1. How much money have crypto companies invested to influence the US election? A detailed look at the donations of industry giants

Cryptocurrency companies are investing heavily to make crypto regulation a top issue for candidates in the 2024 election. Crypto industry companies (mainly Coinbase and Ripple) have invested more than $119 million in actual funds into the 2024 election so far, almost all of which have been invested in super PACs dedicated to promoting pro-crypto candidates and attacking crypto skeptics. Click to read

2. 150 days after the Dencun upgrade: What impact does Blob have on the Rollups economy?

Ethereum's Dencun upgrade was successfully activated at 1:55 PM UTC on March 13, 2024 (beacon slot 8,626,178 and epoch 269,568). Among the nine Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) for the upgrade is EIP-4844. This EIP provides a solution to reduce the operational costs of Ethereum rollups by using blobs and type-3 transactions. For rollups, blobs and type-3 transactions have lower data storage costs than calldata and type-2 transactions. Click to read

3. Trustless interoperability between Rollups: Overview, construction and challenges

The number of rollups on Ethereum has exploded. According to L2Beat, as of this writing, there are 91 L2 and L3 live, with 82 more coming online. As a result, there is also a lot of fragmentation in terms of liquidity, user experience, and developer tools. Current interoperability solutions leave much to be desired, as they rely on a combination of third-party bridges, externally packaged assets, and intent frameworks, each with their own issues. Click to read

4. The secret behind the long-lasting success of TON ecology

On August 21, 2024, with the official announcement of Binance Launchpool, the new meme coin DOGS on the TON chain will soon be launched on Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Click to read

5. What drives the recovery of the institutional crypto lending market?

In 2022, the cryptocurrency lending market collapsed after a series of catastrophic events, including the collapse of LUNA/UST, the bankruptcy of Three Arrows Capital, and the bankruptcy of FTX. During this period, many major lenders that accounted for a large share of the lending market were forced to close, including BlockFi, Celsius, Voyager, and Genesis. However, one of the few silver linings to emerge from this period is that it exposed many issues in the market structure and provided a blueprint for how to build a healthier ecosystem in the next cycle.Click to read