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Binance US eliminates trading fees for Ethereum

This announcement comes months after the crypto exchange removed all trading fees for Bitcoin transactions.

Meta ‘powering through’ metaverse plans: Nifty Newsletter, Nov. 30–Dec. 6

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted that the company is hopeful about the metaverse despite costing billions of dollars.

Cardano’s MuesliSwap introduces ‘organic APR,’ drawing praise, criticism

The new feature increases token emissions if more liquidity is put into the pool. Crypto Twitter is divided, to say the least.

Bitcoin options data shows bulls aiming for $17K BTC price by Friday’s expiry

BTC bulls could secure a $130 million profit in the Dec. 9 options expiry, but bears aim to balance the scales by keeping Bitcoin price below $17,000.

Rep. Torres asks US GAO to investigate SEC ‘failure’ to protect public against FTX

Torres is a crypto supporter who has questioned the performance of the SEC before; he has written new legislation on crypto companies’ proof of reserves and comingling of funds.

I have a questions about rollups: Do they need to be “filled” before they are posted to L1?

I have read and understand the basic concept of rollups. As I understand it, a rollup will gather a bunch of transactions on L2 to later post on L1 thereby saving on gas fees, execution time, etc. My question is if a rollup needs to be filled before its posted to L1? Say I have…
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The blockchain trilemma: Can it ever be tackled?

Blockchain trilemma is arguably the hardest technical problem to solve within Web3. How are blockchain networks approaching this?

Report: FTX Execs Offered Taylor Swift $100M to Endorse the Exchange, Source Says Singer Never Considered the Deal

According to a report, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was allegedly courted by FTX to promote the exchange. Sources say the deal was worth more than $100 million and it was reportedly pushed by the FTX executive Claire Watanabe. Award-Winning Singer Taylor Swift Was Allegedly Courted by FTX Executives A report published by the Financial […]