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Celesta issues airdrop to 580,000 users (Pexel/Pixabay)
Celestia Airdrops TIA Token as Network Goes Live, Claims Start of 'Modular Era'
Celestia has released its mainnet beta after issuing tokens to 580,000 users.
Celesta issues airdrop to 580,000 users (Pexel/Pixabay)

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)
Scroll Confirms Mainnet Live, as Co-Founder Predicts Speed Gains Over Ethereum
Blockchain data showed that Scroll’s smart contract was deployed on Oct. 8, but the team held off making its official announcement until this week.
Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)
Scroll zkEVM Launches, Blockchain Data Shows, Competing With Polygon, Matter Labs
The new Ethereum layer-2 network's debut adds to the competition among rival providers of so-called "zkEVMs," including Polygon and Matter Labs.
Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)
Ether Trading at 27% Discount to Fair Value, New Research Shows
Research firm RxR's blended Metcalfe law-centric valuation model, incorporating active user adoption of layer 2 scaling networks, suggests ether should trade at a market value...
Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Sei Mainnet is Live (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Sei Mainnet is Live After Testnet Sees More Than 7.5M Wallets Created
The trading focused layer 1 blockchain is backed by Jump Crypto and Flow Traders.
Sei Mainnet is Live (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Shiba Inu Testnet Blockchain 'Puppynet' Crosses 20M Transactions
Shiba Inu Testnet Blockchain 'Puppynet' Crosses 20M Transactions
The Shibarium network’s native test network, Puppynet, has crossed more than 20 million transactions from 16 million wallets as it crawls closer to a mainnet release in the co...
Shiba Inu Testnet Blockchain 'Puppynet' Crosses 20M Transactions

Quasar logo (Quasar)
Cosmos-Based DeFi Protocol Quasar to Start Mainnet After Raising More Than $11.5M
Quasar is optimized for managing DeFi investments across multiple blockchains.
Quasar logo (Quasar)

(Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)
Indian Government Launches Blockchain Initiative With 5ire, Network Capital
5ire said in July it raised $100 million in Series A funding from U.K.-based conglomerate Sram and Mram.
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In crypto, bear markets have always been about buidling. But this time, finding some product-market fit would be nice, too. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The Most Important Bear Market in Crypto History
This down cycle poses a question some crypto longtimers have never seriously considered before: What must be done to ensure there actually is another bull market?
In crypto, bear markets have always been about buidling. But this time, finding some product-market fit would be nice, too. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Ethereum’s Shadow Fork Kicks Off Ahead of September Merge
Ethereum’s Shadow Fork Kicks Off Ahead of September Merge
Ethereum’s tenth shadow fork went into effect 26 hours earlier than expected, as the network continues to run tests ahead of the mainnet upgrade in September. “The Hash” panel...
Ethereum’s Shadow Fork Kicks Off Ahead of September Merge