallet functionality, and overall efficiency. The upgrade increases the ETH staking limit from 32 to 2,048, streamlining operations for stakers. Bitcoin Core devs p…
May 7, 2025, 7:29 p.m.
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Uniswap DAO Loses Key Member Over Frustrations with Governance
A prominent member of the Uniswap DAO has stepped down due to concerns that other stakeholders have too much control over the decentralized protocol. Pepo, a key contributor and delegate with 455,000 UNI tokens, expressed frustration that the Uniswap Foundation and other organizations have disregarded the opinions of DAO members and ignored feedback. The Uniswap Foundation has responded by emphas…
May 7, 2025, 3:25 p.m.