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Attendees who took a selfie and shared it on social media could earn $OSINA, which could then be spent on the artist’s NFTs or other merch.

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TradingView, the financial information platform and social network, has raised $298 million in a round led by Tiger Global Management.

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Quick Take

• In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and bridges to network activity and funding
• As the crypto market approaches new all-time highs, incentive programs continue to prove effective, both for individual protocols and for ecosystems overall
• This week, we look at Solana, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, and Cosmos

Aurora Labs, a crypto project that has built an Ethereum-compatible development platform on top of NEAR Protocol, has raised $12 million.

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China’s Zhejiang province has launched a probe into operations that are using public resources to mine cryptocurrencies.

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The Digital Pound Foundation announced its launch today, aiming to support “the implementation of a well-designed” CBDC.

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As of publication, 930,263 are waiting to join Coinbase’s upcoming NFT marketplace, which is slated to launch in late 2021.

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Quick Take

• Chinese authorities have developed sophisticated methods of cracking down on smaller, more discreet mining operations. 
• These smaller scale miners still have ways of evading detection, including striking deals with existing industrial factories, but the net is closing in. 

An Ethereum user tried to use Flashbots to get into a token sale for Strips tokens. But it all went terribly wrong.

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