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Crypto Game Axie's AXS Tokens Get Unlocked, Recipients Send $5.7M Worth to Exchanges

Axie Infinity released the first batch of 10 million previously restricted tokens to early investors and insiders, blockchain data shows. Crypto asset management firm Arca already deposited freshly-claimed AXS tokens to the FTX exchange – a move that sometimes indicates an inclination to dump.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Opinion

Anyone Can Start a Hedge Fund: How On-Chain Credit Changes the Crypto Economy

Undercollateralized loans open crypto into new forms of financing, and could spur a wave of trading activity and capital formation.

(Dan Cristian Pădureț/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Compound Pauses YFI, ZRX, BAT and MKR Supply to Protect Against Potential Exploits

Attackers have recently been exploiting DeFi protocols by manipulating thinly traded tokens and eventually draining liquidity.

(Getty/Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao)

Markets

Peter Brandt: BTC Will Hit All-Time Highs in 3 Years – but First, $13K

Bitcoin expects to chop a little, moving between $17,000 and $23,000 for the next year, Peter Brandt tells CoinDesk TV.

Peter Brandt, fundador y CEO de Trading Founder. (peterlbrandt.com)

Markets

MakerDAO Members Support Founder's 'Endgame' Plan to Break Up into MetaDAOs, $2.1B of Transfers

Community members will move ahead with founder Rune Christensen's ambitious plan to break up the protocol into MetaDAOs.

(Unsplash)

Markets

Near Foundation Urges Winding Down USN Stablecoin, Funds a $40M Backstop

The foundation is setting aside the funds for a "protection programme," which it says is equal to the amount of a "collateral gap" associated with the undercollateralization of the USN project.

Marieke Flament (Matt Hussey/NEAR)

Markets

Dogechain Token Price Triples in 7 Days

The dogecoin-related project is getting pumped. It's not the first time. Community members are voting on a "great burn."

No es el doge, es la dogechain. (Creative Commons, modificada por CoinDesk)

Opinion

Outsmart Yourself: Become a Better Crypto Trader by Avoiding the Top Cognitive Biases

The DeFi Edge runs down four of the most mental hang-ups affecting crypto traders.

(David Matos/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Black Thursdays: Bitcoin's 5 Worst Crashes

Oct. 24, 1929, (aka “Black Thursday”) is infamous in stock market history. As part of CoinDesk's Trading Week, we are taking a look back at some of the worst crashes in crypto history.

A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929. (Library of Congress)

Markets

THE Memes Won’t DIE: Crypto Hopefuls Seek Value in Joke Tokens After Vitalik Buterin’s Tweets

If there’s money to be made peddling trendy topics, expect a market for it somewhere in niche meme coin circles.

Una nueva clase de tokens de memes creados durante la semana pasada les devolvió mucho de su capital inicial a los primeros inversores. (Getty Images)