MetaMask and Robinhood Team Up, Solana Network Suffers an Outage

Feb 6, 2024
Market Update Crypto markets are rising today, with $BTC (+1.45%) trading above $43k and $ETH (+2.33%) surpassing $2,350. Dymension, a new layer-1 network focused on providing rollups-as-a-service, processed its first block, marking its mainnet launch. The first phase of the protocol is focused on enhancing economic security, after which the focus will shift to launching RollApps, a way for developers to deploy consensus-free blockchains easily. $DYM, Dymension’s native token, has gained 15.3% in early trading, bringing the protocol’s FDV to over $4 billion. U.S. equities are declining despite a retreat in rates and the dollar. The SPY (-0.12%) is holding up better than the QQQ (-0.73%), as many are beginning to call attention to the number of announced layoffs at various technology firms.Consensys, the software company behind MetaMask, has partnered with Robinhood to integrate Robinhood Connect with MetaMask. Robinhood Connect is the platform’s fiat on-ramp that connects customers directly to dApps. With the partnership, MetaMask users will be able to leverage Robinhood’s low-cost order engine, and Robinhood users can use MetaMask’s purchase aggregator. Consensys recently conducted a survey, finding that a third of respondents cited the complexity of Web3 technol

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