Elan Halpern, product manager at Alchemy told CoinDesk that Alchemy’s mission to support Web3 developers is propelled through its acquisition of ChainShot, providing resources to improve their blockchain fluency. ChainShot, creator of an entry-level Ethereum builder bootcamp, will provide its educational framework to Alchemy users. Source
Thirdweb tools have been used by global brands like buy now, pay later platform Afterpay, and New York Fashion Week, and the startup has a partnership with Coinbase’s NFT marketplace. In the past nine months, over 55,000 developers have used thirdweb tools to build applications, according to the company. Source 160MBackingCryptoDeveloperHaunsKatiePlatformThirdwebValuation CryptoX Portal
BendDAO – from a distance – looks like an old-school bank: Some customers deposit money into the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, which loans the money out, giving depositors a cut of the interest payments. Those loans are backed by collateral but with a crypto-quirk: that collateral is pictures of monkeys, pixelated heads and other pricey non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Source
The exploit of one of Acala’s liquidity pools demonstrates how easily billions of dollars can be siphoned from DeFi platforms, potentially wreaking havoc on an entire industry in a matter of minutes. Source
DTCC’s project, which is private and permissioned unlike many traditional blockchain networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is being developed in collaboration with the likes of Barclays, BNY Mellon, Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Citi and Credit Suisse. Source link
Bluebenx, a Brazilian crypto company that recently stopped customer withdrawals, has changed its story regarding the causes which took it to take that measure. While the exchange issued an email statement informing customers it had been the victim of a vicious hack, now the company states the liquidity problems were the consequence of a listing scam. Bluebenx Switches Versions Regarding Liquidity Issues Brazilian crypto investment company Bluebenx changed the version on the recent liquidity issues it is facing, having stopped the withdrawals for some customers last week. The…
One of the most substantial value propositions of Bitcoin (BTC) is that no one can create more of it apart from its fixed supply. However, an executive from a crypto exchange made a bold claim that some exchanges can create and sell BTC that’s only in their system, not on the blockchain, to manipulate the market. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Serhii Zhdanov, the CEO of crypto exchange Exmo, shared his beliefs that market manipulation is still prevalent in the digital asset space and gave an example of how it…
International Finance Corp (IFC), a World Bank affiliate focused on investment in less-developed countries, is backing a blockchain-based platform for the trading of carbon offsets. Source AffiliateBacksBankBlockchainbasedCarbonIFCoffsetsPlatformWorld CryptoX Portal
Chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Richard Sharp, has been shown to have ties with Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia’s richest men. While there has been no direct indictment for the business relationship between Sharp and Potanin, the link has stimulated media, considering the fact that Potanin has now been placed under various sanctions for supporting the Russian regime. Potanin is not just an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin but also one of those men in his inner circle. Potanin has even been seen playing hockey with Putin…
Called Mynt, the product allows customers to trade bitcoin, ether, solana, polkadot and cardano. Source