November 23, 2020

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While the world was fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential race, the Ethereum Foundation announced its own groundbreaking moment. The Foundation published the deposit contract address for the Eth2 mainnet, marking the beginning of a new chapter for Ethereum. Eth2 will have a MIN_GENESIS_TIME of 1606824000 (or for those of you who don’t think in Unix time – December 1, 2020, 12pm UTC). The announcement of the Eth2 launch was a milestone that many critics thought would never be achieved. … … More

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The Governance Facilitators and the Maker Foundation Smart Contracts Team have placed an Executive Vote into the voting system which will enable the community to approve the following alterations to the protocol. November 2020 Governance Cycle Bundle As per MIP3: Governance Cycle, this bundle consists of the proposals included in the MIPs monthly governance poll. The monthly poll for November has passed and these proposals can now be confirmed via this executive vote. The includ… … More

Hello Defiers! This weeks podcast episode is with Mona El Isa, the co-founder of Melon, a decentralized asset management protocol. Mona tells the story of how she started her career at Goldman Sachs trading equities, derivatives, and all kinds of financial instruments, for a decade. She then went to work with one of Goldman’s hedge fund clients, where s… Read more … … More

Soaring interest in DeFi has accelerated the Ethereum network reaching the limits of its capacity. The current architecture is able to process a maximum of 15 transactions per second (tps). That small number forces users to either accept long delays or pay high transaction fees. Ethereum transaction fees, known as “gas” fees, fluctuate with demand and of late have risen sharply, presenting persistent issues that make dapp usage more expensive. This impacts all Ethereum blockchain users, incl… … More

The MakerDAO Governance Facilitator has placed a governance poll into the voting system on behalf of the Maker Governance community which gives Maker Governance the chance to signal their support or opposition to accelerating the PSM launch. This Governance Poll will be active for 3 days beginning on Monday, November 23 at 16:00 UTC. Review The Peg Stability Module (PSM) can be used to replace the 101% collateralization ratio stablecoin vaults which will reach 100% … … More

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Kaiko Factsheet: November 23, 2020This week in cryptocurrency markets:Bitcoin has gained more than $5,000 over the past 30 days, breaking $18k for the first time in nearly three years.Ethereum’s YTD returns are now +350% — nearly double that of Bitcoin’s — as it closed the week above $500 for the first time since July of 2018.November trading volumes are already higher than volumes for any of the previous six months.The quantity of ask orders on Bitcoin-Dollar order books nearly doubled this wee… … More

This post was co-written by Adina Cretu, Angela Gilhotra, and Vivek Singh. All costs for accepted female candidates and from underrepresented backgrounds for the KERNEL Fellowship will be covered by KERNEL, with support from she(256) and MetaGammaDelta. Apply to KERNEL Block 2 Hey Gitcoiners & Gitcoinerettes! Back in December 2017, when Gitcoin first met the […]
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This post was co-written by Adina Cretu, Angela Gilhotra, and Vivek Singh. All costs for accepted female candidates for Gitcoin’s KERNEL Fellowship will be covered by the KERNEL. Apply to KERNEL Block 2 Hey Gitcoiners & Gitcoinerettes! Back in December 2017, when Gitcoin first met the interwebs, we celebrated every time we saw 100 more […]
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