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Tech

Atomic Wallet Hackers Move Stolen Funds via OFAC-Sanctioned Exchange Garantex: Elliptic

The attackers are believed to be the infamous North Korean hacker group Lazarus, as per blockchain security firm Elliptic.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Finance

Curve Finance Founder Deposits $24M CRV into Aave to Safeguard $65M Stablecoin Loan

CRV is trading 2.1% lower over the past 24-hours following a sharp drop on Saturday.

CRV/USD chart (Cryptowatch)

Tech

Optimism Says Ether Now Treated as Native Cryptocurrency Alongside OP Token

Representatives of the layer-2 network atop Ethereum confirmed the change in the treatment of ETH after CoinDesk observed a $550 million transfer in blockchain data. The change occurred in conjunction with Optimism's “Bedrock” upgrade this week.

Attackers trying to exploit Near Protocol’s Rainbow bridge lost some 5 ether after automated security processes kicked in. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Research Shows Majority of Pepe Investors Caught in High-Stakes Game of Musical Chairs

The majority of investors do not stand to gain from Pepecoin's herculean rise, indicating a limited window for potential gains.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Aave Lending Protocol Moves Closer to Launching GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum Mainnet

The developer proposed two key features for the decentralized stablecoin in a governance post on Tuesday.

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Finance

Virtual Reality Tokens Surge 8% as Traders Await Apple's VR Headset Release

The metaverse market is bouncing back ahead of Apple's release as trading volume on related tokens spikes to $905 million.

Apple to release VR headset on Monday (Lauren Heymann/Unsplash)

Finance

Optimism-Based Velodrome Token Slides Nearly 8% Ahead of Major Upgrade

Velodrome’s upgrade is slated for June 15 and is a complete overhaul of the protocol.

VELO/USDT chart (TradingView)

Tech

Uniswap Community Votes Down Protocol Fees for Liquidity Providers

The initial snapshot poll was voted against by the community in a surprising move.

Floatie in the form of a unicorn, the emblematic mythical creature featured in Uniswap's logo and marketing materials. (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Synthetix Community Approves Plan to Nudge Positions Off Soon-to-Shut Version One of Its Perpetuals Market

The market, which was replaced by a new version, has been in close-only mode for months, but about $150,000 remains on the original platform.

(Bernd Dittrich/Unsplash)

Finance

Sui Blockchain Signs Multiyear Deal With Red Bull Racing

Sui will roll out a series of digital experience for racing fans over the coming months.

(Unsplash)