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The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
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South Korea’s Crypto Ecosystem Shakes Off Terra Debacle, With Gaming Dominating Web3 Activity
Korean banks are gradually dipping their toes in the market, and gaming firms are trying to capitalize in the crypto-frenzied market.
Scores of Friend.tech Users Remain Active Even as Trading Volumes Drop 95%
Falling revenues have led some market commenters to say the platform has “gone dead.” But has it?
Protocol Village: Shibarium Bridge Opens for Token Withdrawals
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades and announcements.
Coinbase’s New Base Blockchain Gobbled Up $68M in Ether, and It’s Not Even Officially Live Yet
Meme coin BALD’s 4,000,000% surge seemed to spark the huge inflows to the nascent crypto bridge.
Africa-Focused DeFi Platform Mara Releases Ethereum-Compatible Testnet
Developers in Nigeria and across Africa can build and test their decentralized applications on the Optimism forked Mara Chain.
Shiba Inu-Based Shibarium Blockchain Expected to Go Live in August
The layer 2 network will utilize bone, treat, shib and leash tokens for applications built on the blockchain.
Privacy-Focused Network Horizen Expected to Undergo Node Upgrade in June
The upgrade would bring enhancements to sidechains and bug fixes.
Coinbase Cloud Joins Chainlink as Node Operator to Bolster Security
Telecoms giants Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and news provider Associated Press are also Chainlink node operators.
Cardano Scaling Node Hydra Head Goes Live on Blockchain’s Mainnet
The tool, the first in a planned suite of products, aims to speed up transaction times on Cardano.