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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $25M Round in Ethereum Scaling Solution
The titan of Silicon Valley VC is leading a major round in Optimism.
By
Zack Seward
Sponsored
Feb 24, 2021 at 9:18 p.m. UTC
Feb 24, 2021
Andreessen Horowitz
Ethereum
Scaling
DeFi
Optimism
Tech
Ethereum
Optimism ‘Soft Launches’ Ethereum Throughput Solution With DeFi’s Synthetix
A potential fix for Ethereum's costly congestion problems.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Jan 15, 2021 at 10:27 p.m. UTC
Jan 15, 2021
Ethereum
DeFi
Synthetix
Optimism
Rollups
Tech
Ethereum
Ethereum's Top Dapps Are Increasingly Turning to 'Rollups': Here's Why
A majority of the top Ethereum-based decentralized applications (dapps) are switching to rollups, a layer 2 for increasing throughput.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Oct 13, 2020 at 6:21 p.m. UTC
Oct 13, 2020
Ethereum
Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Optimism
Rollups
Matter Labs
Tech
Ethereum
Trading Contest on Synthetix Aims to Showcase Speed of New DEX Tech
Synthetix is putting over $40,000 in crypto on the line to entice users to try out the faster beta of its decentralized exchange (DEX).
By
Brady Dale
Sponsored
May 18, 2020 at 4:05 a.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
Ethereum
Trading
decentralized exchanges
MakerDAO
DeFi
Synthetix
Optimism
Finance
Ethereum
Plasma Became Optimism and It Might Just Save Ethereum
The Plasma Group reformed as Optimism and is working to make ethereum's calling card, smart contracts, work above the base layer.
By
Leigh Cuen
Sponsored
Feb 11, 2020 at 1:19 a.m. UTC
Feb 11, 2020
Ethereum
Lightning Network
Plasma
Optimism
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