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Vitalik Buterin Has Thoughts on Social Media Fact Checking

Ethereum's founder applauds Elon Musk's “Community Notes” tool for taking a crack at “credible neutrality.”

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 18: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver on February 18, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. ETHDenver is the largest and longest running Ethereum Blockchain event in the world with more than 15,000 cryptocurrency devotees attending the weeklong meetup. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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Sei Blockchain's New Token Tumbles After Airdrop

Data from CoinGecko shows that the token of the just-launched layer-1 blockchain Sei has plunged after its airdrop, pushing the market cap to $314.8 million. Early adopters flooded X, formerly known as Twitter, with complaints about the meagerness of token allocations, all while recipients appeared to dump their holdings on the market. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Opinion

Some Users May Want an ‘Everything App’, but What We Need Is Digital Sovereignty

Jameson Lopp argues Twitter's recent rebrand falls in line with big tech's obsession with data. Nostr, an increasingly popular social network, is one alternative.

Projects To Watch 2023: Nostr

Finance

Elon Musk’s X Seeks Data Partner to Build Trading Service on App: Semafor

Given the billionaire's affinity for digital assets, the offering could include crypto trading.

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Videos

Twitter Bots Pumped Alameda-Linked Tokens After FTX Listing: Report

According to a report from Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), five tokens linked to Alameda Research, including BOBA, GALA, IMX, RNDR, and SPELL, were pumped by a legion of Twitter bots after FTX listed them. "The Hash" discusses the surge in the tokens' price and what this could mean for the ongoing FTX bankruptcy case.

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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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Crypto Sleuths Find Link Between BALD Rug Pull and Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research

The rug-pulling of short-lived, heavily hyped meme coin bald (BALD) has a whole cast of characters, but is one of them Sam Bankman-Fried? "The Hash" panel shares their reaction to the latest speculation on X (formerly known as Twitter) and what on-chain evidence is actually suggesting as Bankman-Fried’s access to the Internet is heavily controlled.

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Could Twitter's 'X' Revamp Signal Shift to Rise of Social Dapps?

DappRadar has published a new report focused on the impact of social dapps, or decentralized applications, in the Web3 ecosystem. This comes as social media giant Twitter recently rebranded to "X." DappRadar Head of Research Pedro Herrera discusses the key takeaways from the report and the outlook for the growth of the social dapp industry.

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Web3

Reddit Returns With New NFTs and Crypto Twitter Leaves Threads on Read

Reddit launched Gen 4 of its NFT Collectible Avatars while Amazon expanded its blockchain tools. Also, crypto influencers shared thoughts on Threads and indicated that they aren’t ready to leave Twitter just yet.

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