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Do you think ETH’s gas fees will compromise its position as the 2nd leading crypto?

I'm a huge investor in ETH (about 98% of my crypto portfolio) but am a bit worried about the ever worsening gas fee issue. Is this issue going to be fixed? As far as I know, the first launch of ETH 2.0 was last month. Is that true? Whether or not it is, will future…
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50% of Uniswap Liquidity Providers Are Losing Money Compared to HODLers: Survey

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Canada Detains Teen for Alleged $36 Million Cryptocurrency Theft

A teenager has been arrested in Canada after committing what law enforcement officials in Ontario have described as the largest crypto theft by a single person. The Canadian is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars through a SIM swap targeting a crypto holder in the U.S. Teen Arrested in Canada for Stealing Crypto […]

XTK Introduction

When you get right down to it there are only a few sources of yield in Defi. 1) Lending. e.g. Compound, Aave. 2) Liquidity. Fees from trading + LM rewards. Automated by Yearn, Convex, etc. 3) Insurance. Fees from staking in which your money is a backstop against lost funds from users e.g. Aave, Alchemix…
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The quality of this subreddit has gone completely to shit and the mods are entirely to blame. Almost ahlf of all posts are complaining about gas fees (we get it). Mods need to change the rules.

I get it. This is a subreddit designed around opened discourse and learning more about ethereum and it's technicalities. But since the last bullrun, it has been completely robbed by new crypto/eth enthusiasts crying about gas fees. It's absolutely garbage now. The actual interesting discussion is completely lost in hundreds of posts crying about gas…
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what’s the actual risk?

i’m considering investing more into eth before we go parabolic here and would be grateful for more experienced perspectives. i’m nervous about putting more of my savings in but all my research is saying the numbers will continue to climb this cycle (with intermittent corrections). nothing is certain, of course, but it’s looking very close…
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El Salvador to inaugurate Bitcoin City backed by $1B Bitcoin bonds

The development of Bitcoin City will see the proactive involvement of prominent crypto companies including cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and Adam Back’s Blockstream.

Can someone explain how “off-chain governance” is different than centralization?

For example how do DAOs have any power to influence changes to Ethereum? submitted by /u/pwndapanda [link] [comments]

A tip for you who struggle with gas fees

The best time to mint or transfer anything ether based is super early morning on the weekends EST. 3-4x cheaper submitted by /u/juicearse [link] [comments]

What if gas fees never go down?

I’ve had an epiphany about this. What if the high gas fees never go down, and it’s all okay because we are witnessing the “fat protocol theory” at work. The fat protocol theory is that the value will naturally flow to the base crypto that other layer cryptocurrencies, and projects like NFT are built on.…
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