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Tech

Chad DePue, Former Snapchat Director of Engineering, Moves to Uniswap Labs

The talent drain from Web 2 tech companies into crypto continues.

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Pplpleasr Will Not Always Please You: The Rise of NFT Artist Emily Yang

It was initially an accident for this artist to get into NFTs, but she’s now realizing a lifelong dream to create for herself.

Emily Yang, aka Pplpleasr (on the right) discusses one of her artworks, projected on the wall. (Angelique Chen)

Finance

Hackers Behind AscendEX Breach Move $1.5M Ether to Uniswap

Security research firm PeckShield points to on-chain data that shows 516 ether is on the move

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Learn

What Is a DEX? How Decentralized Crypto Exchanges Work

DEXs charge users much lower fees than their centralized counterparts, but can be much more difficult to navigate and use.

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Markets

SundaeSwap Switcheroo Leaves CardStarter Users With Losses, Spreading Cardano Discord

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stepped in to admonish leaders of the squabbling projects to sort out their differences. Strong language was used.

SundaeSwap went live last week and has been slammed by users complaining of extreme delays (William Murphy, Flickr)

Finance

Brazilian Asset Manager Hashdex to Launch DeFi ETF Including UNI, AAVE and COMP

The product will be listed on the Brazilian stock exchange B3 as of February.

Brazilian flag (Mateus Campos Felipe/Unsplash)

Finance

Grayscale Adds Flexa’s AMP to DeFi Fund, Removes BNT, UMA in Quarterly Rebalancing

The world’s largest digital asset manager announced the updated weightings on Monday, following reconstitution of the CoinDesk DeFi Index (DFX).

(Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images)

Markets

Uniswap Launches on Polygon, Driving MATIC to All-Time Highs

The popular decentralized exchange has deployed on Polygon in a bid to attract more retail traders.

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Markets

CoinDesk 20 Update: ATOM, ICP and SOL Are In; AAVE, GRT and UNI Are Out

Web 3 is replacing DeFi among the most traded currencies in crypto.

The Solana conference's closing gala in Lisbon's main square. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Polychain Leads $23M Bet on Startup Streamlining DeFi Portfolio Management

Sommelier uses a cross-chain network of validators to manage Uniswap v3 positions.

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