Between June 19 and July 19, within a 30-day period, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) dropped below the $100 billion mark, hitting a low of $86.3 billion on July 7, 2024. Over the past three days, however, the TVL has managed to stay above the $100 billion threshold. Lido Leads Defi…
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The initial impact amounted to 20 Ether, worth $31,000, while the validator involved has now been taken offline. Ethereum staking protocol Lido Finance has disclosed its protocol saw 20 slashing events due to a series of infrastructure and signer configuration issues from validators operated by Launchnodes. The incident occurred on Oct. 11 at about 3:30…
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Following the Shapella hard fork on April 12, 2023, approximately 332,368 ether, valued at around $699 million, has been withdrawn. Despite these withdrawals, liquid staking protocols like Lido, Rocketpool, and others have experienced an increase in ether deposits over the last 30 days. Since March 14, a total of 281,498 ether worth $592 million have…
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Shapella will take effect at epoch 194,048, which is scheduled for 10:27:35pm UTC on April 12. Ethereum validators will soon be able to withdraw their Ether (ETH) from the Beacon Chain, with the Shapella hard fork set to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet on April 12. Shapella will take effect at epoch 194,048, which is…
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With the crypto economy experiencing significant gains over the past week and the price of ethereum rising 11.9%, the market capitalization of Lido’s staked ether has increased to $10.3 billion. This recent increase has propelled the token’s overall market valuation to the ninth-largest position, according to the crypto market capitalization aggregation website coingecko.com. Lido Finance’s…
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It has been 21 days since Paxos revealed that it would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, over 7 billion BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Prior to the announcement, BUSD was once a top-ten crypto asset. However, the top ten cryptocurrencies by market valuation have changed since the redemptions. Presently, there are only…
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During the past 30 days, the total value locked (TVL) in Lido Finance’s liquid staking protocol increased by 10.57%, with 7.56% of the increase occurring within the last seven days. The protocol’s dominance in decentralized finance (defi) has also increased, with its TVL accounting for 19.08% of the $49.66 billion locked in defi today. While…
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On Saturday, the liquid staking protocol Lido tweeted about the largest daily stake inflow to date as 150,000 ethereum was staked. Reports indicate that the ethereum, worth more than $240 million, belongs to Justin Sun, founder of Tron. Liquid Staking Protocol Lido Records 150,000 Ether Inflow Lido, the liquid staking platform with the highest amount…
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Only 226 validators have been slashed since Ethereum staking began, with 75 of those coming from a single event in February 2021. The Ethereum ecosystem has seen only 226 validators slashed since the launch of the Beacon Chain on Dec. 1, 2020 — amounting to just 0.04% of 524,060 validators, according to an Ethereum core developer.…
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Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Unlocks Staked Ether, Over 860K ETH Poised for Withdrawal, Price Surges 6%
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade was successfully implemented, enabling validators to withdraw staked ether. Data reveals that more than 860,000 ether is poised for unlocking, and 77,000 ether is expected to be withdrawn on Thursday. Ether’s price has experienced a surge, rising 6% against the U.S. dollar…
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