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Tech

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem?

Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

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Tech

Lido Goes Modular With Vault-Based 'V3' Upgrade

Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies.

Bank vault (Wikipedia)

Markets

Trump-Linked Crypto Platform's $33M Ether Transfer Spurs ETF Staking Hopes

The SEC could consider approving staking for ETFs, boosting sentiment and prices for the second-largest cryptocurrency, market observers said.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Tech

Lido Co-Founder Teases 'Second Foundation' for Ethereum Amid Community Backlash

Vitalik Butern's proposal for an Ethereum Foundation restructuring has unveiled deep rifts within the network's community.

Lido's boosters say it has helped keep Etheruem staking from falling into the hands of a few large actors. (Image by Mason Webb)

Tech

Lido Co-Founders Said to Plot Competitor to Sam Altman's World Network

The new digital identity platform, Y, forgoes World Network's controversial biometric authentication for a system based on users' online activities.

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Tokens Plunge 10%-20%, Led by Pendle Amid Weak Crypto Price Action This Week

Pendle has recently lost $3 billion of its TVL with the June expiry as a result of diminishing airdrop farming hype and lower yields amid muted crypto activity.

CoinDesk DeFi Index

Tech

The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer

In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class? With the latest Runes data and $70M of project fundraisings.

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Tech

Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form

The popularity of new blockchain "restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in decentralized finance.

Internal documents obtained by CoinDesk describe the setup of the new project. (Symbiotic)

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What Is Restaking? What Is Liquid Restaking? What Is EigenLayer?

EigenLayer and similar "restaking" protocols are currently the buzziest investment in blockchain, but the technology isn't without risks.

Recycling (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Rallies to $3.6K as Bitcoin Holds Steady at $71K

Liquid staking tokens like Lido, Rocket Pool, and ether.fi follow ether's gains.

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