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Ranks Third for Transfer Activity
Less than a week since its launch, Base has emerged as one of the top Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains for NFT transfers. For both the ERC-721 and ERC-1155 NFT standards, Base is now the […]
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Law Enforcement Battles Cyber Threats
The United States Department of Homeland Security has published the results of its investigation into the teenage hacker group known as Lapsus$. The report by the cyber safety review board (CSRB) found that a lack […]
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Reddit Has Started Selling NFT Avatars on Polygon
Key Takeaways Reddit is launching a series of “Collectible Avatar” NFTs on Polygon. The NFTs will have a total supply in the “tens of thousands” and have utility on the Reddit site. Several other major […]
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13 banks to participate in Russia’s CBDC pilot program
The pilot program will start on August 15, 2023. 13 Russian banks will participate in the pilot program being conducted by the Bank of Russia (BoR). During the test, users will be able to use […]
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Aave Wants to Launch a Rival to MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin
Key Takeaways Aave has put forward a governance proposal to launch a decentralized dollar-pegged stablecoin on the Aave Protocol. If accepted by the community, GHO would be available to borrowers who provide collateral and earn […]
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Alchemix and JPEG’d Recoup Losses After Stolen Funds Returned
A crypto wallet labeled “Alchemix/CurveFinance Exploiter” has returned funds that were stolen from Alchemex earlier in the week. The NFT staking platform JPEG’d has also seen the return of stolen assets. The moves add an […]
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PayPal launches a US Dollar stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain
Key takeaways PayPal joins the stablecoin train Silicon Valley-based payments firm PayPal announced on Monday, August 7th, that it had launched a US Dollar stablecoin. In a press release earlier today, PayPal said the stablecoin was […]
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What is Base? 5 Key Features of Coinbase’s New L2 Blockchain
With the Base Mainnet set to launch on August 9, excitement is building around Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) blockchain. Having launched the testnet in February, Base is described by Coinbase as a “secure, low-cost, […]
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Staking Protocol Lido Expands to Ethereum Layer 2
Key Takeaways The Lido development team has announced plans to expand the protocol across various Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions. It will initially aim make a wrapped, non-rebasing version of stETH available across the DeFi […]
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Was Hal Finney the Real Satoshi Nakamoto?
The real identity of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto is a favorite topic of debate in the world of crypto, and Hal Finney’s name often comes up as a likely candidate. Although he denied the claims […]