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Uniswap's BNB deployment should use multiple bridges, claims LIFI CEO
As Uniswap DAO’s vote to deploy to BNB chain continues, LIFI CEO Phillip Zentner argued in a February 6 forum post that the current proposal is flawed. According to him, the plan to use Wormhole as the sole governance bridge for Uniswap should be abandoned. Instead, he claimed that Uniswap researchers should work on a standardized system for using multiple bridges to handle governance decisions. The ongoing discussion on @Uniswap's forum is critical for the multi-chain ecosystem in 2023. TL;DR: Uniswap's model for x-chain governance will likely become industry standard. As an unbiased member of the community, @lifiprotocol is rooting …
Trading / Feb. 8, 2023
Wormhole wins second 'temp check' to become bridge for Uniswap governance
The Uniswap DAO has approved a second non-binding proposal, called a “temperature check,” to make Wormhole the official bridge for cross-chain governance of the protocol between BNB Chain and Ethereum, according to the official proposal page. BREAKING: Wormhole has won the vote to be Uniswap's designated bridge to the Binance Chain! This is a major step forward in the development of the DeFi ecosystem. #DeFi #BNBChain #Uniswap #Wormhole — BitArchive (@ChainArchives) January 31, 2023 The proposal will now become part of a final plan to deploy Uniswap V3 to the BNB Chain, which will go up for a binding governance …
Defi / Jan. 31, 2023
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade could supercharge liquid staking derivatives — Here’s how
The crypto market witnessed the DeFi summer of 2020, where decentralized finance applications like Compound and Uniswap turned Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) into yield-bearing assets via yield farming and liquidity mining rewards. The price of Ether nearly doubled to $490 as the total liquidity across DeFi protocols quickly surged to $10 billion. Toward the end of 2020 and early 2021, the COVID-19-induced quantitative easing across global markets was in full effect, causing a mega-bull run that lasted almost a year. During this time, Ether’s price increased nearly ten times to a peak above $4,800. After the euphoric bullish phase …
Markets / Jan. 6, 2023
Cosmos Hub postpones vote date following white paper revision
An updated version of the Cosmos Hub white paper went live on October 29, with the community now set to vote on the document. According to the project, concerns related to the issuance model of Cosmos token (ATOM) were addressed in the new revision, among other issues. The paper's first version was published in September, proposing a redesigned Hub focused on strengthening interoperability and security, along with key changes to its token, with a new issuance model aiming to strike a better balance between ecosystem growth and interchain adoption, "while still preserving the security afforded by the original regime," according …
Blockchain / Oct. 29, 2022
Binance delegates 13.2M UNI tokens, becoming Uniswap DAO's second largest vote-holder
Crypto exchange Binance is now the second-largest entity by voting power in the Uniswap DAO, sitting just behind the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, according to the on-chain list of delegates. On Oct. 18, Binance delegated 13.2 million UNI tokens from its own books, which represents 5.9% of the voting power — a percentage of tokens delegated to the exchange. Compared to the total supply of UNI, the amount delegated represents 1.3%. The move will allow Binance to propose governance votes, as it exceeds a threshold of 0.25%, but it's still below the 4% quorum requirement to pass votes. …
Cryptocurrency Exchange / Oct. 19, 2022
Pro sports league Karate Combat to launch DAO for fan, athlete governance
Karate Combat, a prominent full-contact martial arts league, announced the decision to form a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to transition its governance to fans and athletes. Karate Combat’s DAO will be launched as part of a three-year sponsorship deal with Hedera’s HBAR Foundation, expected to go live in December 2022. Holders of Karate Combat’s in-house governance token, KARATE, will get to vote on various decisions, which include determining the league’s budget, resource allocation, supplier selection, marketing strategy and rule changes. In addition, the DAO will enable fans to vote on athlete-related decisions such as fighter contracts and fight match-up selections …
Adoption / Sept. 28, 2022
It's a go! Uniswap Foundation becomes reality after 86M votes in favor
The $74 million plan by two former Uniswap Lab executives for a new Uniswap Foundation has just become reality after their proposal received over 99% of the votes from UNI token holders. According to the initial proposal, the foundation aims to streamline Uniswap’s Grant Program (UPG) and reduce friction in the protocol’s governance system. Former Uniswap Labs executive Devin Walsh, now serving as executive director of UF shared the results in a tweet on Aug. 24, noting that the proposal to create the foundation “passed its final vote!” Last night our proposal to create the Uniswap Foundation passed its final …
Ethereum / Aug. 25, 2022