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Zuckerberg's $100B metaverse gamble is 'super-sized and terrifying,' shareholder says

In an open letter, Altimeter Capital's CEO and founder recommended the tech giant cut its Metaverse investments from $10-15 billion a year to $5 billion.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to create crypto platform

The five-year plan includes tokenizing various classes of digital assets and smart contracts.

Tesla's Bitcoin losses rise to $170M in first 9 months of 2022

The electric vehicle maker's actual BTC losses are far lower with $64 million worth of previously realized profits to offset the decline.

What are governance tokens, and how do they work?

Governance tokens allow users the opportunity to take on a more active role in managing decentralized projects.

Ethereum at the center of centralization debate as SEC lays claim

Ethereum’s transition to PoS was celebrated as a key upgrade. However, a month after the move, centralization concerns are mounting high.

Santander bank trials blockchain platform for used cars in Brazil

Santander Brasil is also reportedly planning to launch crypto trading services to its customers, CEO Mario Leao announced in July.

Mango Market exploiter brags after rug pulling Mango Inu 'shitcoin'

Avraham Eisenberg is at it again, following up his exploit of Mango Markets by deploying a new 'shitcoin' named Mango Inu to purportedly swipe liquidity from bot traders.

A stablecoin's rise in market share has ignited the ‘Second Great Stablecoin War’

Since Binance announced it would auto-convert USDC, USDP and TUSD into BUSD on Sept. 6, BUSD’s share of the total stablecoin market has risen from 10.01% to 15.48%.

How CZ built Binance and became the richest person in crypto

CZ first came across Bitcoin in 2013 and was a bit hard by the BTC bug, which led him to sell his house in Shanghai and go all-in.

How to do mobile cryptocurrency mining?

Crypto mobile mining can be performed on iOS and Android systems via solo, pool or cloud mining services.

Telegram username auction marketplace 'almost' ready to launch

Telegram said that the development of its marketplace is almost finished, and a launch date will be announced soon.

Put your hands up! Interpol storms into the Metaverse

Interpol’s metaverse is up and running and has been designed to streamline communication between various units, along with providing an avenue to conduct education and training.

Acting US FDIC head cautiously optimistic about permissioned stablecoins for payments

Acting Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Martin Gruenberg said the agency needs more information about crypto, and the crypto industry needs to understand the FDIC better.

77.1% of Salvadorans surveyed think the gov’t should ‘stop spending public money’ on Bitcoin

Less than 40% of surveyed respondents said they supported the approval of Bitcoin as legal tender.

Following launch hype, PancakeSwap wants to deploy mainnet on Aptos

Developers cite business development opportunities, protocol expansion and the technical capabilities of the Aptos chain as the main reasons for the proposal.

Twitter user saves cross-chain bridge from potential exploit

The BitBTC bridge reportedly had a bug that would essentially allow an attacker to mint fake tokens on one side of the bridge, and swap them for real ones on the other.

4,400 disgruntled investors are hunting for Terra's Do Kwon

A retail investor group is trying to track down Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon following the crash of the Terra ecosystems’ cryptocurrencies.

Ethereum Alarm Clock exploit leads to $260K in stolen gas fees so far

Web3 security firm Supremacy highlighted Etherscan transaction history that showed the hacker(s) were able to swipe 204 ETH in gas fees so far, worth roughly $259,800.

Celestia Foundation raises $55M for modular blockchain architecture

The company claims that the technology will solve the challenges inherent when deploying and scaling blockchains.

Report: Half of all DeFi exploits are cross-bridge hacks

Over $2.5 billion have been stolen from cross-chain bridges in the past two years.

Aptos Foundation airdrops 20M tokens to its early testnet users

The company said that 20 million APT tokens were airdropped to about 110,235 eligible participants.

There were vast discrepancies in crypto markets during Q3: Report

Total crypto market cap actually increased in Q3 following a series of devastating sell-offs earlier this year.

Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains

Kim Grauer, Director of Research at Chainalysis, explains why the amount of crypto stolen in hacks is surging and what could be done to invert this dangerous trend.

Shopify users get their hands on Tezos NFTs with new partnership

Tezos NFT ecosystem gained a lot of traction over the past year due to its low cost of minting and energy efficiency.

‘The social benefits are huge’ — Web3 gaming to shift digital ownership

Immutable co-founder Robbie Ferguson highlights the potential for Web3 gaming to cause a shift in digital property ownership and value sharing.

Shoppers in India can now order a sneaker in Metaverse for a week

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart partnered with Polygon-incubated organization eDAO to launch a virtual shopping world in the metaverse.

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