Binance’s CEO CZ Steps Down In a surprising turn of events, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, announced his resignation and pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering requirements.
Demex Daily: Grayscale's Solana Trust Soars to Unprecedented 784% Premium Amid Rising Institutional Interest; THORChain Rises to Third-Largest DEX with RUNE Surging 50%, Outperforming Major Competitors What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale's Solana Trust (GSOL) shares have surged to a staggering 784% premium over the actual Solana (SOL) price, with GSOL trading at $202 compared to SOL's $59. This unprecedented premium, much higher than the 43% peak for Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) in 2019, signifies strong institutional
Demex Daily: Polygon and Near Partner to Launch 'zkWASM' Prover, Advancing Multichain Integration and Introducing New POL Token; Linea Launches DeFi Voyage Campaign to Educate Users and Engage in Decentralized Finance What’s Interesting Today: Polygon Labs and Near are collaborating to develop "zkWASM," a zero-knowledge prover for Web Assembly (WASM) based blockchains, facilitating their integration into the Polygon ecosystem and potentially enhancing connectivity with the Ethereum network. Scheduled for release next year, this tool aims to increase liquidity and decentralization,
Demex Daily: SK Telecom Expands Web3 Horizons with Aptos and Atomrigs Lab for T Wallet Development; Nil Foundation Unveils '=nil;' as Ethereum's First ZK Rollup with Sharding for Enhanced Scalability What’s Interesting Today: SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile carrier, has announced a partnership with Aptos and Atomrigs Lab to develop its T wallet, a web3 wallet service. This collaboration aims to enhance T wallet's integration with popular mainnets and decentralized applications. Notably, the partnership with Aptos marks SK
Demex Daily: Blockchain Governance Platform Llama Secures $6M Seed Funding to Innovate Role-Based Protocol Management; Arbitrum Community Vote Unleashes Staking Plan, Propelling ARB Token Price to $1.13 Amidst Governance Developments What’s Interesting Today: Llama, a smart contract platform focused on improving blockchain governance, has raised $6 million in seed funding from several investors, including the founders of Polygon and Aave. The platform's goal is to enhance the governance of blockchain protocols by allowing the encoding of role-based functions and
Demex Daily: ARTA TechFin and Chainlink Partner to Launch Regulated, Interoperable Fund Tokens with Enhanced Transparency; Voyager Digital's VGX Token Value Surges 20% as $7.3 Million Worth of Tokens Burned, Cutting Supply by 30% What’s Interesting Today: ARTA TechFin, a financial services firm from Hong Kong, is partnering with Chainlink to issue regulated fund tokens on various blockchain networks. Utilizing Chainlink's decentralized platform, these tokens will benefit from cross-chain interoperability, reliable hourly updates of net asset value (NAV) via data feeds, and transparent
Demex Daily: Render Network Shifts to Solana, Dedicates $2.6M to User Fee Subsidies Amidst Transition; Major GameFi Titles Line Up for Immutable's Upcoming Ethereum Layer 2 Rollout What’s Interesting Today: Render Network, a decentralized GPU rendering platform, is transitioning from Ethereum to Solana to benefit from higher throughput and lower transaction costs. To ease the upgrade process, Render has set aside 1.14 million RNDR tokens (worth approximately $2.6 million) to subsidize user fees. The
Demex Daily: Starknet Rewards Early Contributors with Locked Tokens, Delays Public Launch; Aave Takes Action to Stabilize GHO Stablecoin Using Maverick Protocol and New Incentives What’s Interesting Today: The Starknet Foundation has set aside 50 million locked STRK tokens to reward its early supporters, even though these tokens won't be available for trading until April 2024. Built on Ethereum, Starknet is a Layer-2 blockchain network focused on enhancing scalability and reducing operational costs. To
Demex Daily: Celestia Mainnet and Token Trading Launching; Uniswap DAO Favors $12 Million Investment in Ekubo Amid Community Debate What’s Interesting Today: The mainnet for Celestia, a blockchain network with a modular design aimed at easing the development of new blockchains, is scheduled to go live tomorrow. KuCoin and Bybit will start offering trading options for Celestia's native token, TIA, around 10 a.m. EST, using the USDT
Demex Daily: Lens Protocol to Upgrade to V2 Mainnet on October 30; Ethereum Developers Delay Dencun Upgrade Due to Consensus Issues and Codebase Concerns What’s Interesting Today: The team behind Aave is preparing to upgrade their decentralized social media platform, Lens Protocol, to its V2 mainnet starting October 30. The new version aims to be quicker, more scalable, and easier for developers to work with. Users will be transitioned to the new version