DeFi
ETH fdn backs ZKnox to enhance the efficiency of post-quantum cryptography on Ethereum, ensuring security in the event of a quantum computing era
ETH Pectra upgrade was activated Sepolia testnet, final stage before mainnet rollout.
Pectra will introduce EIP-7702 improve wallet experience & AA, EIP-7251 raises validator limits 32 to 2,048 ETH, and EIP-7691 increases the maximum blob count for better rollup scalability
Aave proposes to revive AAVE by redistributing protocol excess revenue, deprecating the legacy LEND token, and to launch Anti-GHO to enhance incentives for GHO stablecoin holders
$12B Index fund manager Bitwise makes its first DeFi allocation via onchain credit protocol Maple finance
Encryption blockchain Seismic raise $7M led by a16z
Skate chain introduces Skate AMM the first AMM to operate across Sol, ethereum, SUI, TON, Movement and Eclipse
Aethir integrates with EigenLayer blockchain framework
Uniswap has allocated $540k $UNI for Cycle 3 of its Delegate Reward Initiative, which will distribute up to $6k worth of UNI per month to top delegates incentivize community participation in governance
Movement labs mainnet today
Defidotapp to allocate 10% of szn1 XP supply to Kaito yappers
SkateChain to distribute 1% of total supply to top 50 yappers over 6 months
Polkadot allocates $600k in rewards over 6 months for top 50 yappers
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World's first encrypted money market - ShadeX goes live
Berachain liquid staking protocol Infrared raise $14M in Series A led by Framework Ventures bringing total funding to $18.75M
YZiLabs formerly Binance labs invests in Bittensor team, Tensorplex labs
Across Protocol raised $41M through $ACX sales, led by Paradigm with support from Bain Capital Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Multicoin Capital
Near expands its reach to Kyberswap as they partner to provide cross chain swap without bridging thanks to Near intents
Jito contributor Andrew Thurman proposes strategies for their revenue spend to provide to the protocol through buy backs and fee switch
Early SOL VC Foundation Capital who invested $20M in Sol series A back in 2019 just raised a $600M for its 11th fund to on early stage startup
State of the Market
Reddit founder considers buying TikTok and opts to bring it onchain
Binance will delist nine stable coins including USDT and DAI in Europe on March 31 in compliance with MiCA regulation
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