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Web3 Data Platform Dune Analytics Propels to Unicorn Status After $69.4 Million Fundraise

The Web3 analytics platform Dune Analytics has announced it has closed a $69.4 million Series B fundraise led by Coatue. The firm’s latest fundraise follows the company’s Series A last…

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Value Locked in Defi Climbs Higher, Polkadot TVL Spikes, Terra’s LUNA Sheds 21%

On Sunday, January 30, 2022, the top smart contract protocol tokens by market capitalization is $592 billion or 32.66% of the $1.8 trillion crypto economy. Meanwhile, the total-value locked (TVL)…

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Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date

Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data…

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Fantom Surpasses Binance Smart Chain as the Third-Largest Defi Blockchain

The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has lost ​​6.8% during the last 24 hours as crypto markets have experienced more losses. However, the Fantom blockchain has…

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Value Locked in Defi Slides 21% in 2 Weeks, $200B TVL Still 10x Larger Than This Time Last Year

The value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has dropped 21.22% since January 4, 2022. At the time, the total value locked (TVL) in defi was $255.84 billion and today, the…

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Tokenized Bitcoin in Circulation Nears a Half Million BTC, Bitcoin-Pegged Token Value Exceeds $21 Billion

According to data recorded on December 28, there’s approximately 434,265.43 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped bitcoin tokens worth more than $21.3 billion across several blockchains. Ten different bitcoin-pegged projects exist today and…

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Binance to Replace Quarterly Burn with a BNB Auto-Burn Mechanism

The cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance announced the implementation of a new BNB Auto-Burn mechanism. The aim is to provide greater transparency and predictability to the BNB community. BNB Auto-Burn is…

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