Ethereum News
Ethereum Layer 2 Networks’ Total Value Locked Hovers at Near-Record High, Data Shows
TVL soared past $10 billion on the Ethereum blockchain earlier this month before dipping, according to analytics website L2Beat. Arbitrum dominates the layer 2 scaling landscape by market share.
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Institutional Investment Into Staking
The largest staking platforms for institutional investors recorded three times more new deposits than last month, early data shows.
1inch, Aggregator of Decentralized Crypto Exchanges, to Launch on Ethereum Rollup zkSync Era
The company, which nabbed $175 million in a 2021 series B funding round, is one of the biggest protocols yet to launch on a zero-knowledge EVM.
Total Value on Liquid Staking Platform Agility Soars to $467M Following Ethereum Shapella Fork
Despite Agility’s total valued locked increasing more than 643% to $467 million in the past seven days, CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap are warning about AGI developers having the ability to mint new tokens.
Ethereum Withdrawal Requests Now Face Roughly 17-Day Wait
Ethereum validators that have put in withdrawal requests following the network's Shanghai upgrade will have to wait upwards of 17 days to get their staked ether (ETH) back, according to data analytics firm Nansen. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
Scroll Co-Founder on Ethereum Scaling Race
A decentralized, global team of developers is shirking the urge to be the first to scale Ethereum. As part of CoinDesk's Projects to Watch 2023, Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng discusses Ethereum's "zero-knowledge" arms race and how Scroll stands out from the competition.
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait to Get Money Back
Following last week's milestone Shanghai upgrade, we moved to wind down CoinDesk's Ethereum validator project, but it could be a week before the 32 ETH we staked (about $67,000 worth) hits our wallet. C. Spencer Beggs, our director of engineering, breaks down the technical steps he's taken.
Rocket Pool Made It Cheaper to Stake ETH Through Its Platform Following Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
The staking protocol gave users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator.
Ethereum Unstaking Requests Now Face About a 17-Day Wait
The queue stood at 14 days late last week, but it’s lengthened as more exit requests piled in from validators on the blockchain. Also, staked ether deposits outpace withdrawals for the first time since last week’s Shanghai upgrade.
Developers Stay Resilient Through Harsh Crypto Winter, Report Says
According to Alchemy’s Q1 2023 "Developer Report," Ethereum SDK installations reached an average of 1.9 million installs per week, a 47% year-over-year increase.
