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dYdX Community Votes on V4 Upgrade Proposal as $14 Million Worth of Tokens Unlock

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In Brief

  • The dYdX community unanimously accepts Wintermute's proposal to adopt V4 software, as $14 million worth of tokens unlocked.
  • Wintermute proposes migration of the DYDX token to the Layer 1 dYdX chain. The migration will be facilitated by an Ethereum smart contract.
  • More than 6.52 million tokens worth $14 million, comprising 3.76% of the circulating supply, were unlocked on Tuesday.
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The dYdX (DYDX) community unanimously voted in favor of Wintermute proposals, including adopting the dYdX version 4 (V4) software, as a $14 million token unlock got underway

Wintermute, a cryptocurrency market maker, has pitched the adoption of a V4 open-source software. The voting process for the same started on Tuesday, with a deadline of Sept. 2. 

dYdX V4 Wintermute Proposal Gets Unanimous Approval

In addition, Wintermute has also proposed a migration of the DYDX token to the Layer 1 dYdX chain. An Ethereum smart contract will facilitate the migration from the Ethereum chain to the dYdX chain.

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So far, the proposal has received a 100% vote in its favor.

dYdX proposal voting. Source: Snapshot
dYdX proposal voting. Source: Snapshot

Token Unlocks

According to data from TokenUnlocks, more than 6.52 million were unlocked on Tuesday. The tokens, worth $14 million, comprise 3.76% of the circulating supply.

dYdX, a decentralized exchange (DEX), has planned the token unlock for the following beneficiaries:

  • 2.49 million tokens worth $5.36 million for community treasury.
  • 1.15 million tokens worth $2.47 million for liquidity provider rewards.
  • 2.88 million tokens worth $6.18 million for trading rewards.
DYDX token unlocks. Source: TokenUnlocks
DYDX token unlocks. Source: TokenUnlocks

dYdX unlocked a similar portion of tokens on Aug. 1, which caused the price to fall by over 10% in two days. 

The screenshot below shows that since mid-July, DYDX has remained range-bound between $2.248 to $1.899. Currently, it is testing the resistance at $2.248

Moreover, the 200-daily Simple Moving Average (SMA) coincides with the horizontal resistance area.

DYDX/USDT 1 day chart. Source: TradingView
DYDX/USDT 1 day chart. Source: TradingView

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Harsh Notariya
Harsh Notariya is an Editorial Standards Lead at BeInCrypto, who also writes about various topics, including decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), tokenization, crypto airdrops, decentralized finance (DeFi), meme coins, and altcoins. Before joining BeInCrypto, he was a community consultant at Totality Corp, specializing in the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Additionally, Harsh was a blockchain content writer and researcher at Financial Funda, where he created...
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