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Tech

SHIB Plunges 9% on Apparent Shibarium Bridge Issues

An important tool for the new layer 2 service went live on Wednesday to a turbulent start.

Bridge have recently been vulnerable to exploits. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

De.Fi's Antivirus Tool Releases on zkSync Era Mainnet

The antivirus tool protects users against common malicious crypto exploits, such as phishing, smart contract vulnerabilities, blind signing, and more.

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Tech

Cardano-Based MuesliSwap to Refund ‘High Slippage’ Losses for Users

Users are said to have lost varying amounts of funds by setting slippage too high due to a “misunderstanding.”

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Tech

Fake PayPal USD Tokens Pop up on Several Blockchains

Some of these tokens can’t be sold after purchase, while some can pull the rug at any moment.

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Tech

Cardano Blockchain Transactions Jumped 49% in Q2 on Network Upgrades, New Users

Blockchain load — a measure of how much data is contained in blocks over a certain period — rose to 50% in the second quarter from under 40% in the first. It peaked at 81% in May.

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Finance

'Suspicious' Multichain Wallet Dumps $1.8M of WOO Network Tokens; Price Drops 8%

The wallet is actively selling CRV and YFI tokens on Uniswap.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Tech

Arbitrum's Most Popular DEX Goes Live With New Version Offering DOGE Pools at 40%

Version 2 of GMX allows trading of riskier assets at lower fees, with some pools yielding as much as an annualized 47%.

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Markets

Curve Founder Deploys New Liquidity Pool to Address FRAX Debt Situation

Analysts said it is an attempt to incentivize liquidity to FraxLend's pool from where Egorov has taken a loan of 15.8 million FRAX.

Curve's new pool dedicated to Fraxlend's CRV/FRAX market (Curve)

Markets

Is Sam Bankman-Fried Tied to a New Apparent Crypto Scam Called BALD?

On-chain data shows bald's deployer contract has interacted with Alameda-linked wallets and was an active DeFi participant in the early days.

Despite claims by right-wing political figures, Sam Bankman-Fried was definitely not a free man when he (right) exited a Manhattan courtroom on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trader Turns $500 to Million-Dollar Fortune With BALD Meme Coin on Coinbase’s Blockchain

A meme coin frenzy has ensued on Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain even as the network is not officially live yet.

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