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Arbitrum does not have a token, meaning it relied on the organic growth of its decentralized finance ecosystem to attract users to its platform. It is possible, though, that Arbitrum’s usage numbers have been inflated somewhat by bots designed to farm the platform’s yet-to-be-announced token. (When crypto protocols announce tokens,
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Ethereum staking is a way for ether investors to earn a reward by locking up their coins following the Merge event last year. Ethereum’s next major upgrade, expected to occur in March, is the “Shanghai hard fork,” which will allow participants on the network to unlock ether they had staked
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Before the upgrade, Lyra’s market maker vaults (MMVs) paid swapping fees for every collateralization and hedging trade. For example, when a trader buys a call option contract on ether (ETH), Lyra’s MMVs would purchase ether from a spot exchange, incurring a fee; once the trader’s position has closed, Lyra’s MMVs
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Vela’s token also garnered attention for listing the rebranded, identical utility token VELA on Camelot, another DEX on Arbitrum, on Thursday, potentially contributing to the rally. DXP holders on Ethereum and Metis can exchange their tokens one-to-one to VELA on Arbitrum without any fees using a bridge. Source
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Over $220 million in trading volume was processed in the past 24 hours. Over $120 million of that came from crypto derivatives and $70 million from products tracking foreign currency (forex), with the remaining spread over US-listed stocks, such as Apple (APPL) and Amazon (AMZN), and indices. Source
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Arbitrum and Optimism raked millions in profit despite the extended bear market that hammered decentralized finance (DeFi) activities and Ethereum (ETH) valuation in 2022. Arbitrum And Optimism Win Big Per on-chain data shared on Twitter, Arbitrum, and Optimism, general-purpose Ethereum layer-2 platforms, made 2,906 ETH and 2,086ETH, respectively. In USD terms, it translates
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Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, Ethereum processed 1.10 million onchain transactions, while combined transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism reached 1.32 million for
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Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) on-chain activity has been increasing to the extent that the leading two networks now process more transaction volume than the Ethereum network.Layer-2 networks Arbitrum and Optimism have seen an increase in transactions over the past three months. Comparatively, aside from a few spikes, transactions on the Ethereum
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The Ethereum-based scaling product, which allows traders to transact on the blockchain network for under a few cents in fees and transacting times of a few seconds, is among a flurry of blockchain networks that launched in the past year – each promising to be faster and cheaper than the
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MakerDAO’s new tech, Maker Teleport, enables users of the DAI stablecoin to circumvent Ethereum’s jam-prone base layer. Source
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