Uniswap Labs has released a draft of the code for Uniswap V4, according to a June 13 blog post from Uniswap’s Founder, Hayden Adams. The new code features “hooks” or plugins that allow developers to create custom liquidity pools. Uniswap is the largest decentralized crypto exchange in the world by volume. Its latest version is V3 and was deployed on…
Uniswap, the leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on the market, has announced Uniswap v4, bringing customizable features and releasing the draft core code so that the community can build on top of it. Sara Reynolds, lead smart contract engineer at Uniswap Labs, spoke to Decrypt about the upgrade. “The possibilities are pretty endless,” Reynolds said, adding that they are bringing v4…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) percentage share in the crypto market has risen to nearly 50% in the aftermath of the last week’s altcoin market rout. On June 13, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC’s weight against other cryptocurrencies, reached 49.29%, slightly down from its two-year highs of 49.66% seen earlier this week. BTC.D daily price chart. Source: TradingView BTC not…
Web3 infrastructure company Arianee is busy equipping brands like Lacoste and Panerai with the ability to create “a better NFT.” “At the heart of what we do, lies a better NFT,” Arianee CEO, Pierre Nicolas Hurstel, told Decrypt at NFC Lisbon. “We’ve taken the standard of ERC-721 and we’ve super packed it with six smart contracts on top. Allowing anyone,…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has completed a public consultation on stablecoin regulations with an aim to introduce clear regulatory guidelines around the stablecoin market by the end of 2024. Joseph Chan Ho-Lim, deputy director of the Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau, said that over the past five years, Hong Kong has emerged as a growing destination for…
Buying a Slice of H.R. Giger’s ‘Alien’ Is Fine Art, Not Memorabilia: Particle CEO With H.R. Giger’s original “Alien” statue on full display at this year’s NFC Lisbon, Particle CEO Harold Eytan told Decrypt that owning an NFT-ified slice of the piece isn’t just for fans of the iconic creature and movie series but also for fine art collectors. Interested…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Sturdy Finance has offered a $100,000 bounty to the hacker that exploited the protocol. The lending platform said that its team won’t pursue the issue further if the attacker accepts the offer. On June 12, the DeFi platform suffered a loss of almost $800,000 in digital assets when an attacker exploited vulnerabilities within the platform. Security…
Community Co-Creation ‘Is a Big Step for Fashion Brands’ Entering the Metaverse: BNV Founder and CEO The founder and CEO of metaverse fashion platform BNV Richard Hobbs said big brands are still nervous to let fans and community members customize their favorite garments. Still, he believes that as long as you can meet a firm’s commercial bottom lines while stirring…
Haru Invest, a South Korean digital asset management platform, suspended withdrawals from its platform citing an “issue with one of the service partners.” The firm announced Tuesday morning that the suspension was a “tough decision” taken to protect consumer funds while the firm figured out a “contingency plan to rectify the situation.” Haru offers annual yields between 12% to 25%…
The leaders of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governing the ApeCoin ecosystem have been criticized by community members for what they described as “insane” salaries after the sums were published in an organizational chart. On June 10, the ApeCoin DAO secretary who goes by “Vulkan” published an organizational chart on Twitter, detailing the salaries of the DAO’s leadership. This showed…
