First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Stays Above $40,000 While Ether Bounces on Testnet Success
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind. Source
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Ethereum Merge Takes Place on Kiln Testnet
Kiln is the final public testnet before Ethereum’s transition to a proof-of-stake network. Source
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Ethereum ‘Merge’ edging closer with final Kiln testnet launch
The much-anticipated ‘Merge’ on the Ethereum network is another step closer to becoming a reality after the final public testnet Kiln launched to put it through its paces.On March 14, the Ethereum Foundation urged network stakeholders to run tests using Kiln “to ensure a smooth transition on existing public testnets.”“We
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Kava Deploys Ethereum Developer Support on Testnet
EVM support on Kava will allow Ethereum developers to deploy dapps to Cosmos, which has been steadily gained popularity among users. Source
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Ethereum Gets an Upgraded Scaling Testnet – And It’s Actually Years Ahead of Schedule
Over the past couple of years, Ethereum rollups have taken two different directions in scaling the base layer, categorized as Optimistic and Zero-Knowledge. Both technologies have seen some level of adoption, with Arbitrum being the most notable Optimistic chain and DyDx taking advantage of ZK technology for its leveraged trading
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Crypto community welcomes Ethereum zkSync testnet
zkSync, a provider of zero-knowledge blockchain solutions, has announced the successful deployment of its Rollup protocol on the Ethereum (ETH) testnet. The deployment is seen as a positive development by proponents of Ethereum, as it removes the need for human operators to validate transactions.Last year, the creators of zkSync described their
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Hashstack launches Open protocol testnet, offering under-collateralized loans
The DeFi lending and borrowing market has grown significantly in volume as new lending protocols continue to attract capital and NFT-backed loans become more popular. According to Dune Analytics, the top three platforms in terms of market capitalization are Aave (AAVE), Maker (MKR) and Compound (COMP). These platforms, however, still are facing
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Vulcan Forged (PYR) rallies after virtual land sales and the Elysium testnet launch
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs), gaming protocols and the dawn of the Metaverse were all trending topics in 2021 and they are shaping up to be even bigger in 2022. NFTs and Metaverse-related projects are also bouncing back quickly from the market-wide downturn and Vulcan Forged (PYR) is one of the top movers
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What Ethereum’s Kintsugi Testnet Means for Proof-of-Stake
Kintsugi is a “longer-lived, public testnet” that will allow application developers and users to become familiar with a post-merge Ethereum environment. Heavy usage of the test network will allow clients and Ethereum developers to find any potential issues and further mitigate issues during mainnet’s impending Merge. Original Source
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Ethereum Launches Kintsugi Public Testnet Ahead of Move to Proof-of-Stake
“Although client development and UX continue to be refined, we encourage the community to start using Kintsugi to familiarize themselves with Ethereum in a post-merge context,” Beiko said. “For application developers, as previously explained, not much will change. Tooling which only interacts with either the consensus or execution layer is
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