Optimism News

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Galaxy’s Alex Thorn calls Ethereum L2s ‘ETH extractive’ amid fee retention concerns

Galaxy’s Alex Thorn calls Ethereum L2s ‘ETH extractive’ amid fee retention concerns

Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn argued that post-EIP-4844 fee models favor L2 profits over Ethereum mainnet's financial health.

Optimism invites Layer-3 networks to join its Superchain, promising advanced features

Optimism invites Layer-3 networks to join its Superchain, promising advanced features

Optimism introduced two new features to entice layer3 blockchain developers.

Coinbase to store more of its $220 million USDC holdings on Base

Coinbase to store more of its $220 million USDC holdings on Base

As of press time, the exchange only holds 17% of its USDC on Base.

Optimism Foundation sells $90M in tokens amid market rally and token unlock anticipation

Optimism Foundation sells $90M in tokens amid market rally and token unlock anticipation

Optimism's OP price reached a new all-time high of $4.86 during the past week.

KyberSwap hacker opens door for negotiations after $45 million exploit

KyberSwap hacker opens door for negotiations after $45 million exploit

Kyber Network was exploited earlier today but hopes of resolution appear as attacker messages developers.

Optimism Foundation $157M token sale impacts market, OP dips 3%

Optimism Foundation $157M token sale impacts market, OP dips 3%

The token sales is coming in less than a week after Optimism airdropped users 19 million tokens.

Optimism OP price unchanged as network rewards loyal holders with 19M airdropped tokens

Optimism OP price unchanged as network rewards loyal holders with 19M airdropped tokens

Optimism's OP price has remained unchanged despite news of the new airdrop, slightly dropping by around 1%.

Friend.tech faces continued sniper bot issue, pushing price of popular creators before shares hit market

Friend.tech faces continued sniper bot issue, pushing price of popular creators before shares hit market

Sniper bots' manipulating share prices stirs fairness debate amid resurgence in friend.tech user activity

Synapse token, TVL slide following major liquidity provider sell-off

Synapse token, TVL slide following major liquidity provider sell-off

On-chain sleuths have linked the liquidity sell-off to Nima Capital.

A silent security scandal or dying profession? DeFi Bug Bounty Wall of Shame has millions in unpaid bounties

DeFi 3 years ago

Bitcoin, Solana community calls out Coinbase CEO on crypto payment vision

Culture 3 years ago

Op-ed: Let’s talk about Gitcoin – the silence around open source funding is deafening

Opinion 3 years ago

How DeFi adoption varies across chains, BTC price affects velocity

DeFi 3 years ago