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After a public controversy, the ENS community voted to remove Brantly Millegan as a steward over a controversial tweet. Ethereum Name Service, a DAO in charge of .eth domains, found itself in the middle of a "cancel culture" controversy. It all started with one tweet from 2016 by Brantly Millegan, a developer and a steward of the DAO. homosexual acts are evil. Transgenderism doesn’t exist. Abortion is murder. Contraception is perversion. So is masturbation and porn When the tweet surfaced,…

The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, proposed a solution to reduce the cost of transaction fees on Ethereum’s Blockchain.  Lower-transaction fee proposals have coincided with Ethereum rallies and contributed to positive investor sentiments.   In a Twitter thread on Saturday, Vitalik suggested new techniques for handling data transfer over the network, which could reduce the cost of processing transactions. Additionally, Vitalik talked about an update on Ethereum Layer 2, which involves “blob-carrying transactions.” Also, he speculated that the modifications would significantly…

Although a non-profit organization, the Ethereum Foundation appears to have a good insight into generating money. After a significant drop in prices in the crypto market, some wondered if such a decline was foreseeable. The answer appears to be yes, as the Ethereum Foundation has managed to sell ETH at the market peak. But, of course, every investor's dream is to guess the optimal moments of opening and closing a trade perfectly. This article will provide more information about the…

Ethereum’s bright-minded co-founder has had another World-of-Warcraft-inspired idea for the Ethereum ecosystem. He recently posited that some NFTs should become untradeable to people who haven’t met the item’s conditions. While hurting the marketability and speculative side of NFTs, this could increase their value as signifiers of specific achievements/ value. "Soulbound" NFTs Vitalik aired his thoughts on the subject in yesterday's blog post titled “Soulbound”. Soulbound items in World of Warcraft refer to those it cannot trade to other players. These…

Over the past few years, the world has known the consequence of the blockchain congestion problem: a slow execution of transactions. This has motivated developers worldwide to look for a solution to the issue. The market has started talking about "Ethereum killers" in this context. This definition is probably overly provocative. Although Ethereum has known problems of chain congestion, the ETH 2.0 (or Ethereum 2.0) project should bring important news to the field. Meanwhile, the market is experiencing growing competition,…

Overall, 2021 proved fruitful for cryptocurrencies. As a result, many cryptos have reached new all-time highs and increasingly captured the interest of global financial institutions. The ride of Bitcoin toward $ 70,000 has monopolized the attention of enthusiasts. The same is true for Ethereum, with ETH outperforming BTC. The results of the crypto memes Shiba Inu and Dogecoin were also a surprise. Furthermore, we observed the advance of digital currencies defined as "Ethereum killers," such as Polkadot, Solana, and Chainlink.…

The yield farming aggregator platform “DeFi Yield Protocol” (DYP) has officially launched its updated buyback, farming, and staking pools. These pools live across multiple chains including Ethereum, Avalanche, and Binance Smart Chain (BSC).  Buyback Pools Ethereum’s buyback pool allows holders to earn up to 350% APY in DYP, by staking WETH, WBTC, USDC, USDT, DAI, or LINK. Meanwhile, Avalanche’s buyback pool offers up to 145% APY. Staking options include WAVAX, USDC.e, USDT.e, WETH.e, PNG, QI, DAI.e, XAVA, WBTC.e, or LINK.e.…

Former hedge fund manager Raoul Pal said that Ethereum could finish the year above $10,000. However, he also thinks that there is a “decent chance” of “flipping” – referring to Ethereum becoming the most significant crypto by market cap, removing Bitcoin from first place. Moreover, he thinks that Ethereum’s competitors will do even better. Raul Pal is a former Goldman Sachs executive and co-manager or GLG, a London-based global macro hedge fund. He has since retired from his position and started…

Bitcoin started a week with a bang, recovering from last week's selloff, as markets show clear signs of recovery. The price of the largest crypto soared 6% on Monday, reaching a high of $58,000. It has since settled slightly below that level, at $57,750. The jump made up for the last week's dip, prompted by the new, potentially vaccine-resistant COVID variant. Last Friday, Bitcoin dropped more than 9%, trading as low as $53,549 at one point. The sellout was due…