Germany’s largest federal bank is set to launch crypto custody services in collaboration with crypto exchange Bitpanda, targeting institutional and corporate clients. Germany’s biggest state-backed lender with over $350 billion in assets under management, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), will launch crypto custody services for its institutional and corporate clients in the second half of 2024 in a...
Robinhood’s cold storage address has emerged as the third-largest single Bitcoin wallet, boasting ownership of 0.69% of the total BTC supply. Public fintech broker Robinhood turned out to be the owner of the third largest single Bitcoin wallet, holding over $9.5 billion worth of the crypto, Coinbase director Conor Grogan said in an X post, citing data from Arkham...
Due to the ongoing meme coin frenzy, DEXs on the Solana network have taken up the majority of trading volume over the past 24 hours. According to CoinGecko, Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs) accounted for most trading volume over the past 24 hours. The top three were Raydium, Jupiter, and Orca. Raydium’s volume in the last 24...
Ethena Labs’ synthetic dollar has surged to a $2 billion market cap less than two months after the protocol released its product on Ethereum’s public mainnet. Launched in February, the market cap of stablecoin USDe has grown over 147% in the last 30 days, per DefiLlama. CoinGecko categorizes the cryptocurrency as the fifth largest token in...
In collaboration with the Composable Foundation, Picasso Network has announced the integration of the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol with Ethereum. The integration allows for transferring assets and data between Ethereum (ETH) and the Cosmos ecosystem, facilitating cross-chain interoperability. “By connecting Ethereum with Cosmos through IBC and designating Osmosis as the primary liquidity hub, we are setting the stage for a new chapter...
A CoinLedger study discovered that cryptocurrency portfolios increased in value by an average of $2,804 this year as the industry raced toward its previous 2021 peak. The crypto tax and portfolio management software provider analyzed a database of over 500,000 investors to map out popular tokens and solutions being leveraged amid a bull run underpinned by institutional interest...
Vitalik Buterin, one of the creators of the Ethereum blockchain, confirmed his position regarding layer 3 networks. Buterin joined the discussion on the value of layer 3 (L3) solutions, citing his post from a year and a half ago. Recently, an online debate broke out regarding the usefulness of L3 protocols for the Ethereum ecosystem. Several speakers...
While Ethereum prices fell over 4% in the last 30 days, ETH holders have pivoted away from Lido Finance into restaking protocols. According to a Dune Analytics dashboard tracking staking activity, Lido Finance had the highest Ethereum (ETH) outflow among similar protocols in the past month. The page created by researcher Hildobby indicated that stakers withdrew over...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin spoke about the next stage of the blockchain roadmap, the Purge. According to Buterin, the roadmap’s new stage aims to simplify the network structure and reduce the load on nodes. Central to developing the protocol at this stage is the implementation and development of EIP-6780, introduced during the recent Dencun hard fork. It...
The total value locked in Ethereum restaking protocols has jumped to $8.35 billion. The total value locked (TVL) of the ether.fi project exceeded $3.2 billion. Renzo is in second place with $2 billion, while data from The Block shows that Puffer is third with TVL at $1.3 billion. Source: The Block EigenLayer also saw an uptick in activity...
