Ronin

CyberKongz Moves to Sky Mavis' Ronin Blockchain for Genkai Collection
CyberKongz Moves to Sky Mavis' Ronin Blockchain for Genkai Collection
Sky Mavis the Vietnam based firm behind breakout play to earn title Axie Infinity has announced a partnership with the Cyber Kongz non fungible token NFT project to introduce the Genkai collection to the Ronin blockchain for the first time Forkast Lab’s NFT strategist Yehudah Petscher speaks to Kathleen Osgood from Sky Mavis and Cyber [...]
CyberKongz Moves to Sky Mavis' Ronin Blockchain for Genkai Collection

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Axie Infinity Game Launches on Apple App Store in Key Markets
The card-based strategy game Axie Infinity: Origins will open access to Apple users across Latin America and Asia as it continues its global expansion.
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Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack
A year after the Ronin network hack made headlines, Sky Mavis, the company behind Axie Infinity, announced that it is overhauling Ronin’s core systems to make the network more decentralized. "The Hash" panel discusses the significance of this upgrade.
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack

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Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack
Ronin will transition to a delegated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and expand beyond Axie Infinity’s IP.
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Sanctioned Mixer Blender Re-Launched as Sinbad, Elliptic Says
Operators of Blender.io might have launched Sinbad after Blender was sanctioned for processing North Korean hackers’ money, blockchain intel firm said.
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Ronin Hackers Converted Some Stolen Ether to Bitcoin: SlowMist Researcher
The exploiters converted their ill-gotten gains initially to ether and then to bitcoin before using sanctioned mixers to mask their identities.
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Axie Infinity's in-game characters (AxieInfinity.com)
Sky Mavis Denies Wrongdoing After YouTube Sleuth Links Unusual Transaction to Company’s CEO: Report
About $3 million worth of AXS tokens were moved from CEO Trung Nguyen’s wallet on Axie’s Ronin blockchain to crypto exchange Binance hours before the announcement of an exploit.
Axie Infinity's in-game characters (AxieInfinity.com)

The bridge allows assets to be transferred between Ethereum and the  Ronin blockchain. (AxieInfinity.com)
Axie Infinity Restarts Ronin Bridge Months After $625M Exploit
The bridge has undergone an internal audit and two external audits, developers said.
The bridge allows assets to be transferred between Ethereum and the  Ronin blockchain. (AxieInfinity.com)

Victims of the Ronin bridge hack will be reimbursed (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)
Axie Infinity Developer Sky Mavis to Reimburse Victims of Ronin Bridge Hack
A total of $216.5 million in USDC and ethereum at today's prices will be returned to users.
Victims of the Ronin bridge hack will be reimbursed (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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Nearly 5,505 ETH, or $10M of the $625M Ronin Exploit, Is on the Move
Funds connected to the Ronin exploiter address are making their way through Tornado Cash, blockchain data shows.
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