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OP Token Surges 25% as Optimism Foundation Proposes 'Bedrock' Upgrade

Layer 2 scaling system Optimism's governance token, OP, has chalked up a 200% rally in four weeks, outperforming market leaders bitcoin and ether by a big margin.

OP alcanzó su máximo histórico mientras Optimism propone la actualización Bedrock. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

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Company Linked to Tom Cruise Deepfake Addresses Ethical Questions Around the Technology

London-based company Metaphysic is developing AI for hyperreal virtual experiences in the metaverse. Co-Founder Tom Graham addresses the ethical dilemma around using deepfake technology and how blockchain could potentially create digital identity rights.

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Finance

Blockchain Company Simba Chain Received $30M Funding Increase From US Air Force

The USAF has granted Simba Chain the increase as part of its aims of "identifying and advancing technologies that have the potential to secure its future dominance."

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Bitcoin's Blockchain Data Offers Evidence of Continued Investor HODLing During Bear Market

The percentage of bitcoin UTXOs older than five years has surged in the past six months, indicating that some investors held on to their coin stash during the bear market.

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Ripple Sold $226M of XRP in Q4; Sees Strong Growth in On-Demand Liquidity Product

The firm’s on-demand liquidity product has expanded to forty countries.

Frax Ether promises above-average ether staking yields. (ClaudiaWollesen/Pixabay)

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Aptos Token Price Doubles in Two Weeks Amid Strong NFT Interest

Layer 1 blockchain Aptos' native token has surged over 400% since the start of the year amid increased interest in NFT trading. Aptos Labs Co-Founder & CEO Mohammad Shaikh discusses the potential catalysts for the rally, the outlook for NFTs, and layer 1 competition. Plus, insights into his time at Meta while building the Diem blockchain.

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Metaverse-Focused Blockchain Lamina1 Promotes Rebecca Barkin to CEO

The former Magic Leap executive will now oversee all business operations for Lamina1 and ensure the execution of the company’s product roadmap,

Rebecca Barkin (lamina1.com)

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'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver, the blockchain-industry veteran once known as “Bitcoin Jesus” thanks to his early evangelism for the cryptocurrency, said Wednesday that he has “sufficient funds” to make good on payments allegedly owed to the crypto lending firm Genesis Global. Genesis is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), a crypto conglomerate that also owns CoinDesk.

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Latest ‘Shadow Fork’ Brings Ethereum a Step Closer to Its Shanghai Upgrade

Ethereum developers said they successfully created a copy of the blockchain to provide a testing environment ahead of the much anticipated Shanghai upgrade. CoinDesk Ethereum Protocol Reporter Margaux Nijkerk discusses the significance of this "shadow fork" and what the new upgrade could mean for the protocol and ETH staking firms.

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