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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 [...]

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 28, 2023 at 5:18 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2023

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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.

By Rosie Perper

May 17, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

May 17, 2023

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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

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.

By CoinDesk Inc

Mar 31, 2023 at 5:18 p.m. UTC

Mar 31, 2023

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Ronin

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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 30, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 30, 2023

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Sanctions

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.

By Anna Baydakova

Feb 13, 2023 at 6:36 p.m. UTC

Feb 13, 2023

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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.

By Shaurya Malwa

Aug 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 22, 2022

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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.

By Elizabeth Napolitano

Jul 28, 2022 at 9:17 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2022

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