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Finance

Polygon Partners With Salesforce for NFT-Based Loyalty Program

Salesforce partnership with the blockchain platform marks another major company’s investment into customer engagement initiatives using Web3 technologies.

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Tech

OpenZeppelin Reveals Top 10 Blockchain Hacking Techniques in 2022

The first and second place bugs involved layer 2 scaling system Optimism and vanity address generator Profanity.

A computer popup box screen warning of a system being hacked, compromised software enviroment. 3D illustration. (Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase Is Adding DeFi Apps Uniswap and Aave to Its Base Blockchain: Source

A person familiar with the process said Uniswap would probably appear on Base in a couple of months.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Let’s Talk About Crypto Protocol Layers and Why Investors Must Examine Them

They’re the overflow rooms for the bustling Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems.

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Tech

Zero-Knowledge Technology Has Great Potential: FS Insight

The technology has a wide range of use cases in areas such as privacy, security, scalability, interoperability and sovereign identity, the report said.

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Videos

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

TBD, a division of Jack Dorsey's financial-technology company Block, has launched a new business entity named “c=” that focuses on improving liquidity and routing on the Lightning Network. CoinDesk Editor at Large Christie Harkin breaks down its significance to Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling system.

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Tech

Chainlink Price Feeds Go Live on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 Testnet

Base also joins the Web3 services platform's Scale program, allowing developers to construct smart contracts that can react to external information at a subsidized cost.

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Stacks' Token Starts March With a Bang

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 1, 2023.

Policymakers will need to address financial stability risks, JPMorgan said. (Colton Sturgeon/Unsplash)

Videos

Bitcoin Layer 2-Token Stacks Sees Interest Amid ‘Ordinals' Hype

The price of Stacks' native STX token has jumped in the last two weeks as prominent crypto investment funds turn to tokens of the so-called layer 2 companion chain for smart contracts focused on Bitcoin. Trust Machines CEO and Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali shares his insights and gives his take on the Bitcoin Ordinals movement.

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Bitcoin Slips Below $24K Amid New Inflation Data; Coinbase’s New Layer 2 Blockchain Has Rocky Rollout

Bitcoin (BTC) failed to recapture the $24,000 support level following the release of the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) index, also referred to as the Fed's favorite inflation gauge. Plus, crypto exchange Coinbase’s new layer 2 blockchain Base had a rough start on Thursday, drawing a stream of complaints from users on social media.

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