The Daily: Justin Drake proposes Ethereum consensus layer redesign, German government misses out on $1.6B by selling bitcoin early and more
2024-11-13

Happy Tuesday! In today's newsletter, Justin Drake proposes an Ethereum consensus layer redesign, the German government missed out on $1.6 billion by selling bitcoin early, Ethereum Layer 2 Lisk launches its mainnet and announces plans for an airdrop, plus more.
Meanwhile, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted record daily net inflows of $295.5 million on Monday, and Trumponomics could pave the way to a $1 million bitcoin price, according to Arthur Hayes.
Plus, Canary Capital files for the first-of-its-kind Hedera HBAR spot ETF with the SEC.
Let's get started.
Justin Drake proposes Ethereum consensus layer redesign
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake announced a new consensus layer upgrade proposal at Devcon on Tuesday called "Beam Chain," incorporating the latest ideas from the research roadmap.
German government missed out on $1.6 billion by selling bitcoin early
The German government missed out on up to $1.6 billion by selling 50,000 BTC at $57,600 each just four months ago — right before a major rally in the asset's price spurred on by pro-crypto Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
Ethereum Layer 2 Lisk launches mainnet and announces airdrop plans
Lisk has launched its Ethereum Layer 2 on mainnet, leveraging Optimism's OP Stack as part of the Superchain ecosystem.
Coinbase launches COIN50 index, tradable as a perpetual future with up to 20x leverage
Coinbase has launched the COIN50 index, a benchmark representing the top 50 digital assets on the crypto exchange, weighted by market capitalization and capped at around 50% for the largest asset.
Dogecoin's market cap briefly surpasses $63 billion after 51% price surge
Dogecoin's price surged 51% in 24 hours to trade for $0.43 early Tuesday before correcting, briefly pushing its market cap above $63 billion, driven partly by Elon Musk's support for the memecoin and his involvement in the upcoming pro-crypto Donald Trump administration.
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