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ForkLog 14 12.02.2025

Compromised zkLend Protocol Offers Hacker $960,000 Reward

On February 12, the L2 protocol zkLend, based on Starknet, suffered a loss of approximately 3666 ETH (valued at $9.6 million at the time of writing) due to a hack. The withdrawal function has been suspended. To the hacker: We understand that you are responsible for today’s attack on zkLend. You may keep 10% of […]

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ForkLog 54 11.02.2025

Uniswap Launches Unichain Mainnet

Developers at Uniswap Labs have announced the launch of the Unichain mainnet, an Ethereum layer-two solution. The pink chain has arrived You can swap, bridge, and provide liquidity on @Unichain directly from the Uniswap web app and in the latest version of the wallet Just look for the ✨ pic.twitter.com/3G4F3kQSr4 — Uniswap Labs ? (@Uniswap) […]

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ForkLog 20 27.01.2025

Ethereum’s L2 Developers Agree on Implementing ‘Based’ Rollups

Representatives from leading Ethereum L2 projects have pledged to work on implementing so-called based rollups to enhance security and reduce network fragmentation. According to Jesse Pollak, head of Base, “based” rollups are a flexible and powerful tool. Their implementation will strengthen connectivity with L1. Ben Jones, director of the Optimism Foundation, added that the new […]

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ForkLog 22 24.01.2025

Vitalik Buterin Confirms Ethereum’s Focus on L2 Scaling Solutions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated in a new article that the ecosystem will primarily scale through L2 solutions. Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyondhttps://t.co/T36dnaEYXj — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 24, 2025 According to him, the main obstacles in this direction are: insufficient space for BLOB objects, which “meets the needs of existing […]

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ForkLog 80 22.01.2025

Mantle Unveils Financial Blockchain Hub Concept with $4.3 Billion Treasury

The Mantle team has concluded the year 2024 by unveiling a concept for a financial blockchain hub based on the modular L2 solution Mantle Network, the mETH Protocol for liquid staking and restaking, and the omnichain asset Ignition FBTC. The total TVL of these products amounts to $5.4 billion, supported by the Mantle Treasury with […]

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ForkLog 57 17.01.2025

Tether launches cross-chain stablecoin USDT0 on Kraken’s Ink L2

Launched by Kraken, the Ink network is the first Ethereum layer-2 to deploy the cross-chain stablecoin USDT0, the exchange said in its blog. Ink is built on Optimism’s technology and is compatible with all networks on the OP Stack. Kraken’s rivals have launched their own OP-based DeFi layer-2s, including Coinbase’s Base and Unichain from Uniswap. […]

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ForkLog 17 16.01.2025

HashKey Group sees bitcoin at $300,000 in 2025

In 2025, the prices of bitcoin and Ethereum will surpass $300,000 and $8,000, respectively. These projections appear in 10 crypto predictions for the year from HashKey Group. According to the firm’s experts, the market capitalisation of digital assets will rise to $10trn. Among 50,000 community participants of the newly launched L2 called HashKey Chain, this […]

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ForkLog 23 14.01.2025

Sony switches on Soneium mainnet

Sony’s blockchain unit has launched the Soneium mainnet. Today is the day. Soneium Mainnet is LIVE! ? Launched by Sony Block Solutions Labs (Sony BSL), a @Sony Group company, Soneium is a Layer 2 blockchain that empowers creators, fans, and communities to protect their rights, connect globally, and build an open internet that… pic.twitter.com/4pTxYdueHY — […]

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ForkLog 19 10.01.2025

Arbitrum community votes on BoLD activation

Arbitrum DAO has opened a vote on upgrades to the Arbitrum One and Nova L2 networks that would activate the BoLD dispute-resolution protocol. LIVE: Proposal to activate Arbitrum BoLD is up for a final vote. BoLD is a new dispute resolution protocol enabling permissionless validation. If approved, anyone can participate in validation and defend against […]

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ForkLog 11 09.01.2025

Starknet rolls out an appchain development stack

Starknet, an Ethereum layer-2 network, has released SN Stack, a technology stack for building application-specific blockchains—appchains. Build your very own Starknet; now available for everyone. After years of battle-testing our technology, the SN stack is now ready for public use, enabling anyone to easily create their own custom chain using the most performant and cost-efficient […]

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ForkLog 155 05.01.2025

Bear market, consolidation and a renaissance: DeFi in 2024

The past few years have been hard on most decentralised-finance (DeFi) protocols. Many well-known players have significantly cut staff, and some shut down altogether. Early 2024 was uneventful for DeFi. Despite a nascent market recovery and spot ETFs already coming into view, the segment was in no hurry to surge. In January its TVL hovered […]

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ForkLog 27 31.12.2024

AI Leads Crypto Market Gains in 2024, Reports CoinGecko

In 2024, the most profitable narrative in the crypto industry was AI, with a return of 2940%. Memecoins and RWA followed with 2185% and 820%, respectively, according to CoinGecko. The most profitable crypto narratives in 2024 are AI, which recorded the highest average price gains of 2,940% YTD, followed by memecoins which saw returns of […]

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