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NFT Giant Dapper Labs Announces Laying off 51 Staff Members
The digital asset market continues to experience one of its longest, most bitter winters in recent history, leading established companies in the space to introduce a fresh round of crypto job cuts. Prominent NFT firm and…
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The Flash goes Web3, Yuga Labs still working hard on ‘audacious’ Otherside project and more
Warner’s The Flash goes Web3, to a lack of applause…Warner Bros.’ nonfungible token (NFT) unit has unveiled a new Web3 experience for the recently released DC Comics superhero movie, The Flash, which reportedly flopped at the box office.…
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XRP tops Bitcoin on Upbit with $2.6B in trading volume in 24 hours
The trading volume of XRP tokens on the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has surpassed that of Bitcoin (BTC) in the past 24 hours. The XRP/KRW trading pair saw $2.6 billion in trading volume in the last 24 hours owing to Ripple’s…
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Algorand’s Largest DeFi Protocol Shutting Down Operations
Algorand-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, Algofi, has announced winding down its operations.
In a statement, Algofi cited a “confluence of events” as the reason behind its decision that has rendered it no…
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Blockchain Gaming Reigns Supreme Amidst Regulatory Turmoil: DappRadar
Regulatory heat on the crypto industry intensified in the previous quarter. Facing the brunt are several sectors, including the DeFi and NFT, that demonstrated a troubling state. The blockchain gaming sector, on the…
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DeFi borrower uses luxury watch-backed NFT as collateral for a loan
A nonfungible token (NFT) collector shared the story of how a decentralized finance (DeFi) loan was collateralized through a luxury watch and was facilitated with an NFT representing the asset. On July 11, pseudonymous DeFi project…
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DeFi protocol Arcadia Finance hacked on Ethereum and Optimism for $455K
A hacker drained approximately $455,000 from noncustodial decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Arcadia Finance by exploiting a code vulnerability.Blockchain investigator PeckShield alerted about the hack on Arcadia Finance, highlighting…
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ZachXBT’s research cited in Canadian NFT rug pull class-action lawsuit
The investigative work of independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has been cited in a class-action lawsuit in Canada against Boneheads, an alleged $3.1 million nonfungible token (NFT) rug pull.Tweeting on July 7, ZachXBT highlighted that…
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DeFi ‘circuit breaker’ could slash hack losses by 70%: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.Amid the growing number of hacks in the DeFi…
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Sega exec calls P2E games ‘boring,’ Tom Brady’s NFT firm switches it up and more
Sega exec yawns at P2E gamesThe executive has called play-to-earn (P2E) games “boring” amid the firm’s retreat from franchising some of its hottest properties to the blockchain gaming space.On July 6, Bloomberg reported that Shuji…
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