US crypto firm Nomad has suffered a $190 million hack, blockchain analytics reported on August 3. Experts estimate the funds have been stolen from cross-chain bridges to $2 billion so far in 2022. Nomad said on an official Twitter account that it was “aware of the incident” and was currently investigating without giving further details….
Market participants spent 963,227 ETH, or about 2.7 billion, on NFT minting on the Ethereum blockchain during the first half of 2022. Over 1 million unique wallet addresses were involved in the minting process, signaling that NFT market activity remained strong. According to a new report by Nansen, about half (50.7%) of the ETH raised…
Sulaiman Abdul-Karim Mohammed Al-Fahim, a well-known Emirati TV personality and a successful real estate businessman in the UAE, is set to launch Sustain.Exchange – a Shariah-compliant Islamic crypto ecosystem. As UAE ranks among nations that rapidly adopt digital technologies and invest their time and money, it has become possible due to some visionary people like…
The Solana ecosystem suffered the multimillion-dollar hack, with users reporting that their funds have been drained silently from major internet-connected “hot” wallets, including Phantom, Slope, and TrustWallet. So far, at least 8,000 wallets have been affected, with about $8 million lost, but the source of the attack remains unknown. On August 3 night, an unknown…
High fashion brand Gucci said it will accept ApeCoin (APE) as payment at select US stores. The firm already accepts other top crypto coins and collaborates on NFT and metaverse game projects. Meanwhile, Tiffany & Co. announced the rollout of a handcrafted pendants collection modeled on CryptoPunks, another iconic NFT collection owned by Yuga Labs….
Blockchain gaming and metaverse projects seem to have been making over the bear market much better than the other market niches. Despite the crypto market crash, the GameFi sector has spiked by 9.51% in the second quarter of 2022. According to a new report from DappRadar, blockchain games have sidestepped the ensuing bear market and…