One Big Pool: Balancer's New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees
Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.

Ethereum Miners Earned Record $830M in January
Miner revenue jumped over 120% from the previous month.

ConsenSys, Securosys Combine Tech for 'Secure' Way to Stake on Ethereum 2.0
The method employs Securosys' hardware security modules to keep participants' keys safe.

First Mover: Federal Reserve Soup Now Includes Bitcoin, DeFi, Silver, GameStop
Market news from crypto to Wall Street is all over the place.

Ether Cryptocurrency Reaches Record High, Briefly Tops $1.5K Amid WSB Trading Buzz
Analysts say the trading movement started by WallStreetBets may boost adoption of ether and other cryptocurrencies.


Reddit Joins With Ethereum Foundation to Build Scaling Tools
The social media firm will dedicate developer resources to support scaling efforts for Ethereum.

First Mover: The Smart Money (Literally) Buying Crypto as Harvard Said to Be Holding
The brain trust has blessed cryptocurrencies, with endowments for Harvard and other universities reportedly lapping up digital assets. For bitcoin marketeers, it's a new $600B money pot.

More Institutional Investors Are Buying Ether, Seeing It as a Store of Value
The ether rally appears to be more organic and driven from within the crypto industry.
