The blockspace trading platform, ETHGas, recently announced a successful $12 million funding round. This seed investment round was led by the venture capital firm Polychain Capital. The announcement comes shortly after Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, highlighted the importance of an onchain gas futures market.
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Olivia Brooks reports on the policy, macro and institutional forces shaping digital assets. Her work at BlockchainJournal connects regulation, geopolitics, RWA markets, centralized exchanges and stablecoin infrastructure without overstating what a filing, license, partnership or market signal actually proves.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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