As more users rely on Ethereum, gas fees go up, and with it, the demand for low-cost Layer-2 scaling solutions. — The Total Value Locked (TVL) on all Ethereum Layer-2’s recently surpassed $7.165B, and the curve is up and to the right. Polygon ($MATIC) accounts for half of that amount and recently surpassed Ethereum in daily active users (DAU) for a brief moment. …

More than a game, more than a VR variant of Zoom, more than business politics. And not anywhere near a fully-realized vision. But there sure is a lot of money here, and the beauty is that it’s even benefitting people who need it most. — Facebook changing its name to Meta led many investors down the Metaverse rabbit hole. But It’s not only Meta. Microsoft and Nvidia are building in the Metaverse, and, likely, Disney is as well.

OlympusDAO is tackling one of the greatest challenges of the crypto ecosystem — Unpegging DeFi from fiat currencies — through a DAO-governed treasury that’s expanding quickly and creating the right participation incentives to keep the gods happy. — OlympusDAO gained some traction on social media due to the incredibly high APY associated with the protocol. Naturally, at this early stage of the project, much is uncertain, and one can detect the growth marketing hype from a mile away (looking at those shiny new OHMies NFTs), and we don’t…

Curve Finance is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Ethereum. Its original and primary purpose is to allow for efficient cryptocurrency trading and accommodate high annual interest returns on crypto funds deposited into Curve Finance by liquidity providers (LPs). — If you’re using decentralized lending platforms, you’re likely using Curve without even realizing it. Curve Finance’s main product is its community-governed DEX, and it is the powerhouse of the DeFi aggregator Yearn.finance.

Career-ending jokes aside, NEAR’s tech is quite impressive. — The digital assets space may appear crowded to the untrained eye. But in fact, there’s more than enough space for anyone suited to their niche who is also consistent but capable of pivoting where necessary. And there are some projects that may have flown under your radar that are worth…

Can the core team and DAO unlock an ocean of value in private data? Their 2022 goal is 1→N 💪 — Web1 and Web2 have produced an enormous amount of data, and Web3 will bring about a data flood as we’ve never seen before. That data contains trillions of dollars in value. Why is data so valuable? Think healthcare, transportation, advertising, and the Metaverse. It’s for that reason that you can’t…

The way we swap crypto-assets is becoming more abstracted each day, but for some, wrapped coins and synthetics are not secure enough. THORChain may have a solution. — This year we’ve witnessed billions of dollars flow through decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Some of the most successful exchanges, like Uniswap ($UNI), often clock in over $1B in trading volume in a day. However, the issue with popular protocols like Uniswap and Sushiswap ($SUSHI) is their lack of support for swaps…

A grassroots 🌱 DeFi Blue Chip that values inclusiveness while building in the open. Beyond its controversial origin story, Sushi has shown resilience in the face of criticism, industry sentiment swings, and Vulture Capital. — SushiSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that started as a fork of the highly successful Uniswap. The protocol rewards users for providing liquidity and staking their tokens with a portion of network fees. Token (xSUSHI) holders can also participate in governance through snapshot voting.

The perpetual futures market is by far the largest in crypto, and centralized exchanges like FTX, Binance, and BitMEX currently dominate it. — With regulatory stresses compounding, many are looking to decentralized exchanges (DEXs) as an alternative. However, bringing perpetual and futures markets to DeFi has been tricky. Perpetual Protocol may be part of the answer. With an annualized trading volume of $33.93B …