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In the first 60 blocks since the 4th Bitcoin halving, miners have collected 860.2 BTC ($54 million) in transaction fees alone. - Jameson Lopp
This has already smashed the previous single-day all-time high transaction fees of $24m.
Daily transactions Ethereum L2s: Base vs Arbitrum.
January 1, 2024 - Arbitrum: 1,406,054 - Base: 415,556
April 8, 2024 - Arbitrum: 2,048,505 - Base: 3,239,276
Tether (USDT) produced an estimated $6.2 billion in net income in 2023.
78% of the number Goldman Sachs did ($7.9bn) and 72% of Morgan Stanley's ($8.5b).
Tether has ~100 employees. GS has 49,000. MS has 82k.
Mango Markets exploiter, Avi Eisenberg found guilty of fraud and market manipulation.
Eisenberg faces up to 20 years in prison for the $110 million heist.