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LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)
DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year
The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products.
LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

LI.FI CEO Philipp Zentner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Crypto Startup LI.FI Spins Up Bridge, DEX Aggregator
The retail-facing platform uses a noncustodial setup, CEO Philipp Zentner said.
LI.FI CEO Philipp Zentner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin-Bridged to Avalanche Reaches Record Daily Mint of Over 2K BTC
Half of the BTC.b minted on Thursday have been moved to BENQI Finance, an Avalanche-based decentralized finance protocol.
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Swing (Luke Chui/Unsplash)
Cross-Chain Protocol Swing Says ‘No-Code’ Product to Speed Up App Deployment
Decentralized applications that straddle multiple blockchains are becoming more common, though the cross-chain “bridges” often used to move digital assets back and forth between the different networks are frequently targeted by hackers.
Swing (Luke Chui/Unsplash)

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Open-Source Protocol Ren Token Surges 18% Amid Rising Interest in Multichain Projects
In November, following the protocol's loss of funding from Alameda, Ren accelerated its shift from Ren 1.0 to a more efficient, secure version.
Upwards Charts Indices Stocks Markets Up (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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Volt Inu Community Passes Vote for $75M Token Burn, Plans Polygon Network Expansion
Some 12 trillion VOLT were staked in favor of the token burn proposal.
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Cross-chain bridge attacks equal $2B in 2022
Synapse Token Surges 44% as Cross-Chain Momentum Builds
The token has outperformed the broader DeFi sector since the turn of the year as investors flock to its cross-chain bridge.
Cross-chain bridge attacks equal $2B in 2022

Wormhole concept (Getty)
Wormhole Wins Vote to Be Uniswap’s Designated Bridge to BNB Chain
Uniswap aims to deploy its version 3 decentralized exchange on BNB Chain before its business source license expires on April 1. LayerZero, a target of recent criticism for under-publicized security risks, finished second in the voting.
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LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino at Crypto Bahamas 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Bridge Platform LayerZero Denies Allegations It Kept ‘Backdoor’ Secret
The allegations from the head of Nomad, a LayerZero competitor, come just before Uniswap votes on whether to partner with LayerZero.
LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino at Crypto Bahamas 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Wormhole Network Exploiter Leverage Trades (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)
Swapping More Than $157M of ETH for stETH and Levering Up, the Wormhole Network Exploiter Is a DeFi Degen
The address that hacked one of the most popular cross-blockchain bridges Wormhole started moving capital in the DeFi ecosystem.
Wormhole Network Exploiter Leverage Trades (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)