Xinyi Luo

Xinyi Luo, a financial reporter with a background in broadcast journalism, joined CoinDesk Layer 2's team as a features and opinion intern in June 2022. She is a graduate of Missouri School of Journalism. You can connect with her on Twitter @luo_trista. She does not currently hold any cryptocurrencies.

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Layer 2

Who's Who in the FTX Inner Circle

FTX collapsed. These were the players closest to the implosion.

FTX Inner Circle Composite

Finance

Tokens of Alameda-Backed DeFi Projects Maps.me and Oxygen Locked Up at FTX

Alameda Research led funding rounds into both companies in 2021.

Maps.me and Oxygen, two DeFi projects backed by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, are considering their options. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Browser Opera Offering New NFT Analytics Tool

The product aims to help users navigate NFT projects and gain insights from the community.

Opera's new tool is named DegenKnows (Johan Elbers/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Midwits, Wassies and HODLers: The Memes That Define Crypto Trading

In the crypto trading world, memes have become something of a universal language.

Swole doge figurine charging forward in darkness on white ground (Getty Images)

Finance

Phishing Scammer Has Drained $1M in Crypto and NFTs in Past 24 Hours, Says On-Chain Sleuth

A prolific scammer has so far netted more than $3.5 million in total, according to ZachXBT.

Revolut's customer data was compromised by a phishing attack. (Shutterstock)

Layer 2

This Native American Tribe Leader Is Bringing Salmon Restoration to the Metaverse

In Salmon Journeys on Decentraland, users catch Chinook salmon to win exclusive NFTs.

Michael “Pom” Preston. Production still from the film One Word Sawalmem (rosaguayaba.earth)

Finance

Robo-Adviser Betterment Launches Cryptocurrency Offering

The company recommends its customers limit their crypto exposure to no more than 5% of their investable assets.

(Pixabay)

Layer 2

Everyrealm Eyes Communities of Scale in the Metaverse

Everyrealm, a speaker at CoinDesk's IDEAS event, started by investing in metaverse real estate. Now that's only a small part of its portfolio.

(Janine Yorio/Everyrealm)

Layer 2

DIMO Helps Drivers Gain and Monetize Their Car Data

Co-founder Andy Chatham explains how the open-source, decentralized project wants to help drivers tap into the valuable car data market.

Andy Chatham

Finance

Judge Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Terra's Head of General Affairs Yu: Report

The arrest comes after the country invalidated Terra co-founder Do Kwon's passport.

The Netherlands has arrested a developer of Tornado Cash. (Shutterstock)

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