Finance Redefined: 1M ETH burned since EIP-1559, and Dorsey drops tbDEX white...

Finance Redefined: 1M ETH burned since EIP-1559, and Dorsey drops tbDEX white...

1 million Ether has been burned since the London hard fork, Square released a beta white paper for a decentralized exchange, and Grayscale predicted a $1-trillion metaverse market — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined. Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.ETH is burning at a rapid rate! Read on to discover the statistics behind Ethereum’s pursuit of deflationary mechanics. What you’re about to read is a shorter, more succinct version of the newsletter. For a comprehensive summary of DeFi’s developments over the last week,....


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