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Centralized or Decentralized?

BNB Chain and Solana outages raise questions around the centralization of blockchains. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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How Market Manipulation Led to a $100M Exploit on Solana DeFi Exchange Mango

The trader capitalized on a lack of liquidity by manipulating the price of MNGO on decentralized exchange, Mango.

Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)

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Mango Markets Exploiter Provides Ultimatum: ‘Repay Bad Debt’

Hacker proposes to send back stolen MSOL, SOL and MNGO if Mango Markets promises to pay back bad debt using USDC available in its treasury.

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Finance

Solana-Based Decentralized Finance Platform Mango Hit by $100 Million Exploit

Mango's MNGO token was down over 40% after suffering from the latest massive decentralized finance exploit.

Sliced mango served up on a table (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)

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GSR Markets Exec on Crypto Buying Opportunities

"It's becoming clear that there are more and more buying opportunities for [crypto protocols] which are revenue generating ... similar to the kind of TradFi opportunities that followed the great financial crisis in 2009," GSR Markets Global Head of Product Benoit Bosc says, naming Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and NEAR.

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Web3 Gaming a Long Way From Mainstream Adoption: Survey

A study from Coda Labs shows only 3% of gamers own a non-fungible token (NFT) and generally don’t have positive feelings about crypto. Michael Wagner, CEO of Solana-based NFT game Star Atlas, discusses the state of Web3 gaming and the traditional gamer community.

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Solana NFT Sales Jump in September Amid High Profile Projects: Report

DappRadar data reveals that Solana NFT sales in September hit nearly $133 million, nearly double the $68.5 million from the previous month. “The Hash” team unpacks the outlook for Solana and the digital collectibles market amid crypto winter.

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FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto Lead Funding Round in Executable NFT Wallet Startup

Solana-based developer Coral has raised $20 million in a strategic funding round co-led by the venture capital arm of FTX and Jump Crypto. The capital will go toward building out the first flagship product, Backpack, a wallet for executable non-fungible tokens or xNFTs. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for NFT developments.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Sticks Near $19K; the Most ‘Profitable’ Mining GPU Makes You Back Your Money in 3 Years

Ether and other major cryptos spend much of the weekend in the red to close a turbulent week.

Bitcoin's price stuck close to $19K (Getty Images)