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Lesson learned? Sky Mavis teams up with Google Cloud to avoid another Ronin hack

Google Cloud will be an independent enterprise validator for Ronin in a node pool along with Animoca Brands, DappRadar and Nansen. While some are unable to recover from hacking incidents and have to throw in the towel, others are able to pick up the pieces, learn from their shortcomings and go at it for another round.  In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Axie Infinity creators Sky Mavis said that it teamed up with Google Cloud to tighten the security of the Ronin Blockchain network and pursue its vision of building a rewarding gaming universe.  With the multi-year collaboration, Google Cloud will be an independent enterprise validator for Ronin in a node pool along with Animoca Brands, DappRadar and Nansen. The firm will take on the role of monitoring validator uptimes and contribute to the collective security of the network.  According to Viet Anh Ho, the co-founder and CTO of Sky Mavis, one of the reasons for the collaboration i Google Cloud's autoscaling and automated app...

Polygon becomes second-largest gaming blockchain after user activity surges in March

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Polygon overtook Hive for the second spot last month, with the Hunters On-Chain RPG partly driving the growth in unique active wallets. Surging user activity on Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Polygon in March saw the network become the second -largest Blockchain Gaming network in terms of unique active wallets (UAWs). According to the “ Blockchain Games Report” published by decentralized application (DApp) analytics platform DappRadar, the number of UAWs engaging with Games on Polygon hit 138,081 in March, marking an increase of 53% from February. That figure places Polygon well ahead of third and fourth-ranked Hive and BNB Chain at 84,000 and 80,000 UAWs, respectively, while first-placed Wax is well ahead of the pack with 314,000 UAWs. “Polygon, a blockchain previously known for DeFi DApps, overtook Hive this month and secured the second spot. This is a positive sign for Polygon, as it is now gaining recognition as a gaming blockchain,” the report reads. A significant amount of ...