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Alex Harutunian

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Ethereum   -   Apr 23, 2023 Early Effects of the Shapella Upgrade
Ethereum logo and some charts about Shapella Upgrade

It has been more than a week now since Ethereum successfully launched the Shapella upgrade and the option to withdraw staked ETH became available. The amount of ETH withdrawn so far exceeds one million, or about 5% of the ETH that was initially locked.

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Coins and tokens   -   Apr 23, 2023 Tether Blacklists Validator Address after $25 Million MEV Bot Hack
Tether logo and MEV bot.

In early April, a significant hack targeted MEV bots, resulting in the withdrawal of $25 million through an exploited vulnerability. Tether later took action by blocking the address of the validator responsible for the withdrawal.

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DEX   -   Apr 22, 2023 SushiSwap Exploit: What Happened?
SushiSwap Exploit: What Happened?

SushiSwap users lost about 1800 ETH, or more than $3 million, as a result of a smart contract vulnerability. Fortunately, most of the funds were recovered.

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Stablecoins   -   Apr 22, 2023 New Details of the Investigation Against Do Kwon
Terra and Kim&Chang logos

After the arrest of Do Kwon in Montenegro, an active investigation was launched against him and other Terra employees. Let's look at a few new details.

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Staking   -   Apr 21, 2023 Ethereum Staking Markets Heat Up With Shapella Upgrade. Lido in Spotlight
Ethereum Lido staking

Ethereum Shapella upgrade made staking on the largest blockchain financially more attractive and reignited competition in the staking-as-a-service business. Lido, a staking platform that provided a workaround before, can either lose or win it all.

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NFT   -   Apr 21, 2023 Reddit NFTs Are a Success, Again
Reddit NFTs Are a Success, Again

Reddit has launched another NFT collection on Polygon in collaboration with over 100 artists, which has already reached $2.7 million in total sales volume.

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Regulation   -   Apr 20, 2023 MiCA and Transfer of Funds Regulation Approved by EU Parliament
MiCA and Transfer of Funds Regulation Approved by EU Parliament

European Market in Crypto-assets (MiCA) law was formally passed by the Parliament

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NFT   -   Apr 20, 2023 Mastercard Launches Free NFTs with Access to Artist Accelerator
Mastercard Launches Free NFTs with Access to Artist Accelerator

Mastercard recently debuted a free Music Pass NFT Drop during the annual NFT NYC convention, providing benefits for collectors who hold the token.

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