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What Lido staking dominance may mean for Ethereum’s future
The Ethereum community has raised fears of lido staking dominance leading to centralization. What does that mean for ETH 2.0?
Abdulrasaq Ariwoola 3 min read
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Lido community debates limiting staked Ethereum as centralization concerns grow
The Lido team submitted a governance proposal discussing the pros and cons of limiting its share of Ethereum staking.
Investments
BlockFi in talks with FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to acquire a share of the company
Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX and Alameda Research is in talks to acquire a stake in crypto lending firm BlockFi just days after he acquired 11% of Voyager Digital
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Ethereum to shutdown 3 testnets after Merge
Ethereum foundation has revealed that Kiln, Rinkeby, and Ropsten testnets would be deprecated after Ethereum’s transition into a proof-of-stake network.
Analysis
Bitcoin could be a panacea for income inequality, says Forbes
Bitcoin emerges as a way to rescue the world's economy as the inflation continue to increase and the income gap widens.
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Inside THORchain: The cross-chain RUNE DEX offering native coins like BTC and ETH
CryptoSlate spoke to Tyler Bond from Nine Realms to discuss what makes THORchain so different and why cross-chain interoperability is so important.
Lending
Crypto lender Maple Finance joins list of platforms facing liquidity issues
The DeFi protocol for institutional borrowers and lenders published an update saying “lenders must wait for borrower repayments.”
NFTs
Uniswap Labs acquires Genie to integrate NFTs into its products
The company said that the acquisition of Genie, the first NFT marketplace aggregator, will enable it to integrate NFTs into its own products and enable users to buy and sell NFTs through Uniswap.
DeFi
What’s going on with Bancor?
One of the biggest DeFi protocols on the market has paused its impermanent loss protection, sparking rumors of a liquidity crisis. The Bancor team talked to CryptoSlate about what caused the decision to halt ILP and the steps the protocol is taking to prevent these problems in the future.
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