# 1inch announces deployment to Optimism’s layer-2 solution

# 1inch announces deployment to Optimism’s layer-2 solution

“# 1inch announces deployment to Optimism’s layer-2 solution ” Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has announced its deployment on the Optimistic Ethereum, or OE, mainnet, highlighting a considerable reduction in user transaction fees and confirmation delays. Sergej Kunz, co-founder of the 1inch Network stated “the 1inch launch on Optimistic will facilitate a dramatic increase in transaction…

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# Balancer’s new MetaStable Pools seek to facilitate wrapped asset swaps

# Balancer’s new MetaStable Pools seek to facilitate wrapped asset swaps

“# Balancer’s new MetaStable Pools seek to facilitate wrapped asset swaps ” AMM DeFi protocol Balancer announced Monday that it had partnered with DAO-based staking platform Lido to introduce a MetaStable Pool incentive program. MetaStable Pools are liquidity pools specifically designed to work with highly correlated (but not hard-pegged) tokens, like wrapped assets. Users will…

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# How do DeFi protocols get hacked?

# How do DeFi protocols get hacked?

“# How do DeFi protocols get hacked? ” The decentralized finance sector is growing at a breakneck pace. Three years ago, the total value locked in DeFi was a mere $800 million. By February 2021, the figure had grown to $40 billion; in April 2021, it attained a milestone of $80 billion; and now it…

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# OpenSea trading volume explodes 76,240% YTD amid NFT boom

# OpenSea trading volume explodes 76,240% YTD amid NFT boom

“# OpenSea trading volume explodes 76,240% YTD amid NFT boom ” Trading volumes on peer-to-peer nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea have surged by over 12,000% in 2021. DappRadar data shows that the total incoming value to OpenSea’s smart contracts increased to $56.07 million on Wednesday compared to $73,556 on Jan. 1. Meanwhile, the marketplace’s user…

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