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Mango Market exploiter brags after rug pulling Mango Inu ‘shitcoin’
In just over a week after pulling off the $117 million exploit of Mango Markets, Avraham Eisenberg is now boasting about making $100,000 rug-pulling a “shitcoin”…
Telegram username auction marketplace ‘almost’ ready to launch
The popular messaging app Telegram has developed a new marketplace that doesn’t involve nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The social messaging platform said that it is…
Put your hands up! Interpol storms into the metaverse
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is putting on its virtual reality headsets as it prepares to crack down on an expanding list of…
Acting US FDIC head cautiously optimistic about permissioned stablecoins for payments
Acting United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Martin Gruenberg spoke on Oct. 20 about possible applications of stablecoins and the FDIC’s…
77.1% of Salvadorans surveyed think the gov’t should ‘stop spending public money’ on…
In a recent study published by José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador, 77.1% of respondents say that they want the Salvadoran government to…
Following launch hype, PancakeSwap wants to deploy mainnet on Aptos
On Oct. 20, developers of the popular decentralized exchange, or DEX, PancakeSwap proposed deploying its mainnet on layer-1 blockchain Aptos.Currently,…
India ranks third in the world in terms of Web3 workforce size: Report
According to a new study published by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), a nonprofit organization in India with over 3,000…
Ethereum Alarm Clock exploit leads to $260K in stolen gas fees so far
A bug in the smart contract code for the Ethereum Alarm Clock service has reportedly been exploited, with nearly $260,000 said to have been swiped from the…
Twitter user saves cross-chain bridge from potential exploit
A cross-chain bridge between BitBTC and the Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism has been able to avoid a potentially costly exploit thanks to the work of an…
4,400 disgruntled investors are hunting for Terra’s Do Kwon
Members of a 4,400-strong Discord group called the “UST Restitution Group” (URG) have been attempting to track down the whereabouts of Terra co-founder Do…
Aptos Foundation airdrops 20M tokens to its early testnet users
Layer-1 blockchain company Aptos Foundation announced on Oct 18 that it had rewarded its early network participants with free APT tokens. 1/ The Aptos Foundation…
Celestia Foundation raises $55M for modular blockchain architecture
Celestia Foundation announced on Oct. 18 that it had raised $55 million in a funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto, Polychain Capital, Placeholder, Galaxy,…
Half of all DeFi exploits are cross-bridge hacks
According to a new report by crypto data aggregator Token Terminal, approximately 50% of exploits in decentralized finance, or DeFi, occur on cross-chain bridges.…
There were vast discrepancies in crypto markets during Q3: Report
According to a new report published by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko, several interesting anomalies surfaced in cryptocurrency markets during the third…
‘The social benefits are huge’ — Web3 gaming to shift digital ownership
There is no substitute for experience. Even when an experience can feel regrettable, like getting your brother’s Runescape account banned.Robbie Ferguson grew up…
Shopify users get their hands on Tezos NFTs with new partnership
The Tezos blockchain partnered with Web3 automation platform Taco to allow Shopify users to access Tezos nonfungible tokens (NFTs) via Taco’s NFT loyalty program.…