Ethereum is about to get crushed by liquid staking tokens
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Ethereum is about to get crushed by liquid staking tokens

Before we know it, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) are going to replace Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). The LST market is already worth approximately $17 billion, and it has grown continuously since Ethereum’s Merge. While LSTs are just beginning to hit their stride, their advantages over traditional ETH will soon become clear to liquidity providers (LPs), toppling ETH from its…

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Meme Coin Mania Drives Degens to Base, the Ethereum Level-2 Chain from Coinbase
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Meme Coin Mania Drives Degens to Base, the Ethereum Level-2 Chain from Coinbase

“If you build it, they will come,” a mysterious voice whispered to Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams—yet the phrase seems to ring equally true for degens in search of lucrative gains on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base. The network, which Coinbase launched for developers on July 13, has seen an influx of recent activity related to meme coins. Traders…

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Vyper vulnerability exposes DeFi ecosystem to stress tests
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Vyper vulnerability exposes DeFi ecosystem to stress tests

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are undergoing a stress test following a critical vulnerability was found on versions of Vyper programming language, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrencies on July 30. A number of pools using Vyper 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0 have been exploited due to a malfunctioning reentrancy lock, targeting at least four liquidity pools…

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Advanced AI Needs Machines That Learn More Like Humans
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Advanced AI Needs Machines That Learn More Like Humans

Scientists say they are one step closer to creating artificial intelligence that can mimic human learning. At a machine learning conference held in Honolulu this week, researchers at Ohio State University said they analyzed a process called “continual learning,” which allows a computer to continuously acquire new skills without forgetting previous knowledge—much like humans build upon prior experiences to learn…

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