- On April 13, 2023, Ethereum completed its Shanghai upgrade at epoch 194048 and block height 6209536. The current staked amount of Ethereum is about 18.15 million, with a staking rate of 15.07%. The annual staking yield is about 3.76%.
- Twitter is partnering with social investment platform eToro to allow its users to access stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other financial assets.
- Yearn Finance, a yield aggregator, has reportedly suffered a flash loan attack involving Aave, with losses exceeding $10 million, and all funds currently in the hacker’s address.
- NFT social platform HUG has completed a $5 million seed funding round, with DIGITAL leading the investment and participating investors including OKX Ventures and L’Oreal-backed BOLD Ventures.
- zkRollup project INTMAX has completed a seed funding round of about $4.87 million, with participation from HashKey and others.
- Aptos co-founder and CTO stated that the company plans to support multiple sharding solutions in the future.
- ConsenSys has released the public version of its Ethereum Shanghai upgrade commemorative NFT series for minting.
- The Bruce Lee Foundation and NFT video platform Shibuya have launched a Bruce Lee-themed NFT series with an unlimited total supply and a minting price of 0.008 ETH.
- Marc Zeller, integration lead at Aave, stated that the impact of the attack on the protocol is limited since Aave V1 has been frozen since December 2022.
- The Argentine National Securities Commission (CNV) has approved the launch of futures contracts based on the Bitcoin index.