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Tech

Ethereum Hashrate Reaches All-Time High

Computing power on the network has rebounded from China’s mining crackdown as demand picks up.

Ether's mean hashrate. (OKLink)

Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Stabilize as Regulatory Concerns Rise

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are rangebound as analysts monitor regulatory developments.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)

Markets

NFT Trading Volume Plummets but Analysts Say NFT Craze Is Far From Over

Daily trading volume on the top NFT marketplace has dropped by more than 80% over the past month.

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Markets

Sotheby’s Auction of 101 Bored Ape NFTs Fetches $24M, Smashing Estimates

The eight-figure price implies an average sale of $241,515 per NFT.

Screen grab from Sotheby's website showing results of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT auction. (Sotheby's)

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Finance

Do NFTs’ Crazy Valuations Make Them Art? A Leading Collector Says No

The cultural cachet that makes fine art such a good investment will take years to build up around NFTs.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: Highlights from Sotheby's auctions of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and African Art at Sotheby's, featuring The Visitor by South African artist Gerard Sekoto on March 20, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for Sotheby's)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bullish Sentiment Fades as Selling Abates

Analysts expect sentiment to become more normal for September as bitcoin’s price consolidates.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)

Tech

Loot Parody Projects Raise $1M for Charity

As text-based NFT mania grows increasingly absurd, two developers are poking fun at the trend with drops that raise money for a good cause.

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Finance

Eden Network Raises $17.4M to Shield Ethereum Users From Malicious Miners

The seed funding round will help the project fight the menace of MEV.

Iguazu Falls, Argentina. (Julia Caesar/Unsplash)

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Videos

NBA Star Steph Curry Joins Tom Brady as FTX Ambassador

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading empire FTX adds another professional athlete to its cap table, with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry signing on as an “FTX global ambassador.” As part of the deal, Curry will receive an equity stake in FTX.

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Videos

MetaMask Surpasses 10 Million MAUs, Becomes World’s Leading Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet

Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech co-head of leading Ethereum software company ConsenSys, discusses what’s behind the huge growth of user activity in MetaMask, which now has more than 10 million monthly active users (MAUs) and positions itself as the leading non-custodial wallet by users globally. Plus, his take on the outlook for NFTs, Ethereum, and Solana.

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