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Blockchains
Are We Unfairly Ignoring Harmony (ONE)?
Harmony is a sharded PoS smart contract platform. It also happens to be Robin’s first blockchain employer so he knows a little bit about it. It’s been growing an increasingly muscular TVL in DeFi thanks largely to DeFi Kingdoms, a gameified farming platform built around NFTs and the $JEWEL token. In this episode we take…

NFTs & Web3
Mainstream Embrace of NFTs Tightens With Olympics, GameStop, Cameo Offerings
The international Olympics movement joined the latest wave of mainstream organizations and companies to embrace NFTs.

Education
DeFi 2.0 Primer: Decentralized Finance is Poised to Expand its Reach But Challenges Loom
In this DeFi 2.0 primer, Mason Marcobello explores the next iteration of the DeFi story.

Hacks
Jump Crypto Replaces Over $320M of Wormhole Wrapped ETH in DeFi Bailout
Wormhole, a bridge which facilitates asset transfers across seven different blockchain, got hacked on Feb. 2 to the tune of over $320M as a hacker minted 120,000 worth of a version of wrapped Ethereum on Solana. One day later, the funds are back.

Markets
Decoupling of NFTs and Crypto Spurs Debate About Future of New Asset Class
The separation of the NFT market from the larger crypto market may mark a watershed in their evolution.

DeFi
Gamers' Loathing of NFTs Deepens After Team17 Reversal on MetaWorms Deal
The collapse of the Team17 deal with Reality Gaming Group highlights the antipathy gamers have for NFTs.

Podcast
AVAX's Emin Gun Sirer Says Blockchains Should be Scalable at Their Core; Layer 2s Mean Giving Up
When Emin Gun Sirer first came on The Defiant in May 2020, Avalanche was not even on mainnet yet. Since then, it has risen to become one of the leading smart contract networks, while the AVAX token has risen over 7x in the last 12 months. We talk about how the project got here and how it…

DeFi
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
Wormhole Cross-Chain Bridge Exploited For $320M
Wormhole, the main cross-chain bridge connecting Solana to other blockchains, has been exploited.

DeFi
0x’s New Offering May Drive NFT Action to Avalanche, Fantom, Other Chains
A new offering will expand NFT management to multiple blockchains, including Avalanche and Fantom.



