Smart Contract Platform Tokens See Double-Digit Gains, Boosting Defi TVL Above $40 Billion
Decentralized finance (defi) and smart contract platform tokens rallied on Monday morning (ET) and the total value locked in defi jumped above the $40 billion zone for the first time since mid-December 2022. The top smart contract platform coins by market capitalization increased 7.1% on January 9, 2023, and most have seen double-digit gains over the last week. Lido Finance Emerges as Most Dominant Defi Protocol, Surpassing Makerdao...
Warner Bros. Fights ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Source Code Leak
Classic videogame Mortal Kombat has won the hearts and minds of multiple gaming generations over the last 30 years. Developed by Midway Games, the second release of the fighting game made its debut in arcade halls back in 1993. Ports were later released for multiple home platforms, including MS-DOS, Game Boy, SNES, and PlayStation. The releases were a big hit for American game developer Midway but couldn’t prevent the company from...
A guide to strings in MySQL
A guide to strings in MySQL HunterC Tue, 01/10/2023 – 03:00 Strings are one of the most common data types you will use in MySQL. Many users insert and read strings in their databases without thinking too much about them. This article aims to give you a bit of a deep dive into how MySQL stores and displays your string variables so that you can have better control over your data. You can break strings into two categories: binary...
Hacker Sent to Prison for Robbing Vietnamese Crypto Exchange
Authorities in Vietnam have caught and sentenced a hacker who stole money and data from a local cryptocurrency exchange. The man, who was arrested and charged for extorting the trading platform’s owner, has been ordered to return the money he misappropriated. Vietnamese Court Jails Hacker for Attacking Crypto Exchange Website A resident of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has been given 10 years in prison for stealing 300 million...
Mastercard Taps Polygon to Empower Emerging Artists in Web3 Tech
Mastercard, the payments giant, has partnered with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, to introduce emerging artists into Web3 technology. Mastercard’s artist accelerator, as the program is called, will teach five different emerging artists, including singers, musicians, DJs, and producers, to use blockchain tools to grow their brand and fan engagement. Mastercard Partners With Polygon to Teach Web3 Traditional finance companies...
