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Hacken says Web3 losses climbed to nearly $4 billion in 2025, with North Korea behind over half the damage, and regulators are under pressure to turn security guidance into hard rules. The Hacken 2025 Yearly Security Report puts total Web3 losses at about $3.95 billion, up roughly $1.1 billion from 2024, with just over half of that attributed to North Korean threat actors. A report shared with Cointelegraph shows losses peaked at more than $2 billion in the first quarter of the year before falling to around $350 million by Q4, but Hacken warns that the pattern still points to systemic operational risk rather than isolated coding bugs. The report frames 2025 as a year where the numbers worsened, but the underlying story became clear. Smart contract bugs matter, but the biggest, least recoverable losses are still coming from weak keys, compromised signers, and sloppy off‑boarding. Read more

For our team, this is not only the loss of a respected builder in the Web3 space, but the loss of a close and trusted partner. For our team, this is not only the loss of a respected builder in the Web3 space, but the loss of a close and trusted partner with whom we worked side by side on strengthening validator infrastructure and staking systems within the Solana ecosystem as part of the CTDG initiative. The Web3 community lost a builder whose contribution deserves to be named with clarity and gratitude. For us, his absence is felt both professionally and personally - in the work we shared, the decisions we shaped together, and the long-term systems we helped build. Read more

ChronoForge’s shutdown highlights mounting financial strain across Web3 gaming as shrinking budgets and dismal market sentiment take their toll. ChronoForge, a Web3 game studio developing a multiplayer action RPG centered on onchain asset ownership, is shutting down after months of operating with a drastically reduced team, a closure that underscores the severe financial pressures facing the Web3 gaming sector during the current market downturn. On Wednesday, the studio announced it will cease all services by Dec. 30, citing “many headwinds,” including a funding shortfall that forced the founders to finance development out of pocket since July and reduce staff by 80%. In a statement posted to social media, the team said it had continued operating under intense financial strain, pushing out patches and new features “despite no marketing budget, below sustainment revenue, loss of codevelopers and terrible Web3 gaming sentiment.” Read more

Stablecoins rank among the top catalysts for Web3 gaming growth, signaling a shift toward fundamentals, monetization and payment infrastructure. Blockchain game builders are increasingly prioritizing fundamentals and infrastructure over token-fuelled growth cycles, with stablecoin adoption emerging as one of the top three catalysts for the first time, according to the latest report from the Blockchain Gaming Alliance (BGA).  On Wednesday, the BGA published its 2025 State of the Industry Report, which shows a shift in what builders believe will drive success in blockchain gaming.  According to the report, the top three growth drivers were high-quality game launches (29.5%), revenue-driven business models (27.5%) and stablecoin adoption in payments (27.3%). Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4th, 2025] On December 4, incubator MEETLabs announced the official launch of the Web3 P2E 3D-fishing game “DeFishing.” As the first GameFi on MEETLabs’ platform GamingFi, DeFishing debuts on BNB Chain and will be the first to introduce a combined mechanism of Proof of Play (POP) and […]

Nexus wants to be more than just another bridge by turning crosschain chaos into one unified balance so users can move assets seamlessly between blockchains. The Avail Nexus mainnet launched this week, promising to radically rewire how assets move between blockchains. Instead of another bridging tool, Nexus wants to make multichain execution as seamless as tapping a button, sidestepping years of awkward crypto UX and operational headaches. Nexus sets out to solve a nagging question in Web3: Why do users with onchain assets still get stuck, forced to bridge tokens, swap for gas and bounce between apps just to use their funds? Read more

Federal Decree Law No. 6 expands the UAE central bank’s authority over DeFi, ending the “just code” defense and imposing penalties of up to $272 million. A new financial law in the United Arab Emirates is set to bring decentralized finance (DeFi) and the broader Web3 industry under regulatory parameters, signaling an important shift for the industry. The UAE’s new central bank law, Federal Decree Law No. 6 of 2025, introduces “one of the most consequential regulatory shifts” for the crypto industry in the region, Irina Heaver, a local crypto lawyer and founder of NeosLegal, told Cointelegraph. “It brings protocols, DeFi platforms, middleware, and even infrastructure providers into scope if they enable activities such as payments, exchange, lending, custody, or investment services,” Heaver said. Read more

Despite a dip in active wallets and DeFi losses, blockchain gaming and decentralized finance continued to drive most Web3 activity last month. Blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) remained the most active sectors in Web3 in October, despite a 3% decline in total daily active wallets to 16 million, according to a new report from DappRadar. Web3 gaming accounted for 27.9% of all decentralized application (DApp) activity over the past month, its highest share of the year, while DeFi maintained solid engagement at 18.4%, despite market volatility and ongoing regulatory pressure. The most widely used DApps include Raydium, Pump.fun, Jupiter Exchange, OKX Dex and PancakeSwap v2. Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

YouTube launches “direct attack” on blockchain gaming vids, Animoca to list on Nasdaq five years after getting kicked off the ASX: Web3 Gamer. YouTubes latest content rules announcement hasnt gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins, Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this. The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTubes definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based assets.  Read more

On Oct. 20, a hiccup in Amazon’s US-EAST-1 region set off a chain reaction across the crypto industry. Coinbase reported degraded service, Infura and Alchemy posted AWS-related incident notes, and several wallets and rollups began timing out. None of these failures came from the blockchains themselves. Consensus was fine. The problem was everything wrapped around […] The post If Web3 is decentralized, why do DeFi dApps still break when the cloud goes down? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, October 28th, 2025] Redacted Group ($RDAC), a multi-vertical Web3 ecosystem backed by Spartan Group, Animoca Brands, and Polygon Ventures, today announces its strategic merger with Tenset ($10SET), a proven blockchain infrastructure platform with over $100M raised through public and private ICOs and a $1B+ legacy token peak market cap. The […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, October 3rd, 2025] Gate, one of the world’s leading digital asset platforms, announced the official launch of Gate Fun this week, a next-generation on-chain token launchpad built on its proprietary Layer 2 blockchain, Gate Layer. The launch underscores Gate’s commitment to its long-term strategy of going “All in Web3”, […]

Web3 launchpads have become cash-grab funnels funding ideas without substance. The industry needs platforms that build better, not just raise more. Opinion by: Tim Hafner, founder and CEO of OpenServ Launchpads were introduced to give Web3 projects access to early investors. As they operate today, however, they too often result in cash grabs over long-term success. This has resulted in a flood of half-formed products hitting the market without real support for builders.  Virtuals Protocol has facilitated over 17,000 AI agent token launches as of February 2025, indicating that infrastructure for token launches is not slowing down. Questions remain, however, regarding the long-term sustainability and accountability of launchpads.  Read more