The week of 01/01 in brief. The news concerning Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is constantly in flux. It can happen that vital information gets lost in the daily flow of information and that you miss important points. This format is here to remedy that. We look back at last week’s news in Hebdo Crypto in order to keep you informed on the current situation of cryptocurrencies.
The unmissable local
The last few months have been marked by a resurgence of aidrops in the crypto ecosystem. Whether on Solana with Jito and Pyth Network or in the Cosmos ecosystem with Celestia. Faced with this new trend, we have you put together several guides so as not to miss upcoming airdrops.
First of all, let’s set sail Solana. This week we let’s explore the Zeta Markets protocol, a leveraged futures trading platform. Despite the closure of season 1 of z-Score, it is not not too late to participate in season 2 and take advantage of the airdrop which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2024.
Next we go to Ethereum with the EtherFi Liquid Staking protocol. This also has a points system to measure the activity of platform users. In addition, using EtherFi also allows you to obtain points about the EigenLayer protocolalso in anticipation of an airdrop.
Crypto news in brief
▶ Etherscan, the emblematic Ethereum explorer, announced the acquisition of SolScan on Solana. With this acquisition, the teams want to improve compatibility between the two services.
▶ The digital euro continues to develop. Thus, a first version of the intermediate regulation was published at the start of the year. This document covers the functional, technical and operational aspects of the European MNBC.
▶ In one tweet, Vitalik Buterin explodes the price of the ENS token. Thus, the co-founder of Ethereum revealed his enthusiasm for Ethereum Name Service, which led to a 50% increase in the token.
▶ A few months after his hack, the dYdX protocol returns to the incident which resulted in $9 million in losses. According to the information shared, it is more a strategy of a trader which has gone sour rather than a hack strictly speaking.
▶ Dymension announces the launch of its DYM token. This will be partly distributed via an airdrop to several communities: Cosmos, Celestia, Ethereum and Solana.
▶ Let’s discover Paraswap, the decentralized exchange aggregator deployed on nearly ten blockchains.
The 5 metrics of the week
➤ 80 million dollarsit’s about amount that was stolen from Orbit chain this week. For its part, Orbit collaborates with law enforcement and several exchange platforms to track funds.
➤ $366 millionit’s the volume recorded by the NFT ecosystem on Solana. A record volume for Solana which allows the blockchain to surpass Ethereum for the first time in this domain.
➤ 15 yearsIt is the age of the Bitcoin network which was launched in January 2009 by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto.
➤ $4.5 millionit’s about amount that was stolen from the Radiant Capital protocol on Arbitrum. The attacker used a known flaw that appears on this type of market when they are created.
➤ -10%it’s about the sudden drop recorded by Bitcoin this week. Obviously, this took the entire crypto market with it, before being quickly absorbed.
Have a good week on the Journal du Coin! 🙂