Putting Restaked ETH to Work
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- 👎 Bitcoin dips. Amid economic uncertainty, crypto markets continued to dump Wednesday, led by Bitcoin which is down 10% this week.
- 🟦 Dorsey’s Block facing scrutiny. Federal prosecutors are reportedly examining Block’s transactions amid whistleblower reports that lax screening led the firm to process crypto transactions for terrorist groups.
- 🗿 BlackRock leads Securitize deal. Securitize, the firm which BlackRock launched its BUIDL fund with, has raised a $47M funding round led by BlackRock.
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📊 Macro Mania. Crypto assets are getting volatile as macro is once again dominating the narrative. Is the bottom in, or is the downside just getting started?
Prices as of 6pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $2.18T | ↘ 1.7% | ↘ 8.4% |
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BTC $57,967 | ↘ 4.0% | ↘ 9.8% |
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ETH $2,970 | ↘ 1.1% | ↘ 5.6% |
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How can you put your restaked ETH to work?
In the EigenLayer ecosystem, an Actively Validated Service (AVS) is a project that uses the security of Ethereum via EigenLayer to underpin its native functionalities. AVSs can be anything from data availability solutions to L2s, like optimistic or zk-rollups, and plenty more in between.
Here's how to delegate your restaked ETH 👇
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