OpenSea is the largest marketplace for NFTs and operates on four blockchains — Ethereum, Polygon, Klaytn, and Solana. Because of this, it is common practice to refer to OpenSea to trace the NFT sales volume on those respective chains. …

More than a quarter into V3’s launch, the impact metrics my colleagues made for Aave’s two new features Portals and eMode have left me thrilled. Why? Against the advent of a multichain world, they are exactly what today’s DeFi market needs. Borrowing activities in Aave now empower users with broader…

Bridge Security: The interoperability trilemma of bridges needs a rethink. Data Journalist Daniel C. Park explains what is in the pipeline to prevent bridge hacks. Nomad is working on a new category of bridges. They are designed to reduce the worst-case scenario of a bridge hack. Nomad are trading-off latency…

Daniel C. Park is the data journalist at Covalent, a blockchain data specialist. The post-hack measures Sky Mavis took fostered calm in Axie Infinity (AXS)’s community and helped to sustain the play-to-earn (P2E) game’s powerful reputation as a unicorn product. The cascade of smooth love potion (SLP) and AXS withdrawals…

Application specific “ Subnets “ on Avalanche are a remedy for Play-to-Earn (P2E) games experiencing Ethereum network congestion and exploding gas fees, issues which are impeding the growth and mainstreaming of P2E games. Crabada, in response, is pioneering a Subnet-centric, P2E business model with proper latency and scalability appeals to…