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Web3

Umami Finance CEO Dumps All Tokens After Week-Long Drama, Leaving Crypto Hopefuls Stranded

The move follows Umami making changes to how its value accrual token worked.

The Umami Finance team resigned en masse. (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Tech

Cardano Upgrade Aims to Improve Cross-Chain Features as On-Chain DeFi Crosses $100M TVL

“This upgrade will bring new cryptographic primitives to Cardano, encouraging greater interoperability and secure cross-chain dapp development with Plutus,” IOG said Wednesday.

Cardano's ecosystem is getting a cross-chain boost. (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Liquid Staking Tokens Jump on Rumors of SEC Ban for Staking Providers

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he heard rumors about a possible ban on staking providers in the U.S.

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Markets

Here’s Why Artificial Intelligence Focused Cryptocurrencies Are Vastly Outperforming Bitcoin

Tokens utilizing AI technology have been on a tear in the past months. Some are sold on the hype, while some remain wary.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Markets

StarkWare Deploys StarkNet Crypto Token on Ethereum Blockchain

The tokens are not yet available for sale.

Staff of StarkWare in 2022 (Natalie Schor)

Learn

What Are DeFi Tokens?

Decentralized finance tokens provide crypto users with access to a number of bank-like services such as loans, lending and insurance.

Crypto Currency Finance Technology. DeFi Speech Bubble Announcement (Andrey Popov/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Learn

What Is an Exchange Token?

Recent uncertainty swirling around FTX exchange's in-house token, FTT, has many wondering how these tokens work and what gives them value. We explain.

Tokens abstractos de exchange. (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Markets

Larga vida a los memes: los entusiastas cripto buscan valor en tokens de bromas tras unos tuits de Vitalik Buterin

Si se puede ganar dinero a costa de los temas de moda, es de esperar que haya un mercado en algún lugar de los círculos exclusivos.

Una nueva clase de tokens de memes creados durante la semana pasada les devolvió mucho de su capital inicial a los primeros inversores. (Getty Images)

Policy

Some, Not All, Crypto Token Screenings Will Be Scrapped, Japan’s JVCEA Official Says

The legally approved self-regulatory body wants to streamline screenings for tokens that are already listed on local exchanges while keeping existing standards for other assets including those only listed on foreign platforms.

JVCEA vice chair Genki Oda (Genki Oda)

Tech

Sui Network Turns to Mist Units to Improve Payment Efficiency

Developers said that denoting Sui in Mist units will enable more flexibility in SUI transactions by supporting micropayments at very low gas fees.

Sui Network developers introduced Mist units for the project’s native SUI tokens. (Getty Images)