Subsocial chat program implements Ethereum usernames, Polygon donations
Grill.chat, a chat app based on the Subsocial network, has now implemented Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallet compatibility, allowing users...
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Opportunities and risks of the trillion-dollar VR market
The metaverse continues to expand, with industry giants and upcoming players racing to seize a slice of the potentially trillion-dollar...
Sequoia Capital announces three-way split to separate China business
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital announced an impending split that will see the company break into three distinct partnerships serving the...
GameStop NFT back in the spotlight after partnership with Illuvium
On June 5, Ethereum blockchain game developer Illuvium announced a partnership with video game and consumer merchandise retailer GameStop to...
Atomic Wallet hack losses top $35M, on-chain sleuth reports
At least $35 million worth of crypto assets have been stolen from Atomic Wallet users since June 2, according to...
Fraudsters impersonate executives and create fake website
Hayden Adams, the creator of the Uniswap protocol and CEO of Uniswap Labs, recently expressed his surprise on Twitter regarding...
Web3 gaming gets competitive edge as Maniac Panda Games joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
As the Web3 gaming landscape is getting bigger by the day, mainstream players who enjoy playing popular titles games such...
ChatGPT can’t beat human smart contract auditors yet: OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges
While generative artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of doing a vast variety of tasks, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 is currently unable to...
Web3 developer Magic raises $52M in funding led by PayPal Ventures
On May 31, San Francisco-based wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider Magic announced that it had successfully raised $52 million in a strategic...
Decentralized exchange PancakeSwap moves into GameFi
On May 29, decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap announced that it had launched a new tower-defense GameFi game in conjunction with...
Another dormant Ethereum wallet reawakens after 8 years, moving millions
An Ether (ETH) wallet that has been inactive in 2015 has suddenly awoken after eight years of dormancy, moving a...
Arbitrum-based Jimbos Protocol hacked, losing $7.5M in Ether
Adding to the growing number of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol hacks in the crypto industry, Jimbos Protocol is the latest...
Cronos Labs launches second cohort of $100M Web3 accelerator
Blockchain startup accelerator Cronos Labs has announced the launch of its second cohort for the Cronos Accelerator Program. The program,...
Cryptoys Unveils Star Wars Digital Toys in New Line of Collectibles – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The crypto platform Cryptoys, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, has announced the launch of Star Wars collectible digital toys featuring iconic...
Businesses show interest in Web3, despite US regulatory challenges
Consensus, the annual crypto and blockchain conference, attracted over 15,000 attendees, 220 sponsors and 410 speakers to its 2023 edition...
State regulators crack down on fraudulent cryptos promoted as ‘Elon Musk AI Token’ and ‘TruthGPT Coin’
The Texas State Securities Board joined several state regulators in issuing cease-and-desist orders against Horatiu Charlie Caragaceanu and his organizations, The Shark...
Sports Illustrated launches Polygon-based NFT ticketing platform
On May 2, Sports Illustrated's ticketing subsidiary SI Tickets launched the "Box Office" platform, a self-service event management and primary...
Level Finance confirms $1M exploit due to buggy smart contract
Decentralized exchange Level Finance has experienced a security breach allowing an attacker to steal more than $1 million of the...
Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors
Global financial services giant Mastercard has launched a new Web3 solution aimed at enhancing user verification standards and “reducing the...
UK Treasury seeks input on taxing DeFi staking and lending: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Decentralized file-storage pricing differentials persist despite market growth: Report
According to a new report published by Singaporean venture capital firm Foresight Ventures, the cost of decentralized file storage on...
Bitcoin Mempool Overwhelmed With 134,000 Unconfirmed Transactions Amid Price Volatility – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Amidst the buzz surrounding bitcoin’s latest price surge, a significant number of transactions are currently clogging up the mempool. As...
