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Solana Suffers Exploit — Close to 8,000 SOL-Based Wallets Have Been Compromised

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The Solana smart contract project is suffering from issues once again after it was discovered that close to 8,000 Solana-based wallets have been compromised. Solana is asking victimized wallet owners to complete a survey and the team stressed that “engineers are…

Solana Ventures Launches $100 Million Fund Focused on Web3 Projects in South Korea

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Solana Ventures has revealed the launch of a $100 million fund dedicated to Web3 startups in South Korea. According to Solana Labs’ general manager Johnny Lee, the capital will be dedicated to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (defi), and game finance…

Solana Halts Block Production, Validators Told to Prep for a Restart, Network’s Decentralization Criticized

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On June 1, 2022, the Solana network halted block production again as the blockchain network has stopped working a number of times during the network’s lifetime. According to the Solana status update, validator operators are being asked to prepare for a…

Aptos, Led by Meta’s Ex-Employees, Gets $200 Million to Build a Scalable Blockchain System

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Aptos, a new startup created by some of Meta’s former employees involved in the Diem project, has announced it has raised $200 million for its upcoming goal of creating a scalable blockchain system. The investment, conducted in a strategic funding round,…

Solana-Powered Defi Platform Orca Raises $18 Million — AMM Commands Over $300 Million TVL

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The decentralized exchange (dex) platform Orca has announced the platform has raised $18 million in a Series A financing round with Polychain, Placeholder, and Three Arrows co-leading the funding. The dex platform is a Solana-based project that aims to be the…