Ethereum
The blockchain began processing withdrawal requests for staked ETH after the Shapella upgrade was activated on April 12.
DeFi
Maple Finance is banking on a trend of real-world assets picking up in the decentralized lending sector.
Business
The chief executives of Circle and BlockFi received letters asking them to disclose their rationale for banking with SVB.
On-chain analysts at Glassnode believe that the economic impact of unlocking staked ETH will be “a lot less dramatic than many have painted it to be.”
Tether blacklisted the $3 million USDT held by last week’s sandwich bot exploiter – a move that drew criticism from crypto industry proponents.
Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Ordinals community is currently debating whether or not to reinclude missed inscriptions.
A breach on Terraport’s liquidity wallet resulted in the loss of millions of dollars of user funds.
Gemini’s billionaire founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss made a $100 million personal loan to the exchange after unsuccessful attempts at securing external funding.
Etherscan’s default settings will now hide zero-value transfers to protect users from falling victim to phishing attacks.
Some U.S. dollar deposit services on Binance.US remain unavailable as the exchange transitions to new banking and payment providers.