May 3 (Cointime) - PepeCoin has issued a warning to its users regarding potential scams and imitations of the cryptocurrency. The tweet reminds users that PepeCoin will never offer any airdrops, staking, or links to connect their wallets, and advises them to stay safe and protect their assets.

"PEPE will never be having any airdrops, staking, or links for you to connect your wallet to." the team said.

Leading liquid staking provider Lido has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with OKX Wallet, an all-encompassing crypto wallet designed for multiple platforms.

Ethereum's gas fees have reached a new multi-month high due to a growing memecoin frenzy, resulting in a surge in daily revenue for the network.

Staking service provider P2P.org has received $23m in funding from crypto heavyweights Jump Crypto, Bybit and Sygnum. P2P is developing a new infrastructure platform catering to intermediaries, which capitalises on the recent Shanghai upgrade of the Ethereum network that allows users to withdraw assets they have "staked." P2P plans to use the funding to develop blockchain infrastructure that enhances the user experience in staking as well as researching and developing expansion initiatives.

A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that the IP addresses of Ether&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price" target="_blank"></a>stakers are monitored as part of a broader set of metadata, causing the cryptocurrency community to flag Ethereum for privacy concerns.

The process of holding or locking up a specific quantity of cryptocurrencies to sustain a blockchain network’s operations and get incentives for doing so is referred to as crypto staking in DeFi.

ETH was deposited to the ETH 2 deposit contract — the current ETH balance has now surpassed 18 million ETH. The new value staked on March 31 hit 55,456 ETH — the highest amount one day in March. Additionally, the total amount of ETH transferred to the ETH 2 deposit contract via staking provides has surpassed 12 million ETH. Staking provider Lido has roughly 5.6 million ETH — while Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance hold on an aggregate of over 4 million ETH in the deposit contract.

This is a significant drop from the original requirement of 3.175 million FTM when the network first launched in 2019.

Astarter is a smart contract system on the Cardano blockchain that users can stake their ADA to earn more AA & ADA.