Today in DeFi - Optimism Bedrock Coming, Pirex for GMX Live, Interest Rate Derivatives, and More...
Optimism Bedrock Coming
Optimism Foundation proposed Bedrock, the next upgrade to Optimism that will bring improvements to the network including transaction costs, throughput characteristics, and sync speeds.
Pirex for GMX Live
Redacted Cartel launches Pirex for GMX (liquid wrapper for staked GMX and staked GLP). Users are now able to deposit GMX and/or GLP and receive either pxGMX or pxGLP that earn yield as if the underlying tokens were max staked on GMX natively.
Threshold tBTC v2 Live
Threshold (merger protocol of NuCypher & Keep Network) launches tBTC bridge v2, allowing users to mint and bridge tBTC between Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Ethereum Zhejiang Testnet Live
Etheruem launches the Zhejiang testnet, and will implement the testnet version of Shanghai/Capella upgrade on Zhejinag at epoch 1350 (~6days after the testnet launch).
Damus App Live
Built by Jack Dorsey, Damus is a web3 social app running on Nostr, a decentralized social protocol based on cryptographic key pairs. Most implementations of Nostr support Bitcoin payments over Bitcoinβs Lightning Network.
Token Reissuance, Interest Rate Derivatives, β¦
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Today in DeFi to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.