Day: September 2, 2023

Adidas unveils resident Web3 artists, Mutant Ape sells for 500 ETH and more…

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The Adidas /// Studio, also known as the Triple Stripes Studio, has launched a Web3-based digital artist in residency program to showcase and support budding creators in the NFT space. The program was announced on Aug. 31, and it will officially launch on Sept. 4 via a series of online and in-person events that will run until Sept. 11. INTRODUCING: RESIDENCY BY ADIDAS The adidas /// studio is proud to announce the global launch of “RESIDENCY by adidas” – the brand’s first digital artist-in-residence program! pic.twitter.com/He0LAEUzQA — ALTS by adidas…

MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain

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MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the decentralized finance project’s upcoming native chain off of a fork of Solana’s codebase, and not the Ethereum Virtual Machine despite its long-running ties with Ethereum. MakerDAO’s native chain or what is currently dubbed as “NewChain,” is part of the fifth and final phase of the MakerDAO “Endgame” upgrade announced in May. The final phase is expected to take around three years to complete, and it will see the full re-implementation of the Maker Protocol into a new stand-alone blockchain.…

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Officially Rolls Out Trading Support for New PayPal Stablecoin PYUSD

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Coinbase customers can now buy and sell PayPal’s new US dollar-pegged stablecoin on the exchange’s website and mobile apps. The top US crypto exchange officially rolled out trading support on Thursday for PayPal USD (PYUSD), which aims to maintain a 1:1 peg with the US dollar. Coinbase first placed the asset on its listing roadmap last week. PayPal unveiled PYUSD earlier this month and said it is “backed by secure and highly liquid assets.” The payment giant’s customers can buy and sell the stablecoin through the PayPal app and website and…

On-chain Sleuth Potentially Unveils Shiba Inu Founder With Shocking Affiliates

The identity of the mind behind the Shiba Inu meme coin has been a long-standing crypto mystery since it first debuted in 2020. So far, there has been no concrete proof as to who it might be with guesses ranging from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin. Despite having little success so far, crypto investigators have not given up as a new theory has popped up as to the creator behind Shiba Inu. Has The Shiba Inu Founder Been Identified? An X (formerly Twitter) user identified by the username…