Ancient8 Chain announces integration with Celestia
Layer-2 solution for gaming, Ancient8 Chain, announced that it would move to the next testnet phase and integrate Celestia’s DA solution.
With the Celestia integration, Ancient8’s data availability costs are expected to be reduced by a minimum of 100x times, effectively making gas fees on the Ancient8 Chain near invisible for game developers and gamers.
Injective rolls out Volan upgrade
Cosmos-based Injective blockchain has released an upgrade named Volan.
The upgrade adds support for software focusing on real-world assets and improved interactions with other Cosmos chains
Whale accumulated 88 million DOGE
According to Whale Alert, in the last 17 hours, 88,258,144 DOGE was transferred from Robinhood to an unknown wallet. This amount of DOGE is worth $7,474,518.
Optimism deploys Canyon upgrade to mainnet
On January 12, the Canyon upgrade was officially deployed to the mainnet by Optimism (OP).
This upgrade is made to minimize unnecessary risks during smart contract development, reduce the rate of gas fee fluctuations, and increase security for Optimism.
US Bitcoin ETFs see $4.6 billion in volume in first day of trading
Over $4.6 billion worth of shares were traded between the almost a dozen US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Thursday.
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which converted into an ETF, saw about $2.3 billion in volume
Cosmos developers propose reducing ATOM inflation rate
According to a Jan. 9 proposal by StakeLab, a staking and relaying hub on the Cosmos ecosystem, developers wish to reduce the minimum inflation of ATOM to 0%.
ATOM’s current inflation rate is between 7% and 20% and will be reduced to 0% or 20% if the proposal passes.
Arbitrum dominates Ethereum layer 2 TVL
Arbitrum dominates Ethereum layer 2 TVL, accounting for a whopping 49.86% of the total $20.92 billion.
Arbitrum’s TVL has been increasing over the last three months, rising more than 45% from $1.66 billion in October. 2023 to the current value of $2.41 billion.
Total transaction volume on Blur platform exceeds US$8 billion
According to DappRadar data, the total transaction volume of NFT aggregation platform Blur has exceeded US$8 billion and currently touches US$8.07 billion, accounting for 22% of the total trading volume of the entire NFT market.
Top 5 Daily Gainers
Liquid Crypto (LQDX) is leading the Top Gainers on ONUS with a solid increase of more than 100% after 24 hours.
MiaSwap (MIA) has seen continuous growth in the past 2 days. In the broader time frame, this asset has officially hit a growth of 130% in just 1 week.
Whale accumulated 22,000,000 XRP
According to Whale Alert, in the last 24 hours, 22,000,000 XRP was transferred from Upbit to an unknown wallet. This amount of XRP is worth $13,128,920.