Stars Arena, a decentralized social media platform built on the Avalanche network, has suffered a major security breach, resulting in the loss of a significant amount of cryptocurrency. This comes barely a day after the decentralized application (dApp) reportedly fixed a loophole in its smart contract. On Thursday, October 5, the Stars Arena team said…
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Cointelegraph Accelerator, Animoca Brands, BGA, Metaera, Cipholio and Sandbox the second Gaming Demo Day to showcase seven new projects from the Web3 gaming space. Web3 gaming has become one of the hottest trends in the tech world, and not without a good reason. Using blockchain technology to give more control to gamers turned out to…
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Jaynti Kanani said he had stepped back “from the day-to-day grind” at Polygon roughly six months ago. Jaynti Kanani, the co-founder of Polygon, announced that he has stepped back “from the day-to-day grind” on the project for the first time in six years. In an Oct. 4 X (formerly Twitter) thread, Kanani said he planned…
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Since 2020, applications for liquid staking on the Ethereum blockchain have seen steady growth, and as of the first week of October 2023, a total of 23 liquid staking derivatives (LSD) platforms hold 12.4 million ether, valued at over $20 billion. Currently, the top three LSD protocols hold sway over 11.041 million ETH, accounting for…
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As of October 1, 2023, $39.50 billion is nestled within decentralized finance (defi) platforms. Let’s dive into the top five categories, spotlighting the diverse array of defi protocols, the count of these applications, and the wealth they encompass. A Look at 5 Defi Categories Commanding Billions in Crypto Assets Defillama.com, a decentralized finance (defi) industry…
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Decentralized exchange (DEX) Pond0x has reportedly achieved a total trading volume exceeding $100 million despite scam allegations. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), the project’s official channel referred to a Dune dashboard that displayed over $111 million in all-time trading volume as of September 29. As of now, the dashboard shows a total trading volume of $112.4 million. ……
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While both attackers and smart contract auditors are motivated to find vulnerabilities in code, according to Eyal Meron, the co-founder and CEO of Spherex, the former “is always more incentivized as the protocol’s total value locked (TVL) grows.” To overcome this challenge, Meron told Bitcoin.com News that decentralized protocols will need to put in place…
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have jointly announced a successful test of cross-border trading and settlement for wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs). This test incorporated innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) technology concepts and was executed on a public blockchain…. Read More: BIS and Central Banks of…
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The foundation plans to issue $15 million per year in community grants to fund DeFi projects. Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is seeking an on-chain vote to approve the second tranche of the $74 million funding for its developer, Uniswap Foundation. According to the Sept. 27 announcement, the second tranche of funding, with a buffer of…
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In just five days, liquid staking platforms saw a surge of 370,000 ether in their ethereum holdings, breaching the 12 million ETH mark—rising from 11.94 million to a notable 12.31 million. Interestingly, Binance’s liquid staking token, WBETH, was the powerhouse behind this growth, accounting for over 86% of this week’s increase, swelling by 318,605 ether…
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