Lido DAO (LDO), the native cryptocurrency of Lido Finance, significantly increased its total market capitalization which now stands at $1.25 billion. This no longer comes as a surprise as the crypto asset is in the midst of an incredible run that enabled it to post double-digit gains on its intraday, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly charts.…
With the “Merge” and the accompanying change to proof of stake, the Ethereum blockchain received arguably the most crucial and largest upgrade of all time on September 15. With “Shanghai”, however, the next upgrade is already just around the corner. After a month-long break, Ethereum developers met last Friday for their 148th All Core Developers…
Optimism is a layer 2 network that operates on top of the Ethereum main chain. Since its launch in June, it has been the focus of investors and buyers due to its steady increase in value. Despite the fact that the coin’s value is currently below the $1 level and falling as this is written,…
Lido TVL or total value locked, toppled over to new high lows seen in the third week of this month following the bearish movement of the DeFi market. LDO has shaved off over 58% of its TVL, which registered an all-time high of $20.4 billion on April 6 but dropped down to roughly $8.6 billion…
Ethereum upgrades could jumpstart a $40 billion staking industry, according to a JP Morgan report. JP Morgan estimates that the staking industry is currently worth $9 billion and that this number could balloon to $40 billion by 2025. The report speculates that the launch of ETH 2.0 would lead to more adoption of the coin…
StakeHound has announced that it is suing crypto-custody firm Fireblocks for the loss of 38,178 ETH that has been rendered inaccessible due to negligence of the company. The press release said that they had been informed of the incident on the 2nd of May 2021. But all efforts to resolve the issue were not successful.…
The Cardano Foundation has unveiled a new-look website as part of its brand repositioning. This forms part of a company-wide initiative, called Project Renovare, to rebrand Cardano as it moves into the smart contract phase of development. In a blog post, PR and Communications team member Elliot Hill said the move was more than just…
Since the start of the year, Ethereum has done rather well. Per data from TradingView, the leading altcoin is trading approximately 80% higher than the price it started 2020 at. Analysts expect ETH to rally further in the months and years ahead as the underlying network’s fundamentals lend to increased demand for the asset. One…
In the countdown to the Shelley mainnet launch at the end of this month, Cardano has released details of its staking reward system. The amount of staking reward is determined by several factors, such as the number of staking pools in operation, the saturation of a delegated pool, and block production efficiency. At present, all…
Mainnet crypto staking on the Matic network went live on June 29, 2020. Delegators need a minimum of one Matic token to participate, and with a current price of just under two cents, the barrier to entry is low.Matic’s co-founder and CEO, Sandeep Nailwal took to Twitter to give an update on how the rollout…