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The "Hack3D: The Web3 Security Report," published by CertiK, a security company, reveals that blockchain projects experienced 184 security incidents in the second quarter of 2024, resulting in losses totaling $688 million. This marks a 37% increase from the previous quarter.

The team behind Chromia, a relational blockchain for decentralized applications, has announced the mainnet launch set for July 16, 2024. Chromia employs its unique programming language, Rell, which highly resembles traditional SQL.

Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT and the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (NaUKMA) have successfully wrapped up their first "Blockchain Technologies" educational program at the academy's Faculty of Computer Science.

Adam Cochran, a crypto commentator, has suggested that Martin Shkreli may have violated his parole terms by being involved with the DJT token on the Solana blockchain.

Sonic, a second-layer gaming blockchain built on Solana, has raised $12 million in its latest funding round, reaching a diluted valuation of $100 million. Prominent venture firms like Bitkraft Ventures, Galaxy Interactive, OKX Ventures, and others participated in the investment.

American rapper Waka Flocka Flame (born Juaquin Malphurs) has launched his own cryptocurrency token, FLOCKA, on the Solana blockchain. He announced the coin on X with a video declaring "We live right now," which has already garnered over 280,000 views from his 1.8 million followers.

Alibaba's arm, Ant Digital Technologies, has increased the registered capital for two of its blockchain subsidiaries, Ant Chain Digital Technology and Ant Blockchain Technology. The capital infusion exceeded previous amounts by over fifteen times, with the former receiving approximately $289 million and the latter about $200 million.

Sources from DLNews reveal that the L2 blockchain ZKsync developers have committed about 0.5% of all issued tokens to the decentralized social network Lens Protocol to ensure its launch on their platform. Although the precise number is undisclosed, it’s estimated to be around 100 million ZK ($22 million at current market value).

zkVM 1.0 is a new general-purpose virtual machine designed for running the logic of blockchain applications (DApps).

The Ethereum ecosystem, including its L2 and L3 blockchains, has set a new record for transactions per second at 245 TPS. A significant portion of this achievement, nearly 50% or 101 TPS, was contributed by the relatively new gaming-focused L3 blockchain, Xai, even though its total value locked (TVL) is less than $2 million.