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Vitalik Advocates For Renewed Exploration Into Plasma-Based Scaling Solutions

thedefiant.io Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder and chief scientist of Ethereum, penned a blog post advocating for greater exploration into Plasma-based scaling solutions on Nov. 14.…

Infura Taps Microsoft and Tencent For Decentralized Web3 Infrastructure Network

thedefiant.io Infura, the web3 infrastructure firm from Consensys, announced it will team up with 18 prominent internet technology firms including Microsoft and Tencent to launch a…

Comparing Layer 2 Launches: An On-chain Analysis of Liquidity Providers

thedefiant.io Keyrock analyzes the on-chain performance of high-profile layer 2 (L2) networks in their earliest days after mainnet launch. Welcome to Part 2 of our in-depth data report…

GameFi Tokens Outshine With Sharp Recovery

thedefiant.io The market cap of GameFi project is up more than 23% in one week GameFi tokens are continuing to rally, with many of the sector's leading projects posting double-digit gains…

Our Most Read Stories This Week: LINK Trust, Disney Taps Immutable, ETH ETFs, ADA Adopts Substrate

thedefiant.io These are the top 10 most read stories on The Defiant during the week of Nov. 6: Grayscale Chainlink Trust Shares Rocket To 200% Premium: GLINK, shares in Grayscale’s…

What Is Polygon Matic: An Explainer

newsbtc.com is one of Ethereum’s premier scaling solutions. This article addresses critical questions such as “What is Polygon?”, “What is Polygon crypto?” and the specifics of “What is…

Exceeds Ethereum L2s by Trading Volume, Data Says

u.today Traders and analysts are discussing the roots of the "New Solana Summer" as all core metrics of on-chain activity are rocketing. Some of them have already reached pre-FTX…

Rick and Morty opened a portal to the multiverse and the rest of pop culture jumped through

polygon.com It’s been 10 years since Rick and Morty premiered on Adult Swim, and in that time it’s grown to reshape all of pop culture in its image through its idiosyncratic blend of…

NFT Sales Boom in November

news.bitcoin.com Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a notable surge in November, with a 129.01% increase in sales volume compared to October. Additionally, NFTs created on the…

There are still plenty of leftover Black Friday gaming deals, turns out

polygon.com Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but just like Thanksgiving, sometimes the leftovers are the best part. This weekend we’re looking at the deals that are still…

The best movies new to streaming this December

polygon.com Your time is precious, and your options are endless. The good news: We watch it all so you don’t have to. Polygon’s What to Watch highlights the best, the funniest, the…

Coinbase Adds DOGE, ADA, XLM Perpetual Futures Contracts, About to List MATIC, BCH Ones

u.today Biggest US-based crypto trading platform Coinbase, which is currently engaged in a legal battle with the SEC regulator, has made an announcement about expanding the range of…

A Shiba Inu alternative with greater growth than XRP, Polygon and Cardano

coinjournal.net Shiba Inu has limited growth potential as compared to NuggetRush. With the Play-to-Earn gaming concept getting popular, NuggetRush has performed better than Shiba Inu rivals…

Touched $39K, Chainlink (LINK) Soars 7% Daily (Weekend Watch)

cryptopotato.com Bitcoin initiated another impressive leg-up in the past 24 hours that resulted in charting a new 19-month peak at $39,000. Most altcoins followed suit, with SOL defending…

Candy Cane Lane, Netflix’s May December, and every new movie to watch this weekend

polygon.com Happy December, Polygon readers. Christmas movie season is here, and there are tons of new Christmas movies slated to come out over the next month. This week, there are four…

AVAX Uprising: Crypto Analyst Predicts Bullish Wave To Push Price To $30

newsbtc.com price has performed reasonably well this year, going from a low of around $9 to as high as $24 before correcting back downward. Since the correction, the altcoin has been…

Coinbase Has No Plans to Launch Base Token: CEO Brian Armstrong

decrypt.co Coinbase has no plans to launch a token for its layer-2 network Base, according to the crypto exchange’s CEO Brian Armstrong. “We’re not planning to make any token for…

How I learned to love Stardew Valley’s terrible fishing

polygon.com I didn’t like fishing when I first played Stardew Valley. It was winter of 2016, and I was playing the game nonstop. I loved building my farm. I loved planting seasonal…

Ethereum Gaming NFT Marketplace Aqua Shuts Down Citing Slow Industry Growth

decrypt.co The gaming NFT marketplace Aqua is no more, CEO Sean Ryan announced on Linkedin Friday. The plan was first shared last month, but as of today, it's official. “At Aqua, we…

The feel-good Humble bundle of the year just dropped, containing Venba, Tinykin, and more for $20

polygon.com The theme of the latest bundle on Humble is perfect for the holidays, a time to chill out. Wholesome Games curated an assortment of — what else? — incredibly wholesome…

Forza Motorsport, Halo Infinite QA workers vote to unionize

polygon.com Experis Game Solution workers who do quality assurance testing on games like Forza Motorsport and Halo Infinite voted Thursday to unionize. Thirty-five people voted yes to…

KuCoin Ventures Partners with TON through $20,000 Grant

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker KuCoin Ventures Partners with TON through $20,000 Grant KuCoin Ventures, the investment arm of Seychelles-based crypto exchange KuCoin, has announced a…

Protocol Obligate ramps up push to boost institutional blockchain use

blockworks.co On-chain debt capital markets platform Obligate has launched on Coinbase’s layer-2 network. This new deployment aligns with the protocol’s strategy to increase institutional…

Polygon Whales Go on Buying Spree As $90,000,000 Worth of MATIC Gets Scooped Up: Trader

dailyhodl.com Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Ali Martinez says that deep-pocketed investors are scooping massive amounts of Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution Polygon (MATIC). Martinez…

Circle Denies Allegations that USDC Was Used to Fund Terrorism and Money Laundering

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Circle Denies Allegations that USDC Was Used to Fund Terrorism and Money Laundering After the United States Department of Treasury caught up with Binance…

Coinbase-backed bitsCrunch Announces Two-Week Registration for Community BCUT Token Sale on CoinList

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Coinbase-backed bitsCrunch Announces Two-Week Registration for Community BCUT Token Sale on CoinList BitsCrunch network, a decentralized artificial intelligence…

Tiger Global marks down stakes in BAYC and OpenSea: Report

cointelegraph.com Investment firm Tiger Global has reportedly marked down several investments, including stakes in popular nonfungible token (NFT) projects like the Bored Ape Yacht Club…

Flash News: OKX Wallet's Account Abstraction-Powered 'Smart Account' Now Supports Linea

benzinga.com OKX Wallet is proud to announce that its account abstraction-powered Smart Account, which enables users to pay for transactions with stablecoins USDC and USDT and interact…

Best cryptocurrency exchanges and trading apps in December 2023

aol.com While cryptocurrency has surged in popularity in recent years, only a minority of Americans have actually traded it. Among the most popular cryptos are Bitcoin, Ethereum and…

Polygon's Secret Deal: Sending DraftKings Millions to Run Failed Validator

coindesk.com On Nov. 14 (a month after DraftKings' validator was removed from the network), a single Polygon Foundation-controlled wallet wielded nearly 13% of all MATIC being staked to…

Polygon’s network activity surges amid talks of an ‘internal strategy’

eng.ambcrypto.com Polygon's volume and active addresses increased. The sentiment around the token is negative but the price may recover soon. According to AMBCrypto's analysis of Santiment,…

THE PROTOCOL: Leadership Turmoil Hits Cosmos, ENS and Unstoppable Domains Fuel Tech Ownership Debate and More

content.production.cdn.art19.com Cosmos faces internal leadership challenges, with its founder advocating for a 'hard fork.' Concurrently, the Ethereum Name Service founder contemplates challenging…

Bankruptcy Court Declares FTX Debtors Can Begin To Sell $744,000,000 Worth of Grayscale and Bitwise Shares

dailyhodl.com A bankruptcy court is ruling that debtors of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX can begin selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Grayscale and Bitwise shares. In a new…

Optimism execs are optimistic for Ethereum’s future amid its ongoing scaling battle

techcrunch.com As the layer-1 blockchain Ethereum continues to grow and evolve, layer-2 blockchains like Optimism are working to alleviate issues of scaling, speed and costs. “We’ve been…

ChatGPT Crypto Predictions 2024: Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), And Everlodge (ELDG)

thecryptobasic.com We gave ChatGPT some up-to-date info about the crypto market and did a little bit of jailbreaking, then asked the AI to assess the info and come up with price predictions.…

Captain Faibik Predicts 20% Surge For Polygon, Chainlink Shows Bullish Signs

thecryptobasic.com In a recent prediction, Captain Faibik has forecasted a potential 20% surge for Polygon. Chainlink and a new cryptocurrency called Everlodge have restored traders’ interest…

Whales scoop up MATIC in large numbers

eng.ambcrypto.com Retail investors also exhibited interest. Demand for MATIC was growing because of the spike in on-chain transactions. Whale investors have set their sight on Polygon’s MATIC…

We asked the Cult of the Lamb developers too many questions about its sex update

polygon.com Yes, the rumors are true. The team behind the roguelike management sim Cult of the Lamb are adding sex to the game. It started on Tuesday, when the developers issued a…

Homeworld 3 gets a release date, 20 years after its predecessor

polygon.com Sci-fi real-time strategy game Homeworld 3 will be released on March 8, 2024, developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox have announced — over 20 years after its…

Paying for Use Slows Down Crypto's Search for a Use Case

coindesk.com This is an excerpt from The Node newsletter, a daily roundup of the most pivotal crypto news on CoinDesk and beyond. You can subscribe to get the full newsletter here.…

Polygon paid betting firm millions to be a really bad validator

protos.com Polygon Labs has reportedly been paying a publicly-traded sports betting firm millions in crypto to run one of its now-defunct network validators. This is despite convincing…

3 Web3 Cryptos That Should Be in Your Portfolio Before 2024

investorplace.com These overlooked altcoins have plenty of room for growth In the crypto world, Web3 is often just a buzzword that is used to create hype and make a project appear to be…

Price Prediction: December 2023

watcher.guru Polygon is a decentralized scaling mechanism that Ethereum developers may use when creating dApps. Polygon offers a faster network and more security at a reasonable rate.…

Hacker Demands Control Over Kyber Network Following $46 Million Hack

cryptobriefing.com Kyber Network a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol, faces a December 10 deadline to respond to a hacker’s ultimatum after a $46 million theft from its liquidity pools.…

Which Cryptos Can Make A Lot Of Xs? Best Cryptocurrencies To Buy Today!

cryptodaily.co.uk There is a wave of optimism that is propelling the cryptocurrency market forward, with a few significant movements shaping its current landscape. Bitcoin's recent…

What the Altered TCG means for Magic, Lorcana, & independent retailers

polygon.com Altered, a novel new trading card game from startup Equinox Studio, will compete with Disney Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon Trading Card Game when it launches on…

KyberSwap hacker demands full control over the DEX at ‘fair valuation’

cryptoslate.com The hacker responsible for the $48 million KyberSwap heist has escalated their demands, now seeking complete executive control over the decentralized exchange (DEX). The…

Clearpool & OKX Web3 Integration: Bringing Lending Opportunities to 400k OKX Web3 Users

cryptodaily.co.uk Singapore, Singapore, November 30th, 2023, Chainwire OKX’s Web3 Wallet is now integrated with Clearpool. This collaboration empowers thousands of OKX Web3 users to lend…

Capital flight from Binance subsidies: Report

cointelegraph.com It appears that withdrawals from crypto exchange Binance have largely subsided after its $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice last week. Data from…

Kids to Santa: give us V-bucks this Christmas

polygon.com Kids in the United States really want video game gifts for Christmas, according to survey results published on Nov. 20 by the Electronic Software Association. Video…

Ubisoft-Backed Horizon Launches Sequence Builder to Make Crypto Game Dev Easier

decrypt.co Crypto development platform Sequence has launched Builder, a full-stack dashboard for game developers that it says will dramatically simplify the process of adding…

Polygon Whales Go On 120 Million MATIC Buying Spree, Rally Soon?

newsbtc.com On-chain data shows the Polygon whales have loaded up on 120 million MATIC during the past week, a sign that could be bullish for the asset’s price. Polygon Whales Have…

After $50 Million Breach, KyberSwap Faces Hacker's Shocking Demands

u.today The individual claiming responsibility for the hack on KyberSwap, a multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, has issued a set of astonishing demands. The hacker,…

Can You Put a Price on Decentralized Governance? Polygon and DraftKings Did

coindesk.com Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the…

Is NFT 2.0 a Myth or Reality?

beincrypto.com NFT 2.0 embraces a wide variety of non-fungible tokens that can be classified as programmable assets: wrapped NFTs (wNFTs), dynamic NFTs (dNFTs), community NFTs (cNFTs),…

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