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NFTs
Axiom Space astronauts mint NFTs in low Earth orbit
Over the coming days, the Ax-1 mission crew will be minting NFT artworks to “encourage interest in exploring life beyond Earth's orbit.”
Investments
Blockchain security firm CertiK raises $88M, propelling its valuation to $2B
The company has doubled its valuation in just four months as crypto-related cyberattacks keep growing in numbers and scale.
Payments
Strike joins Shopify in massive push for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network adoption
The new partnership aims to enable “low-cost, instant, global payments for merchants” using Bitcoin.
NFTs
Ubisoft proves gamers right by ditching ‘Breakpoint’ just 4 months after NFT integration
The company has announced that online "looter-shooter" Ghost Recon Breakpoint won't receive any further post-launch support.
Regulation
U.S. crypto regulations should be ‘tech neutral,’ says Janet Yellen
The U.S. Treasury secretary has called for consumer protection “from fraud and misleading statements regardless of whether assets are stored on a balance sheet or distributed ledger.”
Partnerships
Terra teams up with LongHashX to offer Web3 startups up to $500,000 in funding
Terraform Labs and LongHash Ventures have joined forces to “accelerate and invest in the next generation of Web3 protocols on the Terra blockchain.”
Payments
BitPay integrates Lightning Network to enable low-cost Bitcoin transactions
The crypto payments processor now allows its customers to use “a low-cost alternative when paying with Bitcoin at BitPay-enabled merchants.”
Investments
Axie Infinity devs raise $150M to compensate users for Ronin Network hack
Led by Binance, the new funding round should help Sky Mavis to soften the blowback from what is possibly the biggest hack in DeFi so far.
Scams
User loses $570,000 worth of Mutant and Bored Ape NFTs to ‘fake verification’ scam
A crypto enthusiast wanted to swap his Bored and Mutant Apes for other NFTs of equal value — but was left with literal "worthless jpegs" in the end.
Crime
German authorities shut down world’s largest darknet market Hydra
Law enforcement officers have also seized roughly €23 million in Bitcoin from the now-defunct platform.
Scams
Crypto users report new wave of Discord NFT scams
Malicious actors have started using compromised QR codes to hijack users' accounts.
Hacks
Hackers target Trezor crypto wallet users after mailing list got compromised
A malicious actor used social engineering to access an internal tool used by newsletter delivery service Mailchimp.