NFTs
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It’s not yet clear whether Donald Trump is pumping bitcoin. But an unofficial memecoin is still seeing benefit.
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Flame’s new track — which he called “war music” for Web3 — debuted on the NFT collectible platform Drip this week
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The US government says 3 UK nationals conspired to fraudulently earn $2 million in an apparent NFT rug pull
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What I found most compelling in this digital art history is how NFTs are far less revolutionary as an art form than I had believed
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Coinbase’s Base welcomes the second iteration of its Onchain Summer, and NodeMonkes is now the most popular Bitcoin NFT
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Runes protocol will bring versatility to Bitcoin, but some are worried about the increased fees
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Despite ordinal volume dipping following the Bitcoin halving due to high network fees, the latest Motoko Sentinel collection saw an increase in its trading volume
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Resy co-founder Ben Leventhal’s newest venture involves public blockchains and free coffee
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Plus, Justin Sun releases a song by Hans Zimmer and PayPal will no longer protect NFT scam sales
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Plus, memecoins are so back and NFT project Sappy Seals opens a playtest of its metaverse
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Plus, a modular layer-2 raised $50 million and Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures made a crypto investment
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Layer-3s are helpful for attestations but not as much for DeFi, Stack said in a blog post
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This represents a change in course for Trump, who previously told the BBC that bitcoin “seems like a scam.”
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Plus, Binance sees blowback for its perfume launch and Coachella gives NFTs a second chance
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This time around, the festival says it’s partnering with a “trusted, secure and safe partner” in OpenSea
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