Web 3 Streaming Platform Audius Hacked, $6M Stolen
A malicious actor siphoned $6 million from music platform Audius through the platform’s decentralized governance system. The hacker created a...
Technology
Polygon zkEVM Heads to Ethereum Layer 2
Key Takeaways Polygon has announced its first fully Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 network, Polygon zkEVM. Polygon zkEVM will use Zero-Knowledge Rollups...
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....
BNB Chain unveils dApp risk scanning tool ‘Red Alarm’
BNB Chain’s dApp platform DappBay will help users assess projects before investing in them. BNB Chain on Thursday announced the launch...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Slams Proof-of-Stake Critics Claiming Voters Change Protocol
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin lashed out at PoW proponents claiming Ethereum is proof-of-stake because of voters changing the protocol. Buterin...
Texas Crypto Miners Move to Switch Off as Heatwave Threatens Power Grid
Crypto miners in Texas shut down their operations ahead of a heat wave many anticipate will test the limits of...
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...
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...
Researchers Develop Algorithm That Predicts Crime a Week in Advance
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm that predicts crime weeks in advance. Could it be used...
Ethereum Name Service Sees 200% Increase in New Registrations
The Ethereum Name Service recorded over 100,000 registrations in one week, according to a Google Analytics dashboard created by New...
Australian Regulators Mull Deal to Power Bitcoin Mines from Gas Fracking
Australian energy and resources company Black Mountain Energy has entered into a deal with a U.S. energy company to use...
Axie Infinity to deploy a large patch today
Axie Infinity is set to enter a crucial phase in its development after months of delay. <Body> The Axie Infinity...
Decentralized Science and its benefits to human progress
Decentralized Science (DeSci), much like decentralized finance (DeFi), is a recent development in the push to decentralize science principles. It’s...
Harmony (ONE) Offers $1M Bounty for Return of Stolen Funds
Harmony Protocol, which lost $100 million in a bridge attack earlier this week, has announced a $1 million bounty for...
Cardano Delays Vasil Hardfork Due to Pending Bug Fixes
Key Takeaways Cardano has postponed its Vasil hardfork upgrade to the last week of July. Input Output Global, the company...
Bank of Israel Digital Shekel CBDC Trial Highlights Risk of Unsupervised Smart Contracts
After extensive digital shekel CBDC research lasting almost a year, Israel’s central bank believes that smart contracts should fall under...
Tulum Artist Alejandro Glatt Brings Bohemian Mythos Into Web3 With Fruit
From SXSW and NFT LA, to Consensus and NFT.NYC, Tulum’s own multidisciplinary artist Alejandro Glatt has made it his mission...
Ethereum Developers Announce Further Delay of ‘Difficulty Bomb’
Ethereum’s developers announce another delay of the “difficulty bomb,” a section of the consensus algorithm that eventually makes it impossible...
Blockchain.com partners Unstoppable Domains to Offer Free NFT domains
Blockchain.com to give 83 million users free NFT domains after partnering Web3 identity provider Unstoppable Domains. Free NFT domains are...
Forget Web3, Dorsey’s TBD Says. Web5 Is the Future Now
Key Takeaways Jack Dorsey's TBD has announced that it will build a decentralized web platform on top of Bitcoin called...
Chinese Car Launched in the Metaverse is Now Available IRL
ROBO-01: Chinese company JIDU has launched a concept car, called ROBO-01, that will give Tesla a very very wild run...
NFT-Backed “Infinite Machine” Film Taps Decentraland, Lumiere
Versus Entertainment taps Decentraland and Lumiere to develop NFT and metaverse-focused angles for an upcoming film, “Infinite Machine,” that will...
