Ethereum News

Compound and Ribbon Finance launch institutional borrowing. OpenZeppelin publishes a Compound post-mortem. And Etherscan updates its explorer to display Ethereum proof-of-stake data. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/066

Ethereum successfully merges with the Beacon Chain. Coinbase Cloud supports Polygon staking. Truffle releases a v2.5 of its VS Code extension. And zkSync 1.0 upgrades to v9. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/065

OFAC updates its FAQ for Tornado Cash sanctions. Doodles raises a $54 million funding round. Cloudflare announces support for The Merge. And FranklinDAO publishes a proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 on zkSync. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/064

Starbucks announces Polygon-based NFT rewards. StarkWare releases Cairo 1.0. Optimism releases a Bedrock Alpha testnet. And Synthetix plans to suspend its contracts during The Merge. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/063

Vitalik proposes solutions for recurring fees on ENS. The Ethereum Foundation sunsets the Kiln testnet. Binance US launches ETH staking. And Nethermind will host a 24-hour merge party. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/062

Coinbase funds a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury's Tornado Cash sanctions. ENS files a lawsuit against GoDaddy. EthereumJS releases VM V6. And StarkWare discloses a bug in StarkEx v4.5. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/061

LayerZero Labs releases an omnichain block explorer. Notional Finance plans to launch leveraged vaults. deBridge releases a Hardhat plugin. And GameStop will begin selling FTX gift cards. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/060

Ethereum's Beacon Chain successfully upgrades to Bellatrix. Ingonyama releases a Cloud ZK toolkit. Frax Finance launches a lending market. And Coinbase proposes to custody USDC for MakerDAO. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/059

Binance converges stablecoins on its exchange. Starknet releases Alpha v0.10.0. BarnBridge V2 is now live. And Curve Finance publishes a crvUSD repository on Github. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/058

ConsenSys launches Merge NFTs. Kyber Network suffers a front-end attack. Bill Murray gets hacked out of 119.2 ETH. And the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is now accepting applications for the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/057

MakerDAO publishes its endgame plan for DAI. Polygon updates its Wallet Suite. Celsius requests approval to return certain custody client funds. And Sudoswap announces a governance token launch. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/056

Curve Finance may launch a native stablecoin in September. Arbitrum One successfully migrates to Nitro. OpenZeppelin releases an audit report for cbETH. And RSS3 adds support for Lens Protocol content. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/055

cETH on Compound is temporarily frozen due to an oracle error. DeFi Saver implements trailing stops. Myria launches a STARK-based zk-Rollup. And Voltz launches fixed rate borrowing. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/054

Meta expands support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook. Art Blocks launches Art Blocks Engine. Rocket Pool upgrades to Redstone. And Specular reveals its EVM-native Optimistic Rollup. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/053

Offchain Labs releases the Arbitrum Nitro white paper. Hetzner prohibits node operators. SpruceID releases TreeLDR. And the EF announces the Merge Data Challenge. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/052

Compound launches Compound III. Coinbase Derivatives adds Nano Ether futures contracts. Rocket Pool releases Smart Node v1.6.0. And Reddit airdrops Avatar NFTs to active users. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/051

Coinbase launches a liquid staking "cbETH" token. Tether says it won't block sanctioned addresses. A Tornado Cash developer is denied bail. And Spectral raises a $23 million funding round. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/050

Alchemy releases an NFT API for Arbitrum One. Coinbase ENS subdomains are now claimable. Polynomial launches a stablecoin put-selling vault. And MakerDAO formalizes its $100 Million DAI loan to Huntingdon Valley Bank. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/049

Nethermind, Geth, and Teku, release merge-ready clients. BendDAO suffers a liquidity crisis. Gemini launches staking services. And Layerswap introduces a L2 off-ramp. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/048

FTX reportedly warns users not to interact with Aztec Network. FTX US receives a cease and desist letter from the FDIC. Rainbow Kit integrates Sign-In With Ethereum. And Polynomial Protocol releases a Gamma Vault. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/047

GnosisSafe releases a distribution proposal for SAFE tokens. Canadian exchanges limit annual crypto purchases. The Celer cBridge suffers a DNS front-end attack. And GitPoap raises a $4.2 million seed round. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/046

The Flashbots relay code is now open source. Fractional rebrands as Tessera. Coinbase Wallet integrates support for bridging. And ENS surpasses 2 million registered domain names. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/045

MakerDAO deploys a DAI bridge for Arbitrum Nova. Polygon Zero open-sources Plonky2. Buenos Aires plans to deploy Ethereum nodes in 2023. And zkSync reveals details about its Dynamic Fee implementation. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/044

Coin Center plans to challenge OFAC in court. Aave confirms censorship of blacklisted OFAC addresses. Nucleo releases its privacy multisig to private beta. And Orbiter adds support for Arbitrum Nova. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/043

Dutch Police arrest a Tornado Cash developer. Rainbow supports ENS profiles. Polygon releases a bridge for Gnosis Safe. And Blocknative launches a Transaction Distribution Network. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/042

The Ethereum Merge is planned for September 15th. The Goerli Merge goes live. DeFi Saver adds support for automation on Arbitrum. And MakerDAO plans to reduce its dependency on USDC. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/041

Orbiter Finance releases a L2 Data analytics tracker. Circle and Tether announce support for ETH PoS. Socket releases a bridge Plugin. And Ethereum developers publish potential scenarios for The Merge. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/040

Curve Finance suffers a DNS hijack. Offchain Labs releases Arbitrum Nova to public mainnet. Reddit launches Community Points on Nova. And Pinata raises an $18 million Series A. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/039

The U.S. Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash. Circle freezes USDC on Tornado Cash tied wallets. ChainLink says they won't support ETH PoW forks. And StarkWare partners with Aspect. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/038

Optimism projects begin distributing OP incentives. Angle protocol integrates LayerZero. Akula is now listed as an execution layer client on ethereum.org. And Uniswap proposes the launch of the Uniswap Foundation. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/037

Arbitrum plans to launch Nitro on August 31st. Goerli undergoes the Bellatrix upgrade. Meta expands its Instagram NFT feature across 100 countries. And Coinbase Prime partners with BlackRock. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/036

The Slope Solana wallet suffers a seed phrase compromise attack. Sepolia is set to undergo a post-merge upgrade. Socket launches a Synthetix bridge. And StarkNet updates its block explorer. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/035

Magic Eden integrates Ethereum NFTs. Mint Square goes live on StarkNet mainnet. Robinhood lays off 20% of employees. And the Polygon vesting contract unlocks 1.38 billion MATIC tokens. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/034

The Nomad bridge gets drained of over $150 million. ENS hits a new record In monthly registrations. The eth.link domain is now secured after reaching expiration. And Coinbase Prime now supports ETH staking. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/033

Tiffany & Co sells NFTs to CryptoPunk owners. Ledger will become compatible with Metamask Mobile. Quadrata launches on Ethereum Mainnet. and Optimism Bedrock will support a ZKP system. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/032

It's been 7 years since the launch of Ethereum. The WNBA issues its first POAP NFT. Lenstube introduces short-form videos. And DeFiLlama reveals plans for a portfolio tracker. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/031

The Ethereum Foundation announces the grantees of its Academic Grants round. Immutable releases early access for its GameStop wallet integration. And Synapse Protocol launches an Optimistic Rollup chain. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/030

ENS is working on domain name wrappers. Huff releases its smart contract language. Arbitrum migrates its Rinkeby testnet to Nitro. And Rainbow will integrate ENS profiles into its wallet. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/029

Ethereum successfully undergoes its tenth Shadow Fork. Aave's $GHO proposal is now live on Snapshot. Rocket Pool is set to release Smart Node v1.5.0. And StarkGate integrates support for Orbiter Finance. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/028

Mirror releases wallet-based subscriptions. Rainbow Wallet expands NFT support for L2s. StarkEx hits 200 million transactions. And Angle Protocol deploys on Arbitrum. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/027

Optimism releases a tool for conditional transactions. Arbitrum releases a Nitro Testnet upgrade timeline. ETH.LIMO adds support for ENS subdomain certificates. And ENS domains hits 500k unique addresses. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/026

Curve plans to launch its own stablecoin. TeaParty launches to public beta. SushiSwap releases a cross-chain AMM. And Vitalik proposes to adjust memory gas pricing. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/025

ENS.Vision launches an ENS-exclusive marketplace. ENS DAO launches small grants funding. ZigZag adds support for Arbitrum. And Aave executes a strategic swap with Balancer. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/024

Vitalik Buterin presents the Ethereum roadmap at ethCC. Flashbots releases its MEV Boost landing page. And core developers propose implementing EIP-4844. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/023

Superfluid releases its V2 dashboard. Aave V3 deploys on the Goerli testnet. And Hashflow raises $25 million in Series A funding. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/022

Polygon announces its EVM-Equivalent zkEVM. Scroll also reveals its zkEVM testnet release. zkSync plans to launch to mainnet in 100 days. And Minecraft bans NFTs from its platform. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/021

The Goerli testnet is set to merge on August 10th. Uniswap is set to surpass Coinbase in daily volume. MetaMask Institutional releases its Q2 report. And Across Protocol launches its bridge to earn program. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/020

Coinbase adds support for ENS subdomains. Lido expands stETH support on L2s. Sign-in with Ethereum EIP-4361 moves to a review phase. And ethCC 5 kicks off in Paris. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/019

Vitalik Buterin releases a new book on proof of stake Premint suffers a hack resulting in hundreds of NFTs being stolen. Arbitrum releases the Nitro Goerli testnet. And Empiric Network raises a $7 million seed round. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/018

0x releases a slippage protection API. Celsius will have its First Day Hearing on Monday. ETH.LIMO releases a V2 upgrade. And DeversiFi rebrands as Rhino.Fi. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/017