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Dapps

Gaming Claimed Record 60% of Blockchain Activity in July: DappRadar

DappRadar's latest monthly report looked at blockchain gaming and NFT marketplace trends.

By Michael Bellusci

Aug 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 4, 2022

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Bitcoin

The Decentralized Mystique

New academic research on Bitcoin’s early years undermines its foundational myths of privacy through pseudonymity and decentralization, Jaron Lanier and Glen Weyl write.

By Jaron Lanier Glen Weyl

Jun 7, 2022 at 1:11 a.m. UTC

Jun 7, 2022

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Chainalysis

Chainalysis Reveals ‘Storyline’ Product to Follow the Money in Crypto Crime

“You have an entire investigation that tells the entire story of what happened,” Chief Scientist Jacob Illum said.

By Danny Nelson

May 18, 2022 at 5:55 p.m. UTC

May 18, 2022

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Ransomware Gang Extorted 725 BTC in One Attack, On-Chain Sleuths Find

The infamous Conti ring’s internal messages, leaked in February, served as a jumping-off point for a new transaction analysis by Crystal Blockchain.

By Anna Baydakova

May 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

May 17, 2022

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Chainalysis

Chainalysis Raises $170M at $8.6B Valuation

The crypto sleuthing firm says its tools monitor $1 trillion worth of transactions every month.

By Danny Nelson

May 12, 2022 at 12:17 p.m. UTC

May 12, 2022

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Terra

Tracking Luna Foundation Guard’s Bitcoin Purchases

Thanks to the transparency of Bitcoin, we can watch along as LFG moves UST towards a bitcoin-backed existence.

By George Kaloudis

Mar 29, 2022 at 6:25 p.m. UTC

Mar 29, 2022

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Markets

Market wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes Ahead of Biden's Executive Order on Crypto

The order, which is expected to be issued this week, could be a source of volatility.

By Damanick Dantes Angelique Chen

Mar 8, 2022 at 9:24 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2022

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Canada

'Frozen' Bitcoin Tied to Canadian Protests Lands at Coinbase, Crypto.Com

The situation shows the limitations of a government’s ability to thwart transactions on decentralized systems – but also the limitations of those systems to circumvent such sanctions.

By Anna Baydakova Sam Reynolds

Feb 22, 2022 at 8:26 p.m. UTC

Feb 22, 2022

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Nansen co-founders Alex Svanevik and Evgeny Medvedev (Nansen)

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Defi

On-Chain Data Hub Nansen Eyes Aggressive Growth With $75M Raise

Accel, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and other VCs are backing an emerging player in making blockchain data make sense. CEO Alex Svanevik explains Nansen’s scaled-up vision.

By Andrew Thurman

Dec 16, 2021 at 1:57 p.m. UTC

Dec 16, 2021

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