This week, we have:
The new D_D Cloud X Account
Stablecoins on DevNTell
A Chainlink hackathon
Our partners at Lilypad secured part of the $1 million Olas grant.
This will accelerate their quest for open AI. Congratulations!
Exciting news! D_D Cloud is coming soon, and you can now join the waitlist to get early access.
As a special thank you, D_D members will receive exclusive credits to kickstart their cloud journey. Stay tuned for more details as we approach launch!
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This week on DevNTell, Shahrukh Rao, Product Lead at Eco, will be a guest. Eco is a stablecoin liquidity layer for onchain apps and protocols.
Viewers of this DevNTell will be introduced to Eco, the protocol's different layers, and how to start using it today.
Register here to get notified when the show starts.
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Last week, we had two exciting episodes of DevNtell. On May 21, Abril Zucchi presented Abstract, The Builder’s Platform for Consumer Crypto, and on May 23, Sushmita and Toby presented Gaia, A Decentralized Ecosystem to Support AI Applications.
Abril Zucchi, DevRel at Abstract Chain, was a guest on the show. Abstract is the builder's platform for consumer crypto, enabling a powerful way to create, deploy, and scale your web3 apps.
Watch the episode on Spotify.
Sushmita (Meowy) and Tobiloba Adedeji (Toby), Developer Relations Engineers at Gaia, demoed. Gaia is building a decentralized ecosystem to support AI applications that learn, improve, and grow over time.
Watch the episode on Spotify.
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The development of the first DAO’s hybrid cloud for blockchains and DApp solutions is in top gear, enabling us to launch before the second quarter of the year.
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Cross-section of attendees @Build Afrika 2025
Cetus Protocol Suffers $223M Exploit; Hacker Moves $60M to Ethereum
A hacker drained $223 million in SUI tokens from the Cetus Protocol, Sui’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX), exploiting vulnerabilities in its smart contract. Blockchain analysts revealed that the attacker converted $63 million of the stolen funds into Ethereum (ETH) via mixers like Tornado Cash.
Cetus paused $162 million of the remaining funds, citing collaboration with validators to freeze suspicious addresses.
TRUMP Memecoin Plummets 15% Post-Gala as Attendees Dump Holdings
President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin plunged 15% following a high-profile dinner for top holders, with 40% of attendees selling their tokens shortly after securing invitations.
The event at Trump’s Virginia golf club drew backlash over perceived conflicts of interest and its failure to deliver meaningful engagement with the president, leaving many investors disillusioned.
Paradigm-backed startup Succinct unveiled its SP1 Hypercube, a zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) capable of generating Ethereum block validity proofs in under 12 seconds. Tested on 10,000 mainnet blocks using 200 GPUs, the system achieved real-time proof generation for 93% of blocks, a critical leap for scaling solutions like zk-rollups.
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