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What happens if you lose or break your hardware crypto wallet?

The safety of the recovery phrase is way more important than keeping the hardware wallet safe, according to executives at Ledger and Trezor.

Following the signs: How crypto stickers led to a new career opportunity

A sign on the wall of a crypto company kicked off Daniel Karikari’s pursuit of a career in blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Transparent financial systems won't get real traction, blockchain exec argues

Anoma founder Adrian Brink pointed out that using a transparent system means that "your neighbor can see how much money you hold, what your daily preferences are.”

Wire Network's new protocol aims to end Web3 interoperability woes

The protocol promises to eliminate complexities seen with existing interoperability solutions and requires no bridges or oracles to integrate.

Metaverse could be worth $5 trillion by 2030: McKinsey report

A new report from global consulting firm McKinsey found that the Metaverse could be worth $5 trillion by 2030.

Liquidity provider asks platforms to freeze 3AC funds to recover assets after litigation

Danny Yuan said that their team detected that $1 million was missing from their company's funds at Three Arrows Capital (3AC).

Yahoo launching Metaverse events for Hong Kong residents under restrictions

Yahoo has announced its intention to launch a series of Metaverse projects in Hong Kong, apparently creating a brief rally for Decentraland’s native token, MANA.

Total supply of stablecoins dropped sharply for first time ever in Q2

A separate graph also saw USDC and BUSD supply drop sharply in May, however both have since rebounded and are close to being back to their respective all-time high levels.

True Global Ventures doubles down on Web3 with $146M ‘follow-on’ fund

The TGV4 Plus Follow On Fund was led by a group of 15 general partners who committed over $4 million on average (over 40%) into the fund.

Former president of the New York Stock Exchange joins Uniswap Labs as an adviser

Uniswap said it is betting on her experience with TradFi translating over to DeFi to further help them evolve their place in Web3.

Ankr partners with Optimism to provide a fast and reliable RPC service for users

Ankr also said that it will incentivize independent Optimism node operators to add their nodes to the load balancer in return for ANKR tokens.

Vitalik Buterin shares his thoughts on non-financial use-cases for blockchain

Essential goals like “trust and censorship resistance” can be aided by distributed ledger technology, said Buterin.

MetaMask warns of security vulnerability from older versions of popular crypto wallet

"Ultimately, we've learned that our password encryption feature's security was partially undermined by browser behavior," said the team at MetaMask.

Nifty Newsletter: Mastercard to enable direct NFT purchase, NFT floor prices collapse and more

Last week, Apocalyptic Apes founder Bill Starkov told Cointelegraph that NFT holders can earn millions by licensing their NFTs.

Bank of Israel experiments with central bank digital currency smart contracts and privacy

The Israeli central bank looked at trust issues and policy decisions implied in a potential digital shekel, as well as some of the technical aspects of digital currency.

GameFi continues to grow despite crypto winter: DappRadar report

The report seems to show that turbulence in the crypto markets has failed to rattle investments and forward movement of several GameFi and metaverse projects.

Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden closes $130M Series B round at $1.6B valuation

Magic Eden accounts for over 90% of NFT trading volume on Solana.

BIS: 90% of Central Banks are researching the utility of CBDCs

The institution's future monetary vision includes exploring innovations grounded in trust in central banks' stable sovereign currencies and safe payment systems.

Japanese film studio announces the production of a series based on crypto

Animator Haruna Gohzu, who worked in popular anime like Pokémon and the Demon Slayer movie, will lead the animation in the films.

Risky business: Celsius crisis and the hated accredited investor laws

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