The tweet spurred speculation that the notable venture capital firm could launch its own Optimism-based layer 2 blockchain. A16Z Crypto’s CTO tweeted: “not an L2.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/optimisms-op-token-rallies-after-cryptic-tweet-from-a16z-engineer/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

On Monday, the decentralized Ethereum-based staking protocol deployed Atlas granted users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/rocket-pool-made-it-cheaper-to-stake-eth-through-its-platform-following-ethereum-shanghai-upgrade/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/04/18/if-crypto-ogs-are-being-hacked-where-does-that-leave-the-rest-of-us/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Earlier this month, the floor price on the original Trump Trading Card collection pumped after the news of his indictment, but the new Series 2 release has sent the …

The chip-making heavyweight’s first customers for bitcoin mining ICs were Argo Blockchain, Hive Blockchain, Block and Griid Infrastructure. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/18/intel-discontinues-bitcoin-mining-chip-series/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/04/18/bitcoins-store-of-value-narrative-is-real-but-not-a-price-mover/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Lukso initial validators will vote on token supply of LYX and how much the Lukso Foundation can hold. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/18/lukso-genesis-validator-smart-contract-to-go-live-on-420-at-420/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Solana-based DeFi lender marginFi has a new chatbot called Omni. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/new-ai-chatbot-plugs-into-your-crypto-wallet/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Luno has informed the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that it is withdrawing its license application. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/crypto-exchange-luno-to-withdraw-from-singapore/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The regime applies to all companies seeking to provide services in the country, unless already licensed in financial free zones in the United Arab Emirates. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/18/uae-securities-regulator-to-start-accepting-license-applications-from-crypto-firms/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines