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Aida Bolton is a news writer for the Stated Podcast. She's been with the show since its very first episode, and she couldn't be more excited about where it's going. When she got to college, she decided she wanted to pursue a career in journalism, but not just any kind of journalism—news writing. It was her favorite part of the job! She loves sports, books, tech gadgets, and traveling.

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This Week in Crypto Games: ‘Hamster Kombat’ Returns and ‘Fantasy Top’ Expands

The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to […]

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Will the Next Big AI Innovation Really Come From Pump.fun and Solana Meme Coins?

Solana launchpad Pump.fun has become the home for quirky new artificial intelligence (AI) projects to drop a token in order to gain a little extra cash and attention. But while this has led many speculators and influencers to believe that crypto will be key to AI’s next big evolution, experts in the field disagree. Truth

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Million-Dollar Dolce & Gabbana Digital Suit Fractionalized on Ethereum L2 Base—Here’s Why

Fermion Protocol, a real world asset or RWA application built on Ethereum layer-2 network Base, is launching its services by fractionalizing a Dolce & Gabbana digital suit that was purchased for $1 million. The Glass Suit, part of the Italian fashion brand’s Collezione Genesi, was originally won in an auction by Boson Protocol in 2021.

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‘Hamster Kombat’ Returns—Should You Tap Back in for the ‘HamsterVerse’?

After amassing some 300 million players last year in a tap-to-earn bubble that made unexpected waves across the mainstream, Telegram game Hamster Kombat dropped its HMSTR token on The Open Network (TON) last September—to mostly negative reviews from recipients. And then it just sort of… disappeared. What was planned to be a couple-weeks-long “interlude” gameplay

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Ethereum Game 'Nifty Island' Now Lets Creators Drop AI Agents Into 3D Worlds

Ethereum-based metaverse game Nifty Island has added support for interactive AI agents, letting creators drag and drop them into their in-game islands to turn them into interactive characters. Players can choose to easily integrate a selection of popular AI agents like Luna, AgentYP, or VaderAI, or they can create and deploy their own custom agent. Once

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This Week in Bitcoin: Bybit Hack Rocks Market as ETFs Bleed—But Institutions Remain Bullish

Bitcoin will “bore you to a million dollars” was just one of the quotes circulating Crypto Twitter (aka X) this week as traders and influencers in the space bemoaned sideways price action. The biggest and oldest digital coin barely budged until Friday, when it dipped following a hack of crypto exchange Bybit that resulted in

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How to Prepare for Monad: The High-Speed EVM Layer-1 Blockchain

A new layer-1 blockchain is set to rival Ethereum and Solana. Here’s how you can prepare.  After years of building and more than $225 million raised, Monad officially unveiled its testnet on February 19.  The high-performance Ethereum Virtual Machine layer-1 network aims to rival the speed and scalability that Solana offers, while interacting with the

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