This week in web3 #13
Every Friday afternoon, we share with you the most important news of the week in the world of web3.
1️⃣ FTX has recovered over $5B
FTX has recovered more than $5B in different assets, not including another $425M in crypto held by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, a bankruptcy attorney said during a hearing earlier this week. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/11/ftx-has-recovered-over-5b-in-assets-bankruptcy-attorney-says/
2️⃣ MetaMask warns about address poisoning
A new scam that tries to take advantage of user carelessness has been on the rise, according to MetaMask. Note that this problem is unlikely to happen if using ENS instead of hexadecimal wallet addresses. https://cointelegraph.com/news/metamask-warns-crypto-users-about-address-poisoning-scam
3️⃣ AWS partners with Avalanche
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Ava Labs, the company building out layer-1 blockchain Avalanche, to help scale blockchain adoption across enterprises, institutions and governments. https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/aws-partners-with-avalanche-to-scale-blockchain-solutions-for-enterprises-governments/
4️⃣ Ethereum hits 500K validator milestone
Ethereum has reached another milestone as the number of validators on its network now exceeds 500,000, data from BeaconScan shows. https://blockworks.co/news/ethereum-to-reach-500000-validators
5️⃣ Azuki announces Hilumia
Azuki has announced the release of Hilumia, a metaverse city built by the community that serves as a physical representation of the company’s past, present, and future. https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1613600118472847360
6️⃣ GoT releases ludicrous NFT collection
The Game of Thrones official NFT collection has quickly sold out but many are comparing the quality of the collection's art to the eighth season of the HBO series: a major let-down. https://decrypt.co/118908/crypto-twitter-reacts-official-game-thrones-nfts-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen