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Markets

HyperLiquid Sees Record $60M in USDC Flee as North Korea Said to Be Probing Perpetuals Exchange

North Korea-linked addresses, said to be possibly testing the exchange for weaknesses, have accrued losses exceeding $700,000, according to one observer.

USDC net flows on HyperLiquid. (Hashed Official/Dune)

Markets

Ether Volume Overshadows Bitcoin on HyperLiquid as Platform Activity Hits $500B

The record trading activity on HyperLiquid's perpetuals market is characrterized by users recently leaning more toward ether than bitcoin.

Cumulative perp volume on HyperLiquid. (DefiLlama)

Markets

Kara Swisher Downplays Crypto's Significance: 'It's Not the Center of Everything'

The author of "Burn Book" says argued that the cryptocurrency sector has been caught up in a "huge hype cycle" with a considerable amount of "scammery" involved.

Kara Swisher (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto and AI: Save Us From the Hype

The inflated promises being made about AI are reminiscent of the claims those pushing crypto and blockchain investment made a few years ago. We should be wary.

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Finance

NFTs Revive Dot-Com Era Hype Over Domain Names

“Sex.crypto” and “beer.eth” just the beginning for blockchain domain names

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Markets

Do You Believe in Blockchain Magic?

Many optimistic claims are made for applications of blockchain, but hyping the tech is not the best way forward, argues Sebastien Meunier.

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Markets

5 Things the Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Needs to Stop Saying in 2017

In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.

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