The week of 02/12 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.
Crypto news in brief
▶ DN404: a new token standard arrives on Ethereum. Thus, the creators of the ERC-404 are working to create a state-of-the-art, optimized and secure ERC that they have called DN404.
▶ Former Binance boss will be tried on April 30. Indeed, Changpeng Zhao is being prosecuted by American justice and could receive up to 18 months in prison.
▶ Aave v3 sets sail on Scroll’s L2. The lending/borrowing platform will be the first protocol of this scale to be deployed on Scroll’s zkEVM.
▶ Bonk memecoin could be listed on Revolut. This was revealed in a governance proposal submitted by BonkDAO. In addition to the listing, a “Learn&Earn” program would allow users to obtain their first BONK tokens.
▶ MicroStrategy’s portfolio continues its rise. With the recent rise in BTC, surpassing the $50,000 mark, MicroStrategy saw its portfolio of 190,000 BTC exceed the $10 billion mark in estimated value.
▶ How to position yourself for the KelpDAO and EigenLayer airdrop? Follow our tutorial to explore and position yourself on these upcoming airdrops.
▶ The Ethereum protocol is about to undergo a major update via the deployment of Cancun-Deneb, explore this update in video:
The 5 metrics of the week
➤ 30 millionit’s about number of ETH that are deposited for staking on Ethereum. Thus, the network has encountered recent enthusiasm, notably via the explosion of the EigenLayer protocol which offers restaking on Ethereum.
➤ $50,000it’s here bar that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) exceeded this week. This symbolic price had not been reached since December 2021. Thus, many observers see the start of a bullrun, with the imminent arrival of the halving.
➤ 3 billion dollarsit’s here sum allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers, according to a UN investigation. Thus, the organization should soon publish the details of an investigation carried out into the Lazarus Group hackers.
➤ 10,000it’s about number of BTC entering Bitcoin Spot ETFs each day. This is ten times more than the number of BTC produced daily, namely 1,059. A figure which will be halved in April with the arrival of halving.
➤ 700 millionit’s the number of STRK tokens that will be distributed as part of the Starknet airdrop. Nevertheless, it caused a lot of noise, particularly with regard to the reduced blocking periods on the tokens of developers and investors.
Have a good week on the Journal du Coin! 🙂