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Markets

Blast Token Debuts at $3B Value as 17% of Supply Airdropped to Early Adopters

Blast is the second largest layer 2 network with $1.6 billion in TVL.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Opinion

The Munchables Hack Is Way Worse Than It Seems

Apparently orchestrated from North Korea, the $63 million hack adds grist to the argument that crypto exploits pose a plausible national security risk.

Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Finance

Newly Issued Gaming Token Exploited on Blast With $4.6M Drained

The hacker attempted to contact the SSS team, stating their intention to reimburse users.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Tech

Optimism Finally Starts Testing 'Fault Proofs' at Heart of Design – and of Criticism

A version of the new proof system, which will help secure withdrawals from Optimism and other networks based on its tech, will be deployed to Optimism's Sepolia test network on Tuesday.

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Tech

Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade

Its mainnet stopped producing blocks around the time of the Ethereum overhaul.

Blast stops producing blocks after Dencun (Md Riduwan Molla/Unsplash)

Finance

Blast, Hyped Layer-2 Chain, Sees Most Deposits Bridge to Yield Manager

The controversial layer-2 network had taken $2.3 billion in deposits since November as it prepared for launch. What remains is now down to about $350 million, but many of the deposits in the original "farm" contract have now moved into a new Blast address.

Blast TVL (DefiLlama)

Videos

MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, and Another Rug Pull

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as traders see possibilities of a short-term correction in bitcoin's (BTC) price. Plus, the latest news in crypto crime as MicroStrategy’s X account was hacked and the Blast ecosystem experienced a rug pull event.

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