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According to a report from Blockworks, Amazon is about to enter the chat.

The world's largest retailer is launching a digital assets enterprise, with an NFT initiative expected in the Spring.

Amazon has been exploring partnerships with power players in the industry, including layer-1 blockchains, blockchain-gaming startups and developers, and digital asset exchanges.

According to the report – April appears to have been penciled in for the e-commerce giant to make its bold crypto ambitions public.
🪙 DeFi Lender Aave Launches On Ethereum Network Version 3

Aave
, a decentralized lending and borrowing system, has launched its third iteration on the Ethereum network in response to unanimity in favor of a governance proposal. Aave protocol has $4.56 billion in total value locked (TVL), a rise of 23.37% over the previous 30 days. The Aave V3 upgrade will put a special emphasis on reducing user risk and enhancing capital efficiency (High Efficiency Mode) when staking or borrowing correlated assets like stablecoins and liquid staking derivates (LSDs). Liquid staking derivatives are contracts for derivative products that let consumers keep an asset’s liquidity while staking it in exchange for a payout. According to DeFiLlama, the Aave protocol has $4.56 billion in total value locked (TVL), a rise of 23.37% over the previous 30 days.
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📣 Decentralized Exchange Vela’s DXP Token Surges Ahead of Beta Release on Arbitrum

Arbitrum
-based decentralized trading platform (DEX) Vela Exchange’s DXP utility token has mounted a powerful rally as the project prepares to release its much-anticipated beta version next week. Vela Exchange was originally known as Dexpools on Ethereum before moving development to Arbitrum, an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain. The platform allows for spot and perpetual futures trading, as well as peer-to-peer over-the-counter (OTC) trading where traders can avoid slippage and frontrunning. The platform’s beta version opens for registered testers with early access on Jan. 31, and will be available for the broader public starting Feb. 7, according to the project’s website.
Azuki's Twitter account was compromised – and the attacker made off with almost $1M worth of crypto

Over $750,000 worth of USDC, 11 NFTs, and over 3.9 ETH were drained through a malicious link.

We've seen this happen in the past - often times to accounts with 2FA installed and all security measures properly followed.

Popular blockchain security expert ZachXBT suggests that issue seems to be a problem potentially with compromised employees at Twitter.
🪙 Uniswap dev team wins web3 gaming Battle of Titans competition

Uniswap won the web3 dev gaming competition, 0xMonaco: Battle of Titans. The event, run by Starkware-based on-chain gaming ecosystem MatchboxDAO and streamed on Twitch, featured teams from web3 companies including Ledger, Polygon, Uniswap, NEAR, Yield Guild Games, Chainlink, OKX and Bybit.Uniswap, Polygon and security auditors OtterSec made it to the finals. The three competed in a hotly contested final with Uniswap emerging as the eventual winner. Developers competed in a Mario Kart-style racing game rewarding technical abilities where each team’s cars are a smart contract. MatchboxDAO described it as a web3 version of "chess and poker.". While there is a trend towards web3 games only having assets on-chain rather than the gameplay itself, 0xMonaco is a fully on-chain game.
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🪙 Uniswap Team Is The Champion Of Web3 Dev Gaming Competition 0xmonaco: Battle Of Titans

The
opening of MatchBox Arena, an esports event expressly created for developer engagement, has been announced by MatchBoxDAO, a collection of developers, artists, and designers constructing on-chain game infrastructure using StarkNet. Teams from Web3 firms like Ledger, Polygon, Uniswap, NEAR, Yield Guild Games, Chainlink, OKX, and Bybit participated in the tournament, which was organized by Starkware-based on-chain gaming ecosystem MatchboxDAO and aired on Twitch. To succeed in 0xMonaco and similar games in the future, players will need strong technical aptitude, originality, and agility. Through video simulations that show the exact code logic used throughout the round.