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During the last seven days, virtual lands sold in the metaverse have outpaced a great number of non-fungible token (NFT) sales. Moreover, metaverse native crypto tokens like axie infinity, sandbox and decentraland and play-to-earn digital assets in general have jumped significantly in value this year. Metaverse Properties Outpace NFT Collections
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Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.A week packed with positive advancements in the DeFi space including nine-figure fund raises, successful product launches and soaring token prices was somewhat tarnished by the news of two severe security exploits. Read on to get the full scope of developments
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Silk Roads lead to nonfungile tokens Bidding for a 1/1 NFT auction created by imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has surpassed 261 Ether (ETH), $1.17 million at the time of writing. The NFT depicts a hand-drawn illustration from Ulbricht of a psychedelic eye, and is part of a collection
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More than $150 million has been lost this week in separate security breaches at DeFi projects MonoX and BadgerDAO.Multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) MonoX (MONO) suffered a cyber attack on Nov. 30 leading to about $31 million in losses. BadgerDAO (BADGER) suffered a front-end attack that was discovered on Dec. 2
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Another one bites the dust. David Marcus stepped down as the head of Novi, Meta/ Facebook’s fintech division. The company’s first order of business was to create a cryptocurrency, but regulators around the world were not keen on the idea. After a few missteps and name changes, they finally released
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Although China banned all cryptocurrency transactions in September 2021, that does not take away from the adoption of blockchain technology more widely in the country for alternative functions. The state has actually supported some blockchain firms, helping them to explore use cases in fields like medicine and energy. President Xi
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ASU allows students studying postgraduate computer science to focus directly on blockchain engineering, which it identifies as “one of the fastest-growing and highest-paid software specializations.” It aims to give students hands-on experience in building blockchains, not just an overview of existing blockchain applications. Original Source
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USYD pulls more than its weight in populating the higher echelons of Australia’s blockchain scene. Alumni can now be found at Blockchain United, a digital investment bank and research center; Immutable, a digital asset exchange; and Fantom Foundation, a consensus mechanism platform. These firms are all based in Australia, part
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) offers students several courses that touch on blockchain technology across disciplines, including engineering, law and public affairs. table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; } tr{ border: 1pt solid black; } td{ padding:5px; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; } tr td:nth-child(1){ background-color:
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Canada’s blockchain industry has been growing and innovating over recent years, with the activity particularly centered in Toronto. In late 2021, a carbon-neutral bitcoin mining company was approved for public stock trading in Toronto. Earlier in the year, the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund in North America launched in the same
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