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Polygon Joins Solana in Bringing Web3 to Smartphones

Tech startup Nothing has tapped Ethereum scaling tool Polygon to offer NFTs on its new Android-based Nothing Phone (1). This comes as Polygon’s competitor, Solana, is also developing its own Web3-focused phone called Saga.

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Mercati

Solana-Based Chingari Tokens Plunge 87%, Developers Flag Big Sell Order

The team denies rumors of an exploit or insider trading.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Polygon Joins Solana in Bringing Web3 to Smartphones

Tech startup Nothing has tapped the Polygon network to offer NFTs on its new phone.

Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)

Tecnologie

Solana DeFi Protocol Crema Loses $8.8M in Exploit

Crema Finance developers said they are coordinating with “relevant organizations” to gather more information.

Inverse Finance developers paused borrowing functions for users and said they were investigating the incident. (Shutterstock)

Finanza

Hxro Begins Testing Crypto Derivatives Trading Platform on Solana

Trading will be restricted to dummy collateral as the developers stress test their network.

Hxro's institutional backers are also participants in the network. (Dan Gunsberg)

Finanza

STEPN’s DEX Surpasses Orca to Become Largest Decentralized Exchange on Solana

The anonymous founder of the Solend protocol has expressed interest in integrating STEPN’s tokens into its lending platform.

STEPN’s DEX surpasses Orca. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Nansen to Track Solana NFT Data Amid Boom in Minting, Trading Activity

The platform’s data comes from the ecosystem’s two most popular marketplaces, Magic Eden and OpenSea.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

‘I Don't Follow Trends’: Multicoin’s Kyle Samani on How to Make It in Crypto

The Multicoin Capital founder says to zig when everyone zags, during CoinDesk’s “Future of Work Week.”

(Kyle Samani)

Finanza

Solana’s Macalinao Brothers Double Down on Crypto Venture Fund

Crypto VCs told CoinDesk that building projects and investing in them is a tricky mix.

Ian Macalinao is one half of the Saber brothers. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Solana’s Biggest DeFi Lender Almost Got Rekt. Then Binance Stepped In

Solend’s whale crisis rattled depositors and threatened to crash Solana. Can the lending protocol recover?

(State Library of New South Wales/Wikimedia Commons)