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Ethereum-based lending protocol Litquity's newest version wants you to fork it

Litquity, the Ethereum-based lending and borrowing protocol, has launched the second version of its app, Litquity V2. Liquity V2 will enable borrowers to pick their own interest rates when borrowing against ETH and staked ETH from RocketPool or Lido.

theblock.co • 23/01/2025 - 23:27 PM

Uniswap version 4 deployments to begin rolling out this week

Uniswap v4 is set for gradual deployment this week, featuring a singleton liquidity architecture, increased modularity with hooks, and a flash accounting system for better efficiency.

theblock.co • 22/01/2025 - 06:53 AM

30% of Ethereum validators signal higher block gas limit, data shows

More than 30% of Ethereum validators support increasing the block gas limit from 30 million to 40 million, which is crucial for network scalability and transaction processing.

theblock.co • 16/01/2025 - 10:46 AM

Pyth launches new oracle ‘Lazer’ to offer price feeds to latency-sensitive apps

Pyth Network launched Lazer, an ultra-low-latency oracle solution for trading apps, offering real-time market data from first-party publishers and supporting multiple blockchain environments.

theblock.co • 16/01/2025 - 05:58 AM

Switchboard to become first Solana oracle network to go live on Jito's growing restaking platform

Switchboard Protocol partners with Jito to utilize restaking, enhancing security and efficiency, while potentially unlocking new blockchain applications within Solana's ecosystem.

theblock.co • 15/01/2025 - 15:32 PM

Sky’s lending subDAO Spark targets up to $1.1 billion in direct exposure to Ethena’s USDe and sUSDe tokens

Spark Protocol integrates Ethena’s USDe stablecoin, allocating $1.1 billion for capital efficiency, enhancing DeFi yield opportunities, and solidifying its liquidity management and revenue generation strategies.

theblock.co • 15/01/2025 - 00:46 AM

Arbitrum DAO opens vote on proposal to implement BoLD protocol on ecosystem chains

The Arbitrum DAO votes on an improvement proposal to implement Bounded Liquidity Delay, enhancing security and enabling permissionless validator participation starting February 2025.

theblock.co • 10/01/2025 - 05:40 AM

Hyperliquid responds to community concerns over validator issues

Hyper Foundation addressed allegations of validator seat sales and centralization, reaffirming its commitment to decentralization and transparency amid community concerns about closed-source code and system design.

theblock.co • 08/01/2025 - 11:52 AM

ZKsync’s total value locked rises as it allocates 300 million tokens for DeFi incentives

ZKsync's Ignite program, allocating 300 million ZK tokens, boosted its total value locked by nearly 90%, helping revive user activity on the Layer 2 network.

theblock.co • 07/01/2025 - 07:54 AM

Solana-based restaking protocol Solayer introduces ‘InfiniSVM’ blockchain

Solayer is developing InfiniSVM, a hardware-accelerated SVM blockchain, enhancing Solana's capabilities with fast transactions and plans for alternate SVM solutions and yield-bearing assets.

theblock.co • 07/01/2025 - 05:12 AM

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