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ForkLog 40 20.09.2021

The Invisible Tax on Ethereum: What MEV Is and How to Counter It

The cryptocurrency market is growing exponentially—the total market cap has surpassed $2 trillion, with year-to-date growth of about 180%. DeFi’s TVL stands at $181 billion, up more than 500% since the start of the year. Smart-contract apps are opening avenues for additional income rooted in market inefficiencies and the quirks of Ethereum and other blockchains, with MEV emerging as a new risk for users of DeFi.

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ForkLog 20 16.09.2021

AMC to add Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash support alongside Bitcoin

The American cinema chain AMC Theatres will, by the end of 2021, add Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash as payment options for tickets, in addition to Bitcoin. This was announced by CEO Adam Aron.

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ForkLog 10 16.09.2021

Media questions the SEC’s divergent approach to Ethereum and XRP

The reason why the SEC does not consider Ethereum a security is that it is a fully built blockchain infrastructure that has been operating for years.

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ForkLog 16 15.09.2021

Outage hits Arbitrum scaling protocol

On September 14, at around 17:14 MSK, the Ethereum Layer-2 solution Arbitrum experienced a 45-minute outage due to a bug in the Sequencer contract. During this period the network did not process transactions.

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ForkLog 17 14.09.2021

Ernst & Young integrates Polygon protocol for Ethereum scaling solutions

EY, the British firm and a member of the Big Four, has added support for the Polygon protocol and framework in developing its own Ethereum-based solutions, according to a press release.

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ForkLog 14 13.09.2021

Arbitrum’s Ethereum layer-2 TVL hits $2.2 billion

The total value locked (TVL) in Arbitrum, the Ethereum layer-2 solution, rose by more than 3,200% in a week and hit a record $2.2 billion.

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ForkLog 41 10.09.2021

Expert explains what drives Ethereum supporters’ criticism of Solana

Many Ethereum supporters, in criticizing Solana, find themselves in the position of the Bitcoin community in its disputes with opponents of digital assets. This was stated by Ari Paul, founder of BlockTower Capital.

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ForkLog 22 09.09.2021

Vitalik Buterin proposes moving Ethereum-issued NFTs to Layer 2

Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin proposed moving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued on the Ethereum blockchain to the Layer-2 ecosystem to cut gas fees on the main network.

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ForkLog 6 07.09.2021

Opinion: Ethereum’s Layer-2 transactions surpass Bitcoin’s

On September 5, the daily number of transactions processed by Ethereum's Layer 2 scaling solutions surpassed the same metric on the Bitcoin blockchain — about 250,000 versus about 210,000. The observation was shared by developer Evan Van Ness.

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ForkLog 5 07.09.2021

Institutions raise altcoins’ share in investment products to 35%

Investments by institutions in altcoin-linked investment products rose to $21.9 billion. The share of Bitcoin funds fell below 65% for the first time since May this year, according to the latest data from CoinShares.

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ForkLog 9 07.09.2021

Standard Chartered: Ethereum poised to outpace Bitcoin in price growth

Analysts from Standard Chartered have positively assessed the future prospects for Bitcoin and Ethereum. The latter, in their estimates, could rise to $35,000.

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ForkLog 12 07.09.2021

Glassnode: miners did not derail market recovery after May correction

Last week miners sold 2,900 BTC, but that did not stop Bitcoin's rise above $50,000. On-chain metrics continued to indicate the predominance of 'accumulation' among traders and inflows of capital from institutional investors, according to the latest Glassnode report.

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