The new version of PancakeSwap premieres just after the Uniswap v3 anti-forking license expires April 1.
Ladies and gentlemen, circle April 3 on your calendars: PancakeSwap, the dominant Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol on BNB Chain, is going live with its v3 upgrade on that date.
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The date conforms to the earlier announcement from PancakeSwap, reported by BSC News, that v3 would launch during the first week of April.
In a video tweeted by PancakeSwap, the team said the upgraded version of the Decentralized Exchange (DEX) will have:
With the launch of v3, PancakeSwap is bringing out the heavy artillery in the Battle of the DEXes on BNB Chain, which entered a serious new phase with the expansion of Uniswap v3 to the network.
Since Uniswap entered the battlefield in mid-March, it has been growing its numbers but is not yet near the DEX leaders on BNB Chain.
For context, in terms of Total Value Locked (TVL), PancakeSwap maintains a dominant share of 45% on the chain, with $3.4 billion in TVL, compared to $10 million for Uniswap.
Other top DEXes for TVL include Biswap ($240 million), Thena ($100 million), BabyDogeSwap ($60 million) and Wombat Exchange ($55 million).
In terms of exchange volume, PancakeSwap again is in a class of its own, with $1.44 billion in volume over the past week, compared to $45 million for Uniswap.
Other leading DEXes are Wombat ($119 million), DODO ($89 million), Level Finance ($88 million), Biswap ($73 million) and Thena ($68 million).
Uniswap v3 carries a license against forking for two years after its launch. That license expires April 1.
In addition to the above cast of competitors, it will be interesting to see if new challengers emerge on BNB Chain that are based on the newly available Uniswap v3 code.
PancakeSwap is a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) built on BNB Chain. It offers users various features such as Liquidity Pools (LPs), swapping, yield farming, Syrup Pools, an Automated Market Maker, Initial Farm Offerings (IFOs), an NFT profile system, and other tools.
In addition, the protocol helps users make the most out of their crypto assets by trading, earning through yield farming, and winning via lottery, prediction, and NFT collectibles. With the highest trading volumes in the market, PancakeSwap is the leading DEX on BNB Chain.
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We take a look at some of the biggest names in the blockchain industry, from Vitalik Buterin to Justin Sun, and dive deep into their personal portfolios with the help of leading on-chain analytics platform, Arkham Intelligence.
The cryptocurrency industry is fraught with risks. Not only volatility, but also blockchain-specific risks such as seed-phrase loss or security breaches. That said, some individuals, oftentimes founders, have managed to accrue large sums of capital through cryptocurrency’s growth over the past decade.
We take a look at some of the industry’s biggest names, and deep dive into their personal crypto-bags, using Arkham Intelligence’s platform.
In particular:
Despite falling prey to a recent SIM-swap attack, which saw the founder lose nearly $700,000, Buterin’s personal bags remain largely undiminished, with Arkham attributing close to $400 million to his on-chain holdings.
Unsurprisingly, Buterin’s portfolio consists almost entirely of Ethereum, with Arkham’s dashboard indicating some 248,013 ETH (equivalent to around $396 million) in his personal wallets.
However, Buterin’s wallets also contain smaller holdings of other tokens in the ecosystem. In particular, more than $320,000 in wrapped Ethereum (WETH) – an Ethereum equivalent designed to interact more easily with smart contracts.
It is worth noting here that Buterin previously held more than half a million dollars in MakerDAO’s MKR token. Though this was sold just days ago, as reported by BSC News.
A prominent but controversial figure in the blockchain ecosystem, Arkham Intelligence attributes more than a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency to the founder of TRON (TRX) – a digital asset which itself holds a market capitalization of some $7.2 billion, at time of writing.
Unlike in the case of Buterin, Sun’s holdings are more diversified, with the bulk of his holdings spread across four key assets:
It is perhaps unsurprising that Sun should hold large sums of the latter three tokens. USDD is a TRON-native algorithmic stablecoin, launched by Justin Sun himself, and USDJ is another stablecoin associated with TRON-native DeFi protocol, Just Network.
However, what is interesting is Sun’s largest portfolio section, consisting of a staked version of Ethereum (ETH). Given TRON’s smart contract capability and PoS consensus mechanism, one could be forgiven for considering it a competitor to Ethereum. In this sense, Sun’s HODLing of Ethereum LSD assets may be seen as an expression of faith in Ethereum dominance continuing into the future…
Whilst certainly not a crypto-native figure, the influence of Donald Trump on the world stage renders a glimpse into his personal crypto holdings interesting at the very least. That said, the former-president has already made a splash in the blockchain industry, having debuted his very own NFT collection.
According to Arkham, Trump’s on-chain holdings currently amount to around $2.56 million, certainly placing him at the smaller end of today’s cryptocurrency rich-list. Nearly the entirety of Donald Trump’s portfolio is held in Ethereum (ETH). Specifically, 1,552 ETH worth approximately $2.5 million, at time of writing. That said, his portfolio currently also holds just under $40,000 in WETH – ETH’s functionality-focused cousin.
The second of two Ethereum co-founders to feature on our list, Wilcke has been attributed as the creator of Ethereum from an implementation-standpoint. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, of the more than $242 million of on-chain assets attributed to Wilcke, north of $241 million sits in ETH – the asset that he helped to create.
That said, what is perhaps more interesting are the small holdings seen for tokens with altogether lower market capitalization and prominence. In particular, SNT, the native token of Status.im – a “secure messaging app, crypto wallet, and Web3 browser built with state of the art technology.”
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