L2BEAT Report Shows Decrease in Ethereum Layer 2 Value Locked, Arbitrum One Leads with 67% Share
April 22 (Cointime) - L2BEAT reports the current value locked in Ethereum Layer 2 at $9.57B, down 8.33% from last week. Arbitrum One has 67.04% of the total ($6.42B), Optimism has 20.28% ($1.94B), and dYdX has 3.53% ($338M).
Former SEC Chairman Uses Broadway Play Analogy to Weigh in on Ethereum's Security Debate
In a recent interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton provided his insight into the ongoing debate about whether Ethereum (ETH) should be considered a security.Clayton used a Broadway play analogy to illustrate his point. He argued that initial investments in the play's production, with the promise of future ticket returns, could be considered securities. However, once the play becomes successful and tickets are sold at the box office, they are no longer securities but merely tickets.
Ethereum Core Developer Tim Beiko Announces Fifth Devnet for EIP-4844 Will Be Launched Next Week
Since as early as October, developers have launched multi-client test networks, also called devnets, for EIP 4844. Tim Beiko, chair of the ACDE calls, said that the fifth devnet for EIP 4844 will be launched sometime next week.
Ether Erases All Gains from Shanghai Rally as Bitcoin, Crypto Prices Fall
Ether (ETH) dropped to as low as $1,833 Friday afternoon, its lowest price since April 9, CoinDesk data shows.
Shiba Inu Whale Uses Recent Dip to Accumulate Over 300 Billion $SHIB
According to whale monitoring service WhaleStats, one of the largest whales on the Ethereum network, tagged as “BlueWhale0073,” has bought around 311.99 billion SHIB tokens for roughly $3.32 million in two separate transactions, after SHIB’ price dropped around 4.5% in a week.
Crypto Morning Briefing: Telegram Wallet Users Can Now Buy, Withdraw and Exchange Bitcoin
Google Bard Tries To Gain ‘Coding Assist’ Edge Over ChatGPT; Coinbase Set To Launch Base Mainnet Within 2023; DRW Denies Investment in 3AC’s OPNX
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Institutional Investment Into Staking
Early signs show that Ethereum’s seamless Shanghai upgrade has spurred institutional investors’ interest in staking.
Kraken Withdraws 330k ETH Amid Regulatory Pressure – Deposits Outpace Withdrawals in Staking Race
Kraken is leading the second wave of full-staked Ethereum (ETH) withdrawals, according to Nansen’s dashboard.
