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NFTs & Web3
Decentralized Social Graph Lens Protocol Goes Live
Lens Protocol is a decentralized social graph that allows developers to build web3 social media platforms on the Polygon network. Using Lens, users can mint a profile, follow others, and create and collect posts all on-chain.

DeFi
Bitcoin and Ethereum Hash Rates Hit All-Time Highs Despite Bear Market
Cryptocurrency miners continue to pump computing power into the Ethereum and Bitcoin networks despite their tokens’ recent price drop.

DeFi
June 8 Ropsten Merge Indicates Ethereum’s PoS Transition Is On Track for Q3: Joe Lubin
ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin emphasizes Eth2 scalability ahead of the first chain-merge on a public testnet planned for June 8.

DeFi
Tether Has Reduced Commercial Paper Backing USDT by 20% Since April
The world’s largest US dollar stablecoin, Tether (USDT), today announced its first attestation report in six months. The report disclosed that Tether had decreased its commercial paper holdings – short-term commercial debt – by 17% from December 2021 through March 2022, from $24.2B to $20.1B. Tether said it has decreased its commercial paper holdings by…

Blockchains
EY And Polygon Unveil ZK and Optimistic Rollup Hybrid
Accounting firm Ernst & Young and Ethereum scaling company Polygon has launched the mainnet beta of its rollup for businesses, Nightfall. Ernst & Young (EY), one of the ‘Big Four’ financial services behemoths, started work on Nightfall in 2019 to make its customers’ Ethereum transactions private. But the company was so swamped by Ethereum’s high…

DeFi
Terra Founder Faces Government Investigations, Lawsuits, and $78M Fine for Tax Evasion
South Korean authorities have formed an emergency financial crimes unit to investigate the collapse of stablecoin protocol Terra, and fined the protocol’s founder, Do Kwon, $78M for tax evasion, local media reported. The government agencies want to understand why UST, Terra’s US dollar stablecoin, lost its peg on May 9. The crash wiped $18 billion…

DeFi
Fantom’s SCREAM Falls 50% After Algorithmic Stablecoins Cause Bad Debt
Traders have taken advantage of the Fantom-based lending protocol having hard-coded fUSD and DEI at $1 despite the tokens trading below their pegs.

NFTs & Web3
Elite Fashion Brands Continue Building in the Metaverse
Trends in Fashion NFTs and the Metaverse.

Markets
Frax Founder Pins $25B Stablecoin Supply Drop on Fed Rate Hikes
The market capitalization of dollar-pegged stablecoins has dropped by $25B in the wake of Terra's collapse.




