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Dive
EXCLUSIVE: Aavegotchi Poised to Morph into Play-to-Earn Game on March 31
Aave users are about to get their own gaming universe.
Dive
BitDAO's War Chest Quietly Grows $2M Per Day After Token Sales to Thiel and Pantera
BitDAO, a group investing in DeFi projects, has quietly amassed the third biggest treasury on Ethereum.
Beginners
What To Do If MetaMask Has Stopped Working In Your Country
MetaMask has blocked access in certain countries. Here's what you can do if you're affected.
DeFi News
Anchor’s TVL Surges to All Time High of $11.7B After Luna Foundation Refills Reserves
Anchor's TVL surged to $11.7B after its reserves were topped up.
DeFi News
Electric Capital Plays the Long Game with $1B for Two Funds Targeting Tokens and Equity Stakes
Electric Capital unveiled $1B for two funds that will support blockchain projects with investments in equity and tokens.
Byte
Polkadot and Tron Founders Beseech Ukraine to Accept Their Native Tokens as Donations
Crypto founders are jockeying to have the Ukrainian government accept their tokens as donations.
DeFi News
Blockchain Teams in Ukraine Struggle and Galvanize as Russia Invades Their Country
Blockchain development teams in Ukraine are struggling to stay safe and complete their projects.
Byte
Sotheby's Landmark Auction of 104 CryptoPunks Lot Was Withdrawn at Last Minute
It was supposed to be a landmark event for the world's oldest auction house: on Wednesday night Sotheby's held a single-lot sale of 104 CryptoPunks carrying the estimate of $20-$30M, the highest-valued estimate for an NFT or digital art ever offered at auction.
DeFi News
Jump and Three Arrows Lead $1B LUNA Buy to Secure UST Against Black Swans
Proceeds of $1B LUNA sale will be used to secure Terra's stablecoins.
DeFi News
Former SushiSwap CTO Argues for the Need for Hierarchy in DAOs in Provocative Talk at ETHDenver
Former Sushiswap CTO Joseph Delong shared his views on DAO governance and other topics at ETHDenver.
DeFi News
Ethereum’s Old Guard Meets the Newbies at ETHDenver and There Are So, So Many of Them
ETHDenver has morphed into far more than a hackathon, and that makes some a bit queasy.
DeFi News
Another Fork Bites the Dust: The Looming Fall of Fortress DAO and the Perils of Off-Chain Governance
The fall of Fortress DAO is the latest chapter in the struggles of Olympus DAO to fulfill its DeFi 2.0 destiny.
DeFi News
SEC Says BlockFi Misrepresented Risk to Crypto Depositors In $100M Order
Crypto lender BlockFi has agreed to pay $100M to settle charges that it misrepresented risks to depositors.
DeFi News
Why Startup Founders Should Check In With Their Investors About Compliance
VC-funded startups should take note that their communications with investors may be scrutinized in the future.
Byte
Bitfinex's LEO Token Explodes After US Seizes $4B of Bitcoin Lost in 2016 Hack
Bitfinex's LEO token surged after news of a $4B seizure of Bitcoin stolen from the exchange in a 2016 hack.
Byte
Aave Team Launches 'Decentralized Social Graph' With Lens Protocol Venture
Lens Protocol is a new web3 social media effort from the team at Aave.
DeFi News
From Airdrop to $307M in Revenue in 30 Days — LooksRare Surges Past OpenSea in Torrid Month
LooksRare came roaring out of the gate and notched $307M in revenue, leapfrogging OpenSea
DeFi News
Crypto Stakers' IRS Tax Refund Marks Milestone for PoS Validators
There may be good news ahead for those looking to earn new tokens by providing security to major blockchains that operate using proof-of-stake. Joshua and Jessica Jarrett on Dec. 20 received a letter from the Department of Justice saying that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had approved a full refund of their 2019 taxes against…
DeFi News
SushiSwap Struggles to Overcome Lack of Management and Nixed Frog Nation Deal
The drama is building at SushiSwap as the platform struggles to overcome management woes and a failed union with Frog Nation.
DeFi News
Permissionless Index Protocol Kuiper Goes Live Today
Kuiper, a permissionless protocol for creating indices has been released on Ethereum mainnet today in what the team behind it is calling a soft launch.
defiant
How Friends With Benefits Uses Utopia to Manage Contributor Payroll
DAOs have cash – a recent Consensys report used data from Open-Orgs to estimate that DAOs have more than $14B in their collective treasuries – but they don't have great methods for paying people in crypto-native ways. Enter Utopia.
Byte
Frog Nation Tokens Tumble on News that Its CFO is Allegedly a Former QuadrigaCX Co-Founder
Frog Nation CFO Sifu was reportedly a co-founder of defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.
DeFi News
Frog Nation Hops Into SushiSwap to ‘Clean Up’ Tumultuous Exchange
Daniele Sesta's Frog Nation added SushiSwap to an ecosystem including Abracadabra and Wonderland.
DeFi News
Anchor Protocol Burns Through Its Reserves As Deposits Pile Up
Anchor's Yield Reserve is being depleted as deposits outpace loans.
Byte
Investors Pile Into Opyn’s ‘Crab Strategy’ to Profit from a Sideways Market
A new way to play a sideways crypto market drew a lot of investors this week.