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1.65% of OP Tokens Will Be Unlocked on December 31st

1.65% of OP Tokens Will Be Unlocked on December 31st

Optimism will unlock 31,340,000 OP tokens on December 31st, constituting approximately 1.65% of the currently circulating supply.OP InfoOptimism is a Layer 2 (L2) solution designed to enhance the speed and scalability of the Ethereum network. The project aims to improve performance and transaction s…

Psychology is as big a driver of Ethereum as price, study finds

Psychology is as big a driver of Ethereum as price, study finds

A first-of-its-kind study into the factors that influence Ethereum perception and momentum has found that psychology plays just as crucial a role as any other. The results of “Project Mirror,” a deep dive into perceptions of Ethereum commissioned by Optimism and Espresso, were shared by the Ethereum…

Wyoming launches Visa-supported FRNT stablecoin on 7 blockchains

Wyoming launches Visa-supported FRNT stablecoin on 7 blockchains

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a body authorized by the US state to issue a stablecoin, announced the mainnet launch of the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) stablecoin.The FRNT stablecoin is a fully-collateralized digital token backed by short-duration US Treasury bills and US dollars, with a stat…

Bitcoin Price Could Rally To $110,000 ATH As These Macroeconomic Factors Align

Bitcoin Price Could Rally To $110,000 ATH As These Macroeconomic Factors Align

The Bitcoin price surge above $106,000 this week has reignited bullish sentiment across the market, with analysts suggesting that the stars are aligning for a rally to a new all-time high. From shifting geopolitical tensions to a major regulatory pivot in the United States (US), multiple macroeconom…

Immunefi launches ‘All Stars’ elite whitehat program amid record $1.4 billion Bybit hack and rising onchain losses

Immunefi launches ‘All Stars’ elite whitehat program amid record $1.4 billion Bybit hack and rising onchain losses

Web3 bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi has launched its "All Stars" program, aiming to bring together the best-performing researchers and auditors in a year where mounting crypto losses have already surpassed $1.7 billion.Immunefi claims to operate the largest blockchain security co…

Unichain becomes first Ethereum Layer 2 to start processing transactions using Flashbot’s Rollup-Boost TEE tool

Unichain becomes first Ethereum Layer 2 to start processing transactions using Flashbot’s Rollup-Boost TEE tool

Unichain, launched by Uniswap Labs earlier this year, has become the first Ethereum Layer 2 network to process blocks using a trusted execution environment. TEEs, for short, are a type of hardware solution used widely outside of crypto that some experts say is a promising avenue for scaling and secu…

Ethereum to simplify crosschain transactions with new token standards

Ethereum to simplify crosschain transactions with new token standards

Ethereum developers are working to improve blockchain interoperability with two new token standards: ERC-7930 and ERC-7828.“There’s no standard way for wallets, apps, or protocols to interpret or display this information,” decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem development organization Wonderland wr…

Ethereum researcher proposes 100-fold ‘exponential’ gas limit boost to improve mainnet scaling

Ethereum researcher proposes 100-fold ‘exponential’ gas limit boost to improve mainnet scaling

Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist has proposed a gradual hundredfold increase in Ethereum’s gas limit in an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP-9698) published on Sunday.Under this proposal, Ethereum clients would vote to increase the gas limit according to an exponential schedule. The proposal intro…

Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds

Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds

Update April 16, 10:50 am UTC: This article has been updated to clarify the relationship between Astar and Soneium.Astar, a Japanese Web3 adoption collective bridging Astar Network and Soneium, said it has slashed Soneium’s blockchain finality time by over 98%, as it aims to solve one of the biggest…

Codex to build stablecoin-only blockchain, disavowing ‘general-purpose’ chains — Report

Codex to build stablecoin-only blockchain, disavowing ‘general-purpose’ chains — Report

Blockchain startup Codex has raised $15.8 million to build a layer-2 network specifically for stablecoins, signaling that more builders are rushing to capitalize on the growing industry and regulatory alignment around fiat-backed stable assets. The seed round was led by Dragonfly Capital, with addit…

Bitcoin Enters ‘Optimism Stage’—Is a Massive Rally About to Begin?

Bitcoin Enters ‘Optimism Stage’—Is a Massive Rally About to Begin?

Bitcoin has been showing signs of recovery after a sharp decline that pushed its price below $80,000 last week. The cryptocurrency briefly surged to $92,756 in the early hours of today before retracing to $90,279, marking a 0.7% increase in the past 24 hours.While price action remains volatile, mark…

Optimism (OP) - 31.34MM Token Unlock - 31 Mar 2025

Optimism (OP) - 31.34MM Token Unlock - 31 Mar 2025

A big token unlock for Optimism could impact its price. On March 31, 2025, 31.34 million OP tokens will become available, which may lead to increased selling. If many holders choose to sell their unlocked tokens, the market could face downward pressure, potentially lowering OP’s price. However, if d…