Arbitrum poses new governance proposals after community furor

    The Arbitrum Foundation has made a couple of new governance proposals following the fracas that occurred over its first attempt. The Arbitrum Foundation has released a raft of new improvement proposals following the fracas that ensued after its first failed attempt at governance. On April 5, Ethereum layer-2 solutions provider Arbitrum posted new Arbitrum Improvement…

    Buterin weighs in on zk-EVMs’ impact on decentralization and security

    Vitalik Buterin has weighed the impacts of the addition of zk-EVMs at the protocol level, saying it could speed up the verification process on the base layer. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wants to see zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (zk-EVMs) built on Ethereum’s first layer to speed up the verification process on the base blockchain. Buterin…

    ARB price to $2? Ethereum L2 rival Arbitrum will double in April, fractal suggests

    ARB’s price trajectory looks similar to MATIC after its market debut when MATIC rose 1,350% after facing a brutal selloff in its early days of trading. The price of Arbitrum (ARB) has dropped by nearly 20% a week after establishing its record high at $1.60 on March 23. However, the Ethereum layer-2 token looks set to resume…

    Coinbase wants devs to build inflation-pegged ‘flatcoins’ on its new ‘Base’ network

    Coinbase explained that it is now “more important than ever” to build an inflation-tracking stablecoin that negates poor monetary policy decisions of central banks. Crypto exchange Coinbase sees inflation-pegged “flatcoins” as one of four “critical” innovations that should be built on its recently launched layer-2 network Base. The other three include an on-chain reputation system,…

    Crypto funding seen shifting from CeFi to DeFi after major collapses: CoinGecko

    “NFTfi,” on-chain derivative platforms, decentralized stablecoins and Ethereum L2s are four investment opportunities being looked at closely by one crypto investment firm. Digital asset investment firms poured $2.7 billion into decentralized finance projects in 2022, up 190% from 2021, while investments into centralized finance projects went the other way — falling 73% to $4.3 billion…

    Coinbase launches its own layer-2 network for building decentralized apps

    The network, known as Base, is designed to be a low-cost, secure, developer-friendly environment that Coinbase said will serve as a bridge to bring users into the crypto economy. On Feb 23, crypto exchange Coinbase announced the launch of Base — an Ethereum layer-2 network. The company claimed that this new network will offer a low-cost, secure,…