Mia the djungarian ‘gamble hamster’ will power high-stakes marble races with her trusty hamster wheel. After just over two years of development, on Sunday a new form of gambling will be released to the Ethereum world on mainnet: hamster-powered marble races. Powered by Mia, a female djungarian or “winter white dwarf” hamster and her trusty […]
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Pickle Finance got hacked so badly on Saturday that its developers asked to be merged into Yearn. Finance Redefined is Cointelegraph’s weekly DeFi-centric newsletter, delivered to subscribers every Wednesday. On Saturday, we saw one of the most complex smart contract hacks yet affecting Pickle Finance, a yield optimization protocol very similar to Yearn — an […]
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Five price feeds will be directly published on Matic mainnet. Matic Network, a smart contract platform acting as both a layer one and layer two for Ethereum, announced on Thursday the full launch of five Chainlink (LINK) price feeds that are set to power its ecosystem. Though there are many promised or existing Chainlink integrations […]
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DeFi and shopping may seem like an unlikely combination, but these protocols have the potential to unlock better deals for consumers and merchants alike. Decentralized finance and shopping seem like an unusual combination at first. How can liquidity pools help you save money at the till? But scratch a little deeper and some compelling use […]
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Desperate for viewership dollars, traditional sporting leagues may soon turn to fantasy sports to boost fan engagement. As “digitally native” ecosystems like esports continue to synergize with blockchain technology, industries like fantasy sports could be primed for mass adoption, says digital research firm Messari. In a newly published report, researcher Mason Nystrom argues that fantasy […]
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The two-part Game Demo Day event highlighted the diversity and innovation in the blockchain gaming sector. For an industry starved of end-users, few apples look juicier to the blockchain world than gaming. The global gaming market is forecast to generate over $159 billion in revenue in 2020, and at a recent two-day digital conference the […]
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Amid global economic contraction, Bitcoin appears to be gaining momentum against struggling fiat currencies. Bitcoin being regarded as “sound money” is a common refrain among many proponents of the popular cryptocurrency. With a finite supply of 21 million and a network secured by over 120 exahashes per second of computing power, the consensus among industry […]
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Comparisons with 2017 seem to be ill-advised for now. This week definitely feels calmer, more positive than the last. And there’s good reason to be optimistic for DeFi bulls too, as the market posted a decent recovery since my last newsletter. People are calling it a “blue chip” rally, which means that it’s household names […]
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The Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare has signed on its latest top European club. German soccer club FC Bayern Munich, which plays in the country’s Bundesliga, is entering the world of blockchain-based fantasy soccer. The Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare, which Bayern joined this week, already counts over 100 participant clubs, including high-profile names such […]
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The record-breaking sale is a cherry on top of Axie Infinity’s strong week and even stronger year While a rally in the latter half of the week saw major names across the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem climb upwards of 100%, Axie Infinity — the Pokemon-inspired NFT game — carried the banner for the NFT space, […]
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