Ethereum (ETH)

New DeFi protocol Conic Finance hacked just months after launch, losing over 1,700 Ethereum worth $3 million to cybercriminals.

Shibarium, the highly anticipated Layer 2 scaling solution for the Shiba Inu ecosystem, is expected to launch its mainnet in August, generating significant excitement among investors and partners like NOWNodes, according to recent updates and market expectations.

In the fourth episode, StarkWare’s president Eli Ben-Sasson and Giza’s co-founder Cem Dagdelen dive into how AI can be integrated with smart contracts. They discuss the potential for AI to make contracts smarter and more adaptable.

Ethena raised $6.5 million in seed funding to develop an Ethereum-based stablecoin and decentralized financial products detached from the traditional banking system.

Cymbal’s visual, social Ethereum blockchain explorer makes blockchain transactions accessible and understandable to the masses, unlike traditional complex explorers.

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s planned account abstraction feature, enabling seed phrases to be stored in smart contracts, is a major development that will simplify crypto wallets like email.

After launching its mainnet on Monday, Mantle’s governance and utility token MNT has outperformed rival layer 2 solutions, jumping 4% in price, reflecting positive sentiment around Mantle’s unique architecture and mainnet launch.

zkSync has launched a new “Boojum” prover that significantly decreases transaction time and hardware requirements to help scale the Ethereum network.

Aave’s new algorithmic, dollar-pegged Ethereum stablecoin GHO has quickly reached a $2.5 million market cap just 48 hours after launching.

Despite facing allegations of illegal securities activities regarding staking from several states, Coinbase stated it will legally defend crypto staking but has halted the service for new users in California, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.