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Blockchain gaming company Xterio bags $40M led by FunPlus, FTX Ventures
The startup will focus on developing free-to-play games with the aim of creating Web 3.0 gaming franchises.
Monika Ghosh 2 min read
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Study discovers 40% of web3 gaming accounts are bots using on-chain data
Jigger has shown that blockchain can help solve the problem of online bots that plagues so many games.
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Why the future of gaming will be on-chain
In an interview with CryptoSlate, Anthony Yoon, the general partner at ROK Capital, said that the future of games lies on-chain.
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EMURGO, AID:Tech team up to bring Web3 on-chain reputation to Cardano
AID:Tech plans to develop digital identity solutions for volunteers to aid positive social impact via the Cardano chain.
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Alameda Research Co-CEO quits crypto in pursuit of “happiness”
Sam Trabucco announced he will step down as Co-CEO of Alameda to focus on "traveling, visiting friends and family, working on "myself" and whatnot"
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Using Share of Trade Volume (SOTV) to assess DEXs
Analysis shows that one of the best ways to assess a Decentralized Exchange's market performance is by looking at its share of trade volume versus its market cap.
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NEAR Rainbow Bridge defends weekend attack costing hacker 5 ETH
NEAR/ETH bridge defended an attack in 31 seconds over the weekend that resulted in the attacker losing funds and no loss of user funds.
Adoption
ByBit report claims Solana had strong network growth in Q2 on the back of GameFi, DAOs
Headline price figures do not necessarily tell the full story when it comes to network scaling. Is Solana seeing stealth growth amid a 46% drop against BTC?
Censorship
Aztec responds to claims FTX froze user funds for interacting with the protocol
Also documented by Wu Blockchain, the accusations of FTX users having their accounts frozen came from a series of tweets from a handful of accounts.
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