Day: November 5, 2023

Shiba Inu Whales Bet Big As Shibarium Grows, Road To $0.1?

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Shibarium has had quite the adoption and growth since its launch. The layer-2 solution has grown in various metrics over the months, demonstrating strong momentum. Shibarium is closely approaching the 4 million milestone in total transactions. At the same time, whales are increasing their activities, as large transactions spiked in the past week.  Shibarium Nears 4 Million Transactions The momentum behind Shiba Inu’s own scaling solution is growing at an incredible pace. Shibarium has taken off and become the preferred method for SHIB whales and retail investors alike to buy…

MC2 Finance joins Cointelegraph Accelerator

Decentralized finance (DeFi) might hold immense potential to solve the problems faced by traditional finance (TradFi). However, DeFi still struggles with onboarding new users -both retail and institutional- due to its limitations on the user experience side.  Despite all the innovation and development happening on the infrastructure level, the “DeFi revolution” is presented to users with unnecessarily complicated screens that would require expert-level technical knowledge.  To reach the mainstream, blockchain protocols need a robust infrastructure on the back while delivering a smooth, clean and user-friendly experience on the front. The…

Aave Protocol Halts Certain Market Operations Due To Bug Report

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has suspended operations in a number of markets after receiving a problem report on a certain function of the protocol. DeFi Protocol Discovers Vulnerability; Is User Funds At Risk? On Saturday, November 4, decentralized lending protocol Aave announced – via a post on X (formerly Twitter) that it has paused the Aave V2 Ethereum market and suspended certain assets on Avalanche. In addition, the protocol has frozen specific assets on Aave V3 on Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism.  Today we received a report of an issue…

Crypto lawyer says $20M settlement is 99.9% win for Ripple

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Prominent cryptocurrency attorney John E. Deaton has offered insights into the Ripple Labs XRP lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He contends that a settlement valued at $20 million or less would constitute a significant legal triumph for the company. In a recent X social media post, Deaton strongly refuted the idea that the lawsuit’s result was an even 50-50 outcome for the SEC, asserting that it leaned closer to a 90-10 advantage in favor of Ripple. Deaton’s remarks were prompted by a post from Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s…

Elon Musk launches AI chatbot ‘Grok’ — says it can outperform ChatGPT

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Elon Musk and his artificial intelligence startup xAI have released “Grok” — an AI chatbot which can supposedly outperform OpenAI’s first iteration of ChatGPT in several academic tests. The motivation behind building Gruk is to create AI tools equipped to assist humanity by empowering research and innovation, Musk and xAI explained in a Nov. 5 X (formerly Twitter) post. Just released Grokhttps://t.co/e8xQp5xInk — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2023 Musk and the xAI team said a “unique and fundamental advantage” possessed by Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of…

Fake Ledger Live app sneaks into Microsoft’s app store, $588K stolen

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Almost $600,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) has been stolen from users who downloaded a fake Ledger Live application on Microsoft’s app store, according to cryptocurrency sleuth ZachXBT. The on-chain analyst spotted the scam, “Ledger Live Web3” on Nov. 5, which is tricking users into thinking that they’re downloading “Ledger Live” — a user interface for Ledger hardware wallets to store cryptocurrency offline. Approximately 16.8 BTC worth $588,000 has been received by the scammer across 38 transactions using wallet address, “bc1q….y64q,” according to Blockchain.com. About $115,200 has left the scammer’s wallet across…

Yuga Labs, Magic Eden unveil Ethereum NFT marketplace

Yuga Labs, the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club and Magic Eden, are collaborating to launch an Ethereum NFT marketplace that will ensure creators receive their right royalties.   In a statement shared on their X platform, Magic Eden expressed enthusiasm for collaborating with Yuga Labs and their joint efforts in building an ETH marketplace. They emphasized the importance of supporting creators, as they believe that without them, web3 cannot thrive.  This partnership aims to prioritize the rights of creators by ensuring they receive their exact royalties from NFT sales. Together,…