Litecoin’s network activity has skyrocketed, with daily transaction volumes reaching $9.6 billion, fueled by mounting excitement over potential U.S.-listed Litecoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to a February 21 report from on-chain analytics platform Santiment, this surge in network utility has…
Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain Feb 13, 2025, 12:20 a.m. UTC Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this issue:…
As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.” Updated Feb 12, 2025, 3:16 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 12, 2025, 3:10 p.m. UTC What to know: The Ethereum community fears…
Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies. Updated Feb 10, 2025, 7:55 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 11, 2025, 3:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Under Lido's newly proposed 'V3' upgrade, the largest staking service…
Powered by Optimism's OP stack, Unichain—like other layer-2s on Ethereum—offers faster and cheaper transactions compared to Ethereum's mainnet. Updated Feb 10, 2025, 7:19 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Uniswap Labs, the primary developer behind Uniswap, shared…
A crypto scandal continues to rock Argentina as blockchain researchers found that digital assets worth about $99m were withdrawn from the controversial Libra token’s liquidity pool. Eight wallets linked to the token’s creator withdrew the funds, Reuters reported Thursday, citing…