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Vitalik Buterin stakes only a modest portion of Ethereum, here’s why
The Ethereum co-founder said the complexity of multi-sig staking stops him from staking more ETH.
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Staking
Lido leads as Ethereum locked as liquid staking derivatives hits 10 million
Projects in the liquid staking sector have considerably struggled in the last 24 hours despite the milestone.
Crime
Bitcoin accounted for 19% of illicit crypto volume in 2022, down from 97%
The multi-chain ecosystem has prodded criminals to look beyond Bitcoin to launder their illicit crypto.
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Adoption
zkSync launches zkStack as foundation for Zero Knowledge development
zkSync announces the launch of ZKstack: A major leap for Zero-Knowledge technology.
DeFi
Staked ETH surpasses exchange balances with 19% of supply locked
Since the Shanghai upgrade — which enabled withdrawal of staked ETH in April — centralized exchanges' ETH balances have been on the decline.
Tokenization
Crypto ETPs saw $199M inflow last week, the largest since July 2022
Bitcoin ETPs claimed $188 million or 94% of the total inflows, indicating the market has a bigger appetite for BTC than Ethereum.
Adoption
HSBC’s Hong Kong customers can now trade Bitcoin, Ethereum futures ETFs
HSBC has expanded cryptocurrency exposure to its Hong Kong customers.
DeFi
MakerDAO-powered lending platform Spark Protocol onboards Rocket Pool staked ETH as collateral option
MakerDAO also raised the protocol's borrowing power by 400%.
DAOs
MakerDAO buys $700M in US Treasury bonds
The DAI issuer continues to bolster its own treasury holdings with U.S. government debt.
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Adoption
JP Morgan analysts believe Hinman documents will spur altcoins to mimic Ethereum
Rumors
Fidelity rumored to make “seismic” crypto move soon
Hacks
White hat hacker exploits Hashflow for $600K, seemingly just to return funds
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