Ronin

Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Pixels Crypto Game Fuels Resurgent Ronin Blockchain
Ronin's user base has jumped 700% over the past few months, according to Token Terminal.
Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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 CyberKongz non-fungible token (NFT) project to introdu...
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...
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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A researcher at security firm SlowMist said the attackers behind the Ronin bridge exploit converted part of their stolen funds from ether to bitcoin. (Utagawa Kunisada and Sadahide/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
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.
A researcher at security firm SlowMist said the attackers behind the Ronin bridge exploit converted part of their stolen funds from ether to bitcoin. (Utagawa Kunisada and Sadahide/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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 exploi...
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)