Polygon paid betting firm millions to be a really bad validator
Polygon Labs paid publicly-traded sports betting firm DraftKings 60 million MATIC tokens to run one of its now-defunct network validators.
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Tucker Carlson interview bumps price of ridiculous Trump NFTs
The 45,000 NFTs depict Trump in a series of poses and outfits, including an astronaut, a soldier, George Washington, and Elvis Presley.
Polygon hit by 157-block ‘reorg’ despite hard-fork to reduce reorgs
Reorgs aren’t uncommon but this one was particularly worrying because it could have affected hundreds of user transactions.
Explained: Is Polygon truly decentralized?
Polygon and its token MATIC have benefited from marquee brand partnerships like Disney, Instagram, and Coinbase. But is Polygon decentralized?
Starbucks: No benefits for unionized staff but here are some NFTs
A Starbucks collectible NFT project has been announced on the same day it released two new staff benefits that excluded unionized branches.
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Nilam Resources releases token described as ‘obviously illegal’—by Protos Staff
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Michael Saylor dumps quarter billion worth of MSTR while hyping bitcoin—by Protos Staff
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The rise and fall of KuCoin—by Protos Staff
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Sam Bankman-Fried is sentenced to 25 years — but now what?—by Protos Staff
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Hacker doxxes nearly every adult in El Salvador—by Protos Staff
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Tether implicated in Russian weapons sales, completes security audit—by Protos Staff
