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⁠FTX, ByBit rise in web traffic despite overall traffic drop on CEXs Web traffic on FTX surged 123% YoY, while major exchanges like Coinbase and Binance were down 46% and 40% traffic-wise, respectively.

⁠Ethereum Merge may lessen usage for other chains, says Nansen CEO: KBW 2022 Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik said that while many chains will become ghost towns after the Merge, some will be able to find their own niches.

⁠Nigeria becomes the most crypto-obsessed nation after April crash: Report The Google trends data for the popular search terms in 15 countries showed that “Ethereum” searches outscored "Bitcoin" in 14 of them.

⁠Chainlink ditches Ethereum PoW forks for PoS after The Merge The Chainlink protocol will continue operations on Ethereum after the upcoming Merge to the proof-of-stake consensus layer.

⁠Cross chains, beware! deBridge flags attempted phishing attack, suspects Lazarus Group deBridge Finance survives an attempted phishing attack, points a finger at the North Korean Lazarus Group, and warns the wider commu…

⁠Bitcoin core contributor urges maximalists to take a different route Matt Corallo urged the Bitcoin community to drop the us-versus-them culture, which leads to attacking projects other than BTC.

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⁠Six reasons why blockchain makes sense for commercial real estate: Deloitte The study reveals that blockchain technology is well-positioned to take over more than 50% of the entire leasing and sale process across commer…

⁠Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 8: First-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team The first day of the main stage event included a keynote presentation from Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin, 1inch Network's Sergej Kunz, and Klay…

⁠Has US inflation peaked? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week The latest U.S. inflation data is poised for release this week as Bitcoin price action spikes higher after a promising weekly close.

⁠KBW 2022: Crypto.com hits key regulatory milestone in South Korea “This is an exciting next step for Crypto.com in an important market,” said co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek.

⁠DeFi market has room for growth in Korea: 1inch co-founder — KBW 2022 1Inch plans to expand into a largely untapped Asian market, but a lack of DeFi knowledge is preventing mass adoption

⁠Vitalik: Crypto payments will 'make sense' as tx costs fall to mere cents — KBW 2022 “It's a vision that has been, I think, forgotten a little bit and I think one of the reasons why it has been forgotten is basically be…

⁠Aurora Labs exec details 'fascinating and devious' crypto scam he almost fell for A sharp-eyed escrow agent and a screenshot saved Aurora Labs' head of product Matt Henderson from losing his tokens to scammers.

⁠60 million NFTs could be minted in a single transaction: StarkWare founder The StarkWare founder announced the launch of its new Recursive validity proof technology on Aug. 7 in Seoul.

⁠Once-hacked for $77M, Beanstalk's algo stablecoin protocol relaunches Beanstalk Farms stablecoin protocol was relaunched on Aug. 6 with the team working to hopefully reclaim the $100 million market cap of its BEAN stabl…

⁠How Bitcoin whales make a splash in markets and move prices Are the Whales selling in this bear market? A deep dive into the on-chain data of whales.

⁠What is Chainlink VRF and how does it work? Using the provably fair and verifiable random number generator provided by Chainlink VRF, smart contracts can access random values without compromising security or usability.

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⁠The UK cannot afford to send mixed messages on crypto Regulators have expressed conflicting messages about whether the U.K. is a good place for cryptocurrency development to occur.

⁠Amid miner capitulation, Hut 8 maintained BTC ‘HODL strategy’ in July Other Bitcoin miners such as Core Scientific, Argo Blockchain and Riot Blockchain have reduced their BTC holdings during the bear market.

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⁠VC Roundup: Lightning Network payment rail, DeFi trading platform and blockchain security firm raise millions ZEBEDEE, Halborn, Hashflow, Socios and EtherMail headline the latest funding deals from the world of blockcha…

Michael Saylor stepped down as CEO of MicroStrategy to focus on his one true love: Bitcoin 👀 Check out what else happened in the industry last week in The Crypto Minute with Girl Gone Crypto

⁠What is a decentralized money market and how does it work? Decentralized money markets function without a custodian, allowing only the original user to withdraw funds deposited by lenders and borrowers.

⁠Proof-of-work: The Bitcoin artists on minting NFTs and OpenSea Minting a nonfungible token of artwork seems a no-brainer for an artist: Cointelegraph spoke to those that took the plunge.

⁠What will cryptocurrency look like in 2027? Here are 5 predictions One year isn’t enough time to witness many fundamental changes, but five years is just enough for everything to change.

⁠Core Scientific increased Bitcoin production by 10% in July amid Texas power cuts The mining firm reported it “completely powered-down its Texas data center operations on several occasions” in July to support the state'…

⁠Voyager plans to resume cash withdrawals on Aug. 11 The lending firm said clients with U.S. dollars in their accounts could withdraw up to $100,000 in a 24-hour period, with the funds received in 5-10 business days.

⁠Finance Redefined: Solana and Nomad bridge fall prey to exploits losing millions The top 100 DeFi tokens had a mixed price action over the past week, with many seeing a downturn after some bullish action last week.