It’s July 6th — here are the buzzworthy pools, news, and announcements for you to have on your radar this week, including new pool ratings.

Weekly Roundup – 7.6

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, where our team of experts selects buzzworthy pools, news, and announcements for you to have on your radar.

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dYdX launches public testnet for its V4 iteration.

 The leading derivatives exchange, dYdX, has announced the launch of its testnet for version 4 of its protocol, which features an on-chain order book and matching engine, addressing one of the main criticisms around the protocol’s centralized components. dYdX looks to achieve full decentralization by running parts of the app on a separate network with its own validators, thus allowing the order book to be stored on-chain.

Avalanche sees surge in on-chain activity amidst bear market.

On-chain activity on Avalanche, a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) layer 1 blockchain, has more than doubled this year. The L1 chain has seen 60K daily active addresses in June, up from 25K at the start of the year. This spike in activity is likely driven by the popularity of protocols like 

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Poly Network hacked again as hacker compromises multisig.

Poly Network, a cross-chain bridging protocol known for suffering one of the largest DeFi exploits, has yet again suffered another major exploit. A hacker was able to compromise the team’s 3/4 multisig to mint an unlimited number of tokens out of thin air, including 10M BUSD and 10M BNB tokens on Metis network, 100T SHIB on Heco, and various tokens on Polygon, Avalanche, and BNB Chain. FYI, we’ve been ringing the alarms on 

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