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press release PRESS RELEASE. With the unprecedented global rise of decentralization and emerging technologies like NFTs, blockchain and the metaverse, it makes sense that many companies would want to ensure that they are ready for the seemingly inevitable transition to Web3. As such, ‘The Swappery’ has recently announced its highly-anticipated decentralized
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Moonbeam, a layer 1 protocol with 9.6 million lifetime transactions according to Etherscan, already uses the Polkadot ecosystem’s internal messaging service, XCM. Derek Yoo, CEO of Moonbeam parent company Purestake, told CryptoX that its integration of LayerZero, which raised $6 million in a Series A round in September, will offer
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"The benefit of using a decentralized exchange protocol like THORSwap is always having self-custodial control of your assets," THORSwap's pseudonymous product manager "paperx" explained in a Twitter message to CryptoX. "Users connect their own native chain wallets (Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Cosmos, Litecoin, Dogecoin and THORChain, among others) to swap
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Notifi Network, Bonfida and Only1 are among the 19 projects behind the "Open Chat Alliance" that's pushing for streamlined messaging standards in crypto. Source
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sponsored .bit (did.id) has raised $13 million to build a cross-chain decentralized identity protocol. The Series A round, completed one year after the startup’s launch, was from CMB International, HashKey Capital, QingSong Fund, GSR Ventures, GGV Capital, and SNZ. .bit’s open-source blockchain protocol will provide permissionless decentralized identification for individual users
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Cross-chain bridges have been the target of more than a few hacks this year, but new data from blockchain analytics provider Elliptic alleges one has been used to launder over half a billion dollars in ill-gotten crypto assets. According to an Aug. 10 report, crypto bridge RenBridge has facilitated the laundering of
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On August 2, the Nomad token bridge became yet another victim of cross-chain hacking after the protocol suffered a $190 million exploit. Joining a list of casualties alongside Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge and Solana’s Wormhole, many industry experts have cast doubt on the future of cross-chain technologies. However, not all
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Cross-chain bridge hacks have accounted for 69% of the total crypto stolen in 2022, amounting to $2 billion in losses, according to a new report. The report comes from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis on Aug. 2, noting there have been 13 separate token bridge hacks this year — the most recent
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The newly announced backers included the venture capital arm of crypto exchange Coinbase, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea, Crypto.com Capital, crypto market-maker Wintermute, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Gnosis and the Polygon blockchain. The round was led by crypto investment firm Polychain. Source
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