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Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

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FTX and Alameda Contagion Fears Tank NFT Markets
Rumors of Alameda liquidating its Solana holdings are sending SOL’s price into free fall; both Solana and Ethereum-based NFT markets are getting hit hard by the news.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 9, 2022 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
Nov 9, 2022
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Mythical Games CEO John Linden (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
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Web3 Gaming Studio Mythical Games Lays Off 10% of Its Employees
Three executives departed the developer of Web3 video games earlier this week.
Mythical Games CEO John Linden (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
By Cam Thompson
Nov 4, 2022 at 9:50 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2022
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Retract Royalties, Reduce Revenue: NFT Creators Are Suffering and so Are Marketplaces
A growing list of marketplaces are seeing the impacts of platforms ceasing to require buyers to pay royalties on collections. Experts aren’t optimistic about what this means f...
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 4, 2022 at 7:59 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2022
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SEC Charges Trade Coin Club Founding Members With Operating a $295 Million Ponzi Scheme
The multi-level marketing organization raised over 80,000 bitcoin from 100,000 investors.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 4, 2022 at 7:23 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2022
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Web3 Game Developer Mythical Games Loses 3 Top Executives
SVP Chris Ko, COO Matt Nutt and co-founder Rudy Koch announced their departures on Wednesday. Each hinted at new ventures.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 3, 2022 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2022
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Web3 Platform Alchemy Has a Plan to Thwart Bad Actors in NFT Mints
It’s new technology, Spearmint, is an “allow list” designed to keep out speculators and bots who drive up gas fees.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 3, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2022
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Aave means "ghost" in Finnish. (Unsplash)
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Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet
The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.
Aave means "ghost" in Finnish. (Unsplash)
By Cam ThompsonSam Kessler
Nov 2, 2022 at 4:03 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2022
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Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Exchange.Art Creates Royalties Protection Standard
The new standard will enforce creator royalties on secondary sales of NFTs that originally mint on its platform.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 2, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2022
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NFTs Get a New Place to Live, With Ripple Aiming for Mass Adoption
XRPL from Ripple Labs now supports NFTs. The company wants to accelerate the mass adoption of tokenization, or representing real-world assets on a blockchain.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 1, 2022 at 9:29 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2022
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Stepn Parent Company Launches NFT Marketplace
Find Satoshi Lab is establishing a self-sustaining ecosystem for its product lineup, which includes the popular move-to-earn app.
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By Cam Thompson
Nov 1, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2022
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