Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR An Aave ARFC proposes higher collateral efficiency for ETH- and Bitcoin-linked assets. The proposal would raise WETH LTV to 81% and liquidation threshold to 84%. The parameters are still under governance discussion and are not yet live. Aave...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Arbitrum DAO is voting on grant bans for Good Entry, Limitless and APX Finance. The action follows Watchdog cases that recovered roughly 532,000 ARB. The vote remains open through September 23, so the bans are not yet final. Arbitrum DAO is c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Optimism Governance is considering Upgrade Proposal 20. The proposal introduces Super Root Dispute Games as part of the OP Stack fault-proof roadmap. A mainnet target of September 24 has been discussed, but the upgrade is not yet live. Optimi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR World Chain activated the Karst upgrade at 12:00 UTC on September 21. Node operators need op-geth v1.101701.0 or newer and op-node v1.16.9 or newer. End users do not need to take any action. World Chain has completed its Karst network upgrade...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Celestia has released v0.34.2-corto for celestia-node. The release is specifically for the Corto testnet. It should not be confused with a Celestia mainnet upgrade. Celestia developers have published another update for the network’s Cort...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Cairo v2.19.5 has been released by Starkware. The update contains compiler and code-generation fixes. It is a developer-tooling update, not a Starknet hard fork. Starkware has published Cairo v2.19.5, delivering another maintenance updat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Bitget Wallet is adding more than 1,700 tokenized stocks and ETFs through Reality. The feature launches across Arbitrum and Morph. It expands on existing tokenized-asset integrations already available in the wallet. Bitget Wallet is maki...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Kamino Finance has appointed Michael Weisz as CEO. Weisz co-founded alternative-investment platform Yieldstreet. His role will center on U.S. expansion and institutional credit products. Kamino Finance is bringing in a CEO with a backgro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR An MEV searcher intercepted roughly $7.7 million in rsETH before an attacker could complete an exploit. The bot, known as “Yoink,” front-ran the malicious transaction. Kelp paused parts of the protocol while the intercepted assets were secu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Balancer contributors are discussing an orderly protocol wind-down. The plan would eventually return treasury assets to BAL holders. A Snapshot vote is expected September 25–29; no vote has passed yet. Balancer is considering something D...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says Zcash should let its developer fund expire after 2028. The fund currently receives 20% of block rewards. This is a personal recommendation, not a binding governance proposal. https://x.com/haseeb/status/206112...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Hyperliquid has switched on manual spot borrowing. Users can borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. The feature runs through HyperCore and remains collateralized. Hyperliquid is adding another piece to its increasingly c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Zcash developers are targeting November 5 for NU7 mainnet activation. The upgrade would cut target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. October 20 remains the final decision point before mainnet activation. Zcash has put a timeli...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Neutrl has opened an emergency redemption route for NUSD holders. The on-chain contract is paying around $0.51 in USDC per NUSD. The situation follows losses inside a junior Strata collateral tranche. NUSD holders finally have a clearer...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Optimism has released op-batcher v1.17.0. The project labels it a required upgrade for batcher operators. It adds Glamsterdam compatibility, security updates and configurable AltDA limits. Optimism has published a new batcher release, an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR NEAR has released nearcore 2.14.0-rc.1. The release is marked as both a protocol and database upgrade. It remains a release candidate rather than the final stable build. NEAR developers have published the first release candidate for near...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR AvalancheGo v1.15.0 schedules the Helicon upgrade for September 22. Mainnet activation is set for 15:00 UTC. Node operators need to upgrade before activation. Avalanche has put a date on its next mainnet upgrade. AvalancheGo v1.15.0 sc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Lido says the wind-down of its Simple DVT Module’s regular clusters is complete. Governance approved the shutdown earlier this year. Eligible node operators have begun receiving the first tranche of transition grants. Lido has finished w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Uniswap Labs has proposed turning on protocol fees across Arc. The proposal covers Uniswap v2, v3 and v4 deployments on the network. A Snapshot vote is scheduled before any on-chain execution. Uniswap’s protocol-fee rollout could be head...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR Aave V4 is now operational on Circle’s Arc network. The initial market supports USDC, EURC, cirBTC and WETH. It uses Aave V4’s hub-and-spoke architecture. Aave V4 is now live on another network, this time Circle’s newly launched Arc bloc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR Lido governance is considering a contingent centralized-exchange liquidity mandate. The authorization is capped at 7.5 million LDO and $480,000 USDC. Funds would only be deployed if LDO liquidity deteriorates enough to justify intervention....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR Aave Labs has proposed a V4 market built around institutionally custodied collateral. Bitcoin would remain with Anchorage while an on-chain receipt represents the collateral. Chainlink infrastructure would keep custody data synchronized wit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR XRP Ledger server software xrpld v3.4.0 is now available. The release introduces LendingProtocolV1_1. New lending features still require amendment approval before becoming active on-chain. The XRP Ledger has a new server release, and len...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR SIMD-0525 lays out a staged reduction in Solana’s target slot time from 400ms toward 200ms. The 250ms stage is the penultimate step in that roadmap. The network is shortening slots while reducing per-slot limits to avoid simply increasing r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 weeks ago
TON Foundation says Telegram Web3 mini-apps have passed 100 million monthly active users, marking another major distribution milestone for one of crypto’s most consumer-facing ecosystems. That number is big enough to grab attention, but it needs a...
