Franklin Templeton, a renowned asset manager with $1.5 trillion in assets, has become the latest firm to apply for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. On Feb. 12, the asset manager submitted the S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) four weeks after the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) ETF launch. […]
ARK Invest and 21Shares have detailed a new cash creation and redemption mechanism for their latest filing of an Ethereum spot ETF. They say the new process takes an innovative approach by departing from the traditional processes of ETPs, which represent in-kind creation and redemption. Revolutionizing the Ethereum Creation Process The revised filing highlights that authorized […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation are considering at least five ways to reduce Ethereum’s maximum block size to optimize the blockchain for the “rollup-centric roadmap.” On Feb. 5, Buterin and Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter said that with the focus on rollups in the medium and long term. It is argued that […]
In a major announcement, GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has partnered with Ethereum Name Service (ENS). This collaboration will now allow GoDaddy users to connect their domain names with their ENS names seamlessly. We're thrilled to announce our partnership with @GoDaddy 🎉 Millions of customers can now use their DNS domains in the […]
The Shiba Inu team has recently made headlines for forming a strategic alliance with K9 Finance. K9 Finance specializes in liquid staking derivatives (LSD) and operates on the Shibarium network. This partnership, announced by Shiba Inu’s marketing leader Lucie through an X post, marks a significant expansion in the network’s ecosystem. Step by step, @K9finance […]
Immutable has released its Immutable zkEVM mainnet in early access mode for game studios and ecosystem partner onboarding. The gaming platform comes with its Ethereum scaling project known as Polygon, which is the fastest-growing L2 scaling solution across the blockchain industry. Last March, Immutable and Polygon announced they were working on a zkEVM to be […]
Solana DEX Jupiter volumes topped $480 million in the last 24 hours, with much of it led by traders swapping stablecoins and flipping a new memecoin, Wen. Trading volumes on the Solana-based DEX Jupiter toppled the charts at $480 million in the last 24 hours amid a frenzy for a new memecoin airdrop and heightened […]
BNB eyes new year-to-date highs as BNB Chain DApp activity increases and a new Binance incentive program launches. Launching under BNB Chain as the native token, BNB has since Jan 26 began recovering, with prices gaining 3% to reclaim the $300 level. Weak and without much reason, BNB is seeking a recovery for all weak […]
The United States securities regulator has postponed its decision on BlackRock’s proposed spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) one day before its deadline. This delay is attributed to the necessity for additional time to review the proposed rule change. “A longer period is appropriate because the proposed rule change raises novel questions of law and […]