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Ongoing Solana Exploit!

Ongoing widespread Solana exploit with more than $5M actively stolen. Covering the ongoing story now with updates as more information is released.

August 2, 2022

Nomad Bridge Hacked, $190M Lost

Cross-chain bridges are juicy, juicy targets for hackers. The three largest DeFi exploits ever were bridges. Now, Nomad joins the ranks. The Nomad Bridge was hacked on August 1st, 2022 for a catastrophic loss of over $190M USD worth of tokens. Nomad was the canonical bridge for Evmos, Moonbeam, and Milkomeda chains. If you have

August 1, 2022

Goerli: The Final Testnet

The Ethereum Mainnet merge with the Beacon Chain will bring the end of Proof-of-Work for Ethereum and execute the permanent transition to Proof-of-Stake. The final testnet merge that stands in the way of Ethereum’s merge is the Goerli merge.

August 1, 2022

Minecraft Bans NFTs, Sending Projects Into Freefall

The black swan has come for Minecraft-based NFTs. Mojang, the company behind Minecraft, stated in a press release today that NFT integration with the game “…are generally not something we will support or allow”. What exactly this means is not totally clear yet, but the release specifically mentions that worlds, skins, items, or other assets

July 20, 2022

US Crypto & CBDC News Updates

Updates on US crypto regulation, including the Lummis/Gillibrand Bill, US Treasury Framework, and more CBDC updates.

July 9, 2022
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Vyper for Beginners — Functions

Welcome back to Vyper for Beginners! This lesson is dedicated to functions. Vyper for Beginners Series Part 1 — Introduction Part 2 — Toolkit Part 3 — Variables, Flow Control, Functions, Hello World! Part 4 — Interfaces Part 5 — Dynamic Arrays Part 6 — Structs and Mappings Part 7 — Functions Functions Functions are

June 25, 2022

Breaking: Harmony Blockchain Bridges Hacked For $100M Loss

It’s happened again, folks – another bridge has been hacked. Bridges between blockchains are prime targets for attackers due to their architecture, and hackers have been absolutely rinsing them lately. This attack brings the total funds lost from bridges in 2022 alone up to a staggering $1B+ total. The Harmony bridge was hacked earlier today,

June 23, 2022

Buying the Dip?

The crypto bear market has brought many surprises leaving investors wondering when to start buying again. Who is buying this dip?

June 21, 2022

Introduction to Web3 Lingo and Culture

Web3 can be hard to understand with the amount of memes used in everyday language Let’s go through a list of 50+ terms to make it easier to understand Slang ALPHA – a term derived from traditional finance. Originally used to describe an investment strategy’s ability to beat the market, now morphed into “early investment

June 17, 2022

This Week in Crypto

Big week for crypto. Summary here on the Lummis-Gillibrand Bill, the successful execution of Ethereum’s Ropsten “testnet” merge, and a long term view for Chainlink staking.

June 10, 2022
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Vyper for Beginners — Structs and Mappings

Welcome back to Vyper for Beginners! This lesson covers two data structure types: structs and mappings. The major difference between these structures and the simple data types covered previously is that structs and mappings are designed to hold differing data types “within” themselves. The closest simple data type is a Dynamic Array, which is limited

June 5, 2022

Breaking: Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord Hacked

Another day, another stolen ape, and the Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord hacked again. In the wee hours of the morning on June 4th, an attacker was able to compromise mod accounts and bots in the BAYC and Otherside Discord servers, and posted a malicious giveaway link. Victims thinking they would receive a giveaway approved

June 4, 2022