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Decentralized Brain. Centralized Memory.
Perceptron is moving its AI data network's storage to Walrus so buyers can verify each dataset's chain of custody.
$22M Gross
Collector Crypt was credited with $22M in one-day gross revenue, while DefiLlama's biggest net day for it this week was $1.67M.
A Dollar for Black Swans
Monolith's swanUSD, pitched as a dollar for black swan events, is backed by staked ETH and was set to launch at noon ET Oct 22.
The Keys Walked. The ETH Stayed.
A security researcher flagged an apparent compromise of Swell's swETH and rswETH admin keys; Swell says no ETH has left its contracts.
Drop Rate: ???
Kintara's Halloween event added Haunted Chests and rare Zombie Masks without a published drop rate or end date.
Market Open. Sales: 0.
GrowBlocks put its game NFTs on Robinhood Chain mainnet, with most eFroglet claims made by the team's own wallet and no sales yet.
Pay Their Gas. Get 100% Back.
Taiko raised block proposers' share of the L2 base fee from 75% to 100%, so sponsoring users' gas now breaks even.
Locked for Two Years. The Token Didn't Wait.
Fables launched $FABLES on Robinhood Chain and its market cap fell about 60% from an $18.67M peak.
The Bot Got There First
An MEV bot copied an attack on BiFi's idle USDT lending market 12 seconds later, drained 165,575 USDT, and later returned 159,103.65 USDC.
Every Dollar to the Fire
PlayZap pledged 100% of its YouTube Playables revenue to burning $PZP, though YouTube revenue sharing isn't switched on for it yet.
Six Currencies. Open.
Frax opened onchain FX on Base with six local-currency stablecoins, which did roughly $16K in 24h volume on day two.
Fast Lane Now Open. Bring 200 Validators.
Optimum's mump2p went live on Ethereum mainnet and ether.fi made all 12 of its node operators run it.
The Gods Unplugged It
InfiniGods is winding down King of Destiny, with servers off no earlier than Nov 1 and NFTs left with no further utility.
Masks On. Name Tags Still On.
Fhenix says encrypted smart contracts go live Oct 21 on Ethereum and Arbitrum, but shielded transfers still reveal sender, receiver and…
The Call Came From Inside the App
Attackers hijacked NGRAVE LIQUID's push-notification provider to phish users' 24 words, with about $2.56M traced so far.
No Crops Yet. Token at Noon.
Embervale, a pixel farming game on Robinhood Chain, launches its game and $EMBER token at the same moment on Tuesday at 12 PM ET.
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