Tag: blast
Optimism Finally Starts Testing ‘Fault Proofs’ at Heart of Design – and of Criticism
Optimism and similar rollups aim to borrow their security from Ethereum, meaning recording transactions should be tantamount to writing transactions d [...]
Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade
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Blast, Hyped Layer-2 Chain, Sees Most Deposits Bridge to Yield Manager
CORRECTION (19:08 UTC): An original version of this story misinterpreted data from DefiLlama to suggest that most of the funds in the original Blast d [...]
Blast, Hyped Layer-2 Chain, Sees Most Deposits Leave Within 1 Day of Going Live
The controversial layer-2 network had taken $2.3 billion in deposits since November as it prepared for launch, but within 24 hours of going live, that [...]
Blast Ecosystem Sees First Apparent Scam as ‘RiskOnBlast’ Rug Pulls $1.3M Ether
But all of its social media accounts were scraped on Sunday. The team itself was anonymous. Onchain researcher @somaxbt said the apparent stolen funds [...]
Blast From the Future: Can You Plagiarize Something Meant to Be Copied?
Devs for the Blast L2 are accused of stealing open-source code that’s available to all. Is that cheating, or a sincere form of flattery?
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Gold Prices Slip as US Dollar, Yields Blast Higher; Nasdaq 100 Sinks to Support
NASDAQ 100, GOLD PRICE (XAU/USD) FORECAST:Gold prices retreat, dragged lower by U.S. dollar strength and rising yieldsThe Nasdaq 100 also loses ground [...]
Blast Hits $1.1B in Deposits More Than a Month Before It’s Due to Go Live
It's worth noting that crypto asset prices have surged across this board this year. Bitcoin (BTC) has risen more than 150% to around $43,000 while eth [...]
Blast, Latest to Ethereum’s Layer-2 Parade, Stands Out From Rivals – in Hype
Aside from the garishness of it all, there's been criticism of what some commentators describe as a potentially risky setup, where depositors are esse [...]
Blast network hits $400M TVL, rebuts claim that it’s too centralized
Web3 protocol Blast network has gained over $400 million in total value locked (TVL) in the four days since it was launched, according to data from bl [...]
NFT Platform Blur's Token Jumps 22% Amid Binance Listing and Blast Optimism
BLUR, the native token of non-fungible token (NFT) platform Blur surged by 22% on Friday after being listed on Binance's convert feature.
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Is Ethereum Layer 2 Blast a Ponzi Scheme?
The caveat is that staked assets can't be withdrawn until the Blast bridge goes live in February. In the meantime, users receive "Blast points," which [...]
New Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Attracts $30M Hours After Bridge Goes Live
Blast boasts prominent investors Paradigm and eGirl Capital among others, but there’s no way to withdraw funds until February.
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U.S. Cites ‘High Confidence’ Rocket From Gaza Caused Hospital Blast
American intelligence agencies released no new declassified imagery or other new evidence to make their case. Officials said their strengthened assess [...]
Rishi Sunak says Al-Ahli hospital blast likely caused by missile from Gaza
The PM says UK concludes that blast at Al-Ahli hospital was caused by a missile fired from within territory.
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