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Technology

Immutable, Web3 Gaming Platform, Launches zkEVM Testnet in Bid to Diversify Infrastructure

The ZK rollup is built using Polygon scaling technology, designed to make it easier for developers to spin up new application-specific blockchains.

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Web3

Base Is Here, But Some of Its Projects Raise Red Flags

This week, Coinbase launched its new Base blockchain while DeGods NFTs are way up after the project announced its upcoming Season III series. Plus, Microsoft and Aptos are teaming up to launch new blockchain AI tools.

DeGods Season III art preview. (DeGods)

Web3

Y00ts NFT Collection is Migrating to Ethereum After Accepting $3M Grant From Polygon

The popular project, which started out on Solana and migrated to Polygon earlier this year, said it would return 100% of the grant money it received.

Y00ts NFT collection (Magic Eden)

Web3

NFT Trading Is Ice Cold But Developers Are Still Hot for Web3

This week, new reports were released that point to a major slowdown in NFT trading. Plus, Etihad Airways will soon let its community of frequent fliers stake NFTs for miles.

3D planes from the EY-ZERO1 NFT collection. (OpenSea)

Technology

Matter Labs Accuses Polygon of Spreading "Untrue Claims" With Code-Copying Allegations

In a blog post, Polygon alleged that Matter Labs copied its open-source code without providing attribution. Matter Labs said the code was "prominently attributed."

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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X Faces New Competition From Suku on Crypto Payment Adoption Plans

Web3 wallet Suku recently teamed up with Polygon to release a free open-edition NFT collection. Within the 48-hour mint period, users minted over 50,000 NFTs directly on X, formerly known as Twitter. Lucas Henning, Suku’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, joins "The Hash" to discuss the partnership with Polygon and the future of transactions over social media platforms.

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Web3

Suku May Beat Musk to Crypto Twitter Payment Adoption

Last week, Web3 wallet Suku teamed up with Polygon to release a free open-edition NFT collection – during which users minted over 50,000 NFTs directly on Twitter.

Suku and Polygon's Twitter-based NFT mint (Suku)

Web3

Palm Foundation to Scale Its Native Network to Support NFT Minting and Trading

In partnership with Consensys and Polygon Labs, the Palm Network will evolve to facilitate more efficient NFT minting and trading for its 1.7 million registered wallet addresses.

Executive Director of the Palm Foundation Andrea Lerdo and Co-founder of Polygon Sandeep Nailwal (Palm Foundation)

Web3

Reddit Brings In Good Karma With Gen 4 Collectible NFT Avatars

The latest release of colorful interpretations of the platform's “Snoo" character is titled "Retro Reimagined."

Reddit avatars (Reddit.com)

Finance

Italy’s Central Bank Taps Polygon, Fireblocks DeFi Project to Help Institutions Dabble With Tokenized Assets

The initiative aims to help Italian banks, asset managers and financial institutions, including the $1 trillion banking group Intesa Sanpaolo, experiment with decentralized finance and security tokens.

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