Rollup Series] Part 1: Scroll, the Dream of a Native zkEVM
When Vitalik Buterin published “An Incomplete Guide to Rollups” on January 5, 2021, the total TVL (total value locked) in Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) solutions was relatively low at about 75,000 ETH ($78M). At the time, the L2 market seemed to have a long way to go. However, there are about 26 L2 projects now, and the current L2 total TVL is about 3.2M ETH ($5B), a 42-fold growth in ETH and 64-fold growth in terms of dollars. In particular, Arbitrum and Optimism, two major optimistic roll-up projec...
Rollup Series] Part 1: Scroll, the Dream of a Native zkEVM
When Vitalik Buterin published “An Incomplete Guide to Rollups” on January 5, 2021, the total TVL (total value locked) in Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) solutions was relatively low at about 75,000 ETH ($78M). At the time, the L2 market seemed to have a long way to go. However, there are about 26 L2 projects now, and the current L2 total TVL is about 3.2M ETH ($5B), a 42-fold growth in ETH and 64-fold growth in terms of dollars. In particular, Arbitrum and Optimism, two major optimistic roll-up projec...
Liquide staking
Liquid staking refers to the process of staking cryptocurrency assets while still allowing the staked assets to remain liquid and tradable. Staking involves holding a certain amount of cryptocurrency in a wallet to help secure a blockchain network and validate transactions. In return, stakers receive rewards in the form of additional cryptocurrency. However, traditional staking mechanisms often require the staked assets to be locked up for a certain period of time, which can limit their liqui...
Liquide staking
Liquid staking refers to the process of staking cryptocurrency assets while still allowing the staked assets to remain liquid and tradable. Staking involves holding a certain amount of cryptocurrency in a wallet to help secure a blockchain network and validate transactions. In return, stakers receive rewards in the form of additional cryptocurrency. However, traditional staking mechanisms often require the staked assets to be locked up for a certain period of time, which can limit their liqui...
Web3 protocol Polytrade raises $3.8M to improve global trade
Polytrade, a web3 protocol focused on global trade, has raised $3.8 million in a seed round led by Alpha Wave, Matrix Partners, Polygon Ventures and CoinSwitch Ventures, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch. Other investors include Singularity Ventures and GTM Ventures. The firm has previously been backed by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and QuickSwap co-founder Sameep Singhania, among others. The protocol aims to streamline supply chains through real-time data, Piyush Gupta, founder ...
Web3 protocol Polytrade raises $3.8M to improve global trade
Polytrade, a web3 protocol focused on global trade, has raised $3.8 million in a seed round led by Alpha Wave, Matrix Partners, Polygon Ventures and CoinSwitch Ventures, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch. Other investors include Singularity Ventures and GTM Ventures. The firm has previously been backed by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and QuickSwap co-founder Sameep Singhania, among others. The protocol aims to streamline supply chains through real-time data, Piyush Gupta, founder ...
