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Ethereum Devs Delay Difficulty Bomb — ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 13 Million Ether Deposits

On June 30, Ethereum developers delayed the network’s difficulty bomb via the Gray Glacier update, which means The Merge won’t happen at least until September 2022. Meanwhile, there’s now more…

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Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg

On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days…

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More Than 80% of the Funds Locked in Decentralized Finance Are Kept on 5 Chains, 21 Different Defi Protocols

In mid-March, the top five blockchains — in terms of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) — currently command more than 82% of the $198 billion TVL in…

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Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises $10M from notable cryptocurrency venture capital firms and angel investors

Twelve venture capital firms and three angel investors have joined in to fund the DeFi protocol.

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‘We’ll see about 200 chains connected through Cosmos’ IBC next year’, says Tendermint CEO Peng Zhong

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, the core developer of the Cosmos blockchain, discussed recent cutting-edge advancements in the ecosystem.

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