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- ☝️ EigenLayer reaches $1B TVL. The Ethereum restaking protocol is reaching new heights after it lifted deposit caps and added support for new tokens earlier this week.
- 🔒 Ledger makes good. The popular hardware wallet manufacturer announced plans to evolve its security processes and make affected users whole after facing a major transaction signing exploit last week.
- 🧐 China eyes NFTs. The nation's Ministry of Industry and IT revealed it's working on plans to grow development efforts around NFTs and decentralized apps within the Asian superpower.
💸 Greener Pastures. Crypto markets made modest gains today amid a down day for a stock market that continues to inch towards new all-time highs. The total crypto market cap (TOTAL) is green, up 3.7%, but broadly alts are struggling against Bitcoin. What's driving BTC outperformance?
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.62t | ↗ 2.5% | ↗ 1.3% |
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BTC $43,576.08 | ↗ 3.0% | ↗ 2.0% |
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ETH $2,183.64 | ↗ 0.2% | ↘ -3.0% |
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For our latest episode, we had a fascinating convo with Jito CEO Lucas Bruder on the popular Solana validator client, its staked Solana JITOSOL token, MEV optimization, and beyond.
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