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Tech

Arbitrum Developer Courts Coders Who Already Know WebAssembly-Compatible Languages

The new feature "Arbitrum Stylus" will make it easy to write smart contracts using computer languages compatible with the WebAssembly or WASM standard – seen as far more common than the Ethereum Virtual Machine or EVM standard that many blockchain developers currently use.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO and co-founder, Offchain Labs and Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk reporter (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Arbitrum Will Unlock $1.2B ARB in March 2024: Token Unlocks

On March 16, the layer 2 scaling solution will unlock a massive 1.11B ARB tokens.

Arbitrum to release 1.11B tokens in March (Token Unlocks)

Finance

Trader Joe Debuts on Ethereum; JOE Jumps 3%

The DEX's Liquidity Pool was already available on Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Avalanche.

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Finance

Arbitrum DAO’s First Grants Programs Take Shape

Two governance proposals are collectively requesting nearly $5 million worth of ARB tokens to launch grants programs.

Arbitrum Booth(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Worldcoin Hype Causes Optimism to Leapfrog Arbitrum in Daily Transactions

Worldcoin's token has more than 250,000 holders just two days after it launched.

A user from GCR getting their iris scanned with a Worldcoin Orb in Paris on July 21. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Launches Arbitrum Testnet Amid Quest to Be More DeFi-Friendly

Users can now interact with Lybra’s new companion stablecoin peUSD, which is said to be more compatible with decentralized finance protocols than the protocol’s main stablecoin eUSD.

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)

Finance

Mantle’s MNT Token Outpaces Rival Layer 2 Blockchains Over Past 24 Hours

After launching its mainnet on Monday, Mantle’s utility and governance token has jumped roughly 4%, more than the native tokens of Arbitrum and Optimism over the past day.

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Web3

Digital Art Platform Prohibition Taps Arbitrum to Democratize Generative Art

Created by Web3 innovation studio VenturePunk, Prohibition allows any artist to create generative art on-chain, utilizing the Art Blocks Engine.

Prohibition (VenturePunk)

Tech

Chainlink's Interoperability Protocol, Connecting Blockchains to ‘Bank Chains,’ Goes Live

This is the launch of the standard that could connect all of the blockchains and all of the bank chains, Sergey Nazarov said in an interview with CoinDesk.

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs)