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Ore wins Solana hackathon despite disrupting Solana’s network in April
7.5.2024
A sudden rise in Ore mining transactions was one of the main culprits behind Solana’s April congestion issue where up to 70% of non-vote transactions were being rejected
Pokémon And Mario Kart Fans Fight Nintendo Network Shutdown To Beat 14-Year-Old Halo 2 Record
6.5.2024
In 2010, a group of Halo 2 diehards called “Noble 14” stayed logged into the multiplayer shooter for weeks after Microsoft turned off the online servers for the original Xbox on April 14. The service’s last player was Apache N4SIR who finally got booted just after midnight on May 11. Fourteen years...
Ghost Of Tsushima Multiplayer Will Require A PlayStation Network Sign-In On PC
6.5.2024
Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima is getting a Steam port this month that will require a PlayStation Network account to access its multiplayer mode. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Sony recently announced that the “grace period” for the beloved multiplayer game...
Stacks, Moonriver, Hedera Network and Iron Fish Join Axelar’s Interchain Amplifier
6.5.2024
Web3 cross-chain protocol Axelar has announced over 60 chains including Stacks, Moonriver, Hedera Network and Iron Fish have joined a devnet-phase pilot of Interchain Amplifier.
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Runes and BRC-20s are just a stepping stone for Bitcoin DeFi
6.5.2024
Bitcoin is becoming a yield-generating asset, thanks to new token standards like Runes, which may only be a stepping stone for Bitcoin DeFi
Bitcoin Runes reclaims dominance over BTC transactions
6.5.2024
Runes made a recovery to account for the lion’s share of transactions over the Bitcoin network
Democratizing Investment – The Power of Asset Tokenization in Real-World Assets
4.5.2024
In the traditional financial landscape, investment opportunities in real-world assets (RWAs) have traditionally been reserved for the affluent and well-connected, with significant barriers preventing the average person from accessing lucrative investment markets. For instance, opportunities...
Crypto Biz: The Bitcoin summer, Avalanche integrates with Stripe, and more
3.5.2024
This week’s Crypto Biz features the Lightning Network rollout on Coinbase, Avalanche integration with Stripe, MicroStrategy earning results and BlackRock’s new tokenized fund
Helldivers 2 Community At War Over Controversial PSN Requirement
3.5.2024
Helldivers 2 is a game about endless war and now its fanbase finds itself in a similar situation as a civil war rages on between players following a change to how the super-popular online shooter will operate on PC.Read more
USDT Stablecoin Supply on TON Blockchain Hits 130 Million in 2 Weeks
3.5.2024
Since the introduction of USDT on the TON blockchain, the supply of this stablecoin has grown by over 70 million within just two weeks, totaling 130 million. While USDT operates across multiple blockchains, its presence on TON has positioned it as the eighth largest in terms of circulating supply....
Helldivers 2 Players Mad Over New PSN Steam Requirements
3.5.2024
Among the myriad scourges that make playing games in 2024 so tiresome, the need for multiple different accounts to various services ranks high. Helldivers 2 players have just been told by Sony that come next week, they’ll have to link their Steam account with a PlayStation Network account...
Vested crypto tokens worth over $3B to be unlocked in May
3.5.2024
Sui, Pyth Network, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Aptos are set to release vested crypto tokens in May, according to data tracker Token Unlocks
Pantera invests in TON with high expectations for Telegram’s future
2.5.2024
The Telegram-TON hookup opens up a broad spectrum of Web3 opportunities for Telegram’s 900 million monthly users, Pantera Capital said
Coinbase Announces Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
2.5.2024
Coinbase, a leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has finally announced the implementation of the lightning network, a Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution. Coinbase will now allow its users to take advantage of this scaling protocol to avoid paying high fees for Bitcoin transactions, enhancing...
Finally, You Can Play Tetris On The Side Of A 7-Eleven Slurpee Cup!
2.5.2024
You know how you’re always saying, “I wish I could play Tetris on an unwieldy plastic Slurpee cup that doesn’t actually function as a drinking vessel,” and we’re all like, “Shut up, Steve”? Well now you can have the last laugh, because thanks to a team-up between Tetris and 7-Eleven, your dream...
Stacks active accounts reach record high amid growing interest in Bitcoin DeFi
2.5.2024
The growing interest in Runes and Bitcoin DeFi will drive more activity to layer-2 networks, according to Stacks’ product manager
Coinbase integrates Lightning Network for Bitcoin transactions
30.4.2024
The integration brings instantaneous transfers on the layer-2 Lightning Network to the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange
Someone ‘shit in the jacuzzi’ — Bitcoiners furious after testnet griefing
30.4.2024
That “someone” — Bitcoiner Jameson Lopp — argues he was championing a much-needed fix to one of Bitcoin’s testnets
Former Openbazaar Dev Chris Pacia Blasts Lightning Network: Experts Knew It Would Work ‘Like Dog Sh*t’
29.4.2024
Chris Pacia, the former lead developer of the now-defunct decentralized marketplace Openbazaar, has criticized the process that led to the proposal of Bitcoin’s lightning network (LN) as a scaling solution. Pacia stated that technical experts lied to the mainstream audience in the blocksize...
Acinq to Withdraw Phoenix Wallet From US Markets Amid Regulatory Concerns
26.4.2024
On Friday, April 26, Acinq announced that its Lightning Network bitcoin wallet, Phoenix, will cease services for U.S. residents from May 3, 2024. This announcement followed closely on the heels of the Samourai Wallet indictment and what is perceived as a targeted U.S. government effort against...