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Roger Ver Pursues Closing Up of Matrixport in Seychelles Lawsuit Over $8 Million Dispute
7.11.2023
Source: Pexels A legal battle has been ongoing between Roger Ver, an investor also known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ and Jihan Wu, the co-founder and chairman of Matrixport subsidiary Smart Vega, in Seychelles since last year over frozen cryptocurrency funds. Ver alleged that Matrixport...
Creditors of Struggling Crypto Exchange CoinFLEX Sue CEO and Seek Funds from ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver
26.10.2023
Creditors of CoinFLEX, a bankrupt exchange, sue CEO Mark Lamb and early investor Roger Ver, aka Bitcoin Jesus, alleging breach of fiduciary duty over the new exchange OPNX launch and unauthorized use of company assets. On October 25, creditors of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange CoinFLEX...
Hobbled Crypto Exchange's Creditors Are Suing Its CEO and Want to Claw Back Money From 'Bitcoin Jesus'
26.10.2023
CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb breached his fiduciary duty when he created a new company, OPNX, with the founders of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, creditors argue. They are also critical of a deal Lamb struck with early BTC evangelist Roger Ver
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games Worth Staying Inside For
20.10.2023
We are cruising through October, heading straight toward the cold of winter. Thankfully, the weather doesn’t hate us yet, and instead is filled with a nice crispness that makes me want to at least consider opening a window while I stay inside and play video games. Maybe I’ll just run out for...
Even Fans Are Shocked By EA Sports FC 24’s ‘Awful’ $30 Loot Box
2.10.2023
EA Sports FC 24, the latest soccer game in the series previously known as FIFA, has only been out for a little over a week and its loot box antics are already causing some fans to lose it in frustration. The Elite Season Opener Pack costs $30 and went live during the game’s paid “early access”...
Twitch Star xQc Could Be Replaced By His Own AI
27.7.2023
If you scroll toward the bottom of Twitch’s homepage, you’ll see a curious carousel: “Probably Artificial, Hopefully Intelligent,” a subsection of livestreams dedicated to and powered by AI. It’s weird, as you’d expect, but tucked in there is something weirder. There’s an AI version of megastar...
Gollum Players Fight For Word Records In 2023's Worst Game
6.7.2023
While The Lord of the Rings: Gollum may be one of the worst games of 2023 so far, even bad games can be fun to speedrun. In fact, sometimes the very things that make a game so frustrating for normal players—things like bugs and busted controls—can create exciting opportunities for glitches, level...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ says Ethereum is the front-runner for global crypto adoption
31.5.2023
Roger Ver said that Ethereum, not Bitcoin, will lead the most new users to crypto
10 Indie Games That Are Bursting With Imagination
29.5.2023
If you’re as sick of AAA development practices and staff treatment as you say you are, then you really ought to be looking a lot deeper into the world of indie development. And wouldn’t you know it, along with nine from earlier today, we’ve another 10 unknown or under-known indie games that...
Someone Has Already Speedrun Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom In 94 Minutes
12.5.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom just dropped on Nintendo Switch, and speedrunner gymnast86 has already finished it in a little over an hour. I’m shook, especially since it took me longer than that just to download TotK.Read more
12 Of The Most Expensive PS4 Games With Eye-Popping Prices
24.4.2023
As the PS4’s generation fades further and further in our rearview mirror, the prices of various games, particularly collector’s editions, are climbing ever higher. And with some of the prices out there, it might be worth perusing your collection if you’re looking to make some cash…or maybe you’ll...
Funko Collector Trades Rare Pops For Over $150k In Cadillacs
4.4.2023
Most Funko Pops are worthless and getting shoveled into landfills right now. But some are extremely rare, going for exorbitant prices in face-to-face meetups. One recent trade gets at just how bizarre the market for certain Funko Pops has gotten, with one collector apparently swapping half a dozen...
Spanish Airline Vueling to Accept Cryptocurrency as Means of Payment
17.1.2023
Vueling, a low-cost Spanish airline, has announced it is exploring the functionality of blockchain and NFT (non-fungible token) technology to accept cryptocurrency as a means of payment for its services. The company enlisted the aid of Criptan, a registered Spanish cryptocurrency exchange, and aims...
Netflix Wednesday TikToks Turned The Wrong Old Song Into A New Radio Hit
21.12.2022
If you have a smartphone, a laptop, or a tablet, you’ve seen the Wednesday dance.Read more
Forget The Trees, Everything In Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Looks Jank
18.11.2022
The reviews are in for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, with many critics noting that the Nintendo Switch clearly struggles to run the game properly. But it’s one thing to read about performance issues in the abstract. It’s much funnier to see how badly the character models clip through each other...
Good News, Undertale Fans: Toby Fox Just Wrote A Sans x Mob Psycho 100 Story
8.9.2022
Legacy media publications can keep their sexiest men and women of the year awards because the world finally has a winner in one of the internet’s most contentious beauty contests: the Tumblr sexyman award. And that winner is Sans from Undertale. Long may he reign.Read more
Dogecoin Jesus? Roger Ver resurfaces on Twitter, backs DOGE over BTC
29.4.2022
“Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver has made a comeback to Twitter and says Dogecoin is a top contender for the world’s dominant cryptocurrency
Elden Ring Invader Finds Jesus, Satan Hangin’ Out Together
25.4.2022
There’s no shortage of bizarre players to encounter in Elden Ring. From ”Will Smith” invading just to slap people to nightmarish multiplayer confrontations, the Lands Between is full of curious and strange discoveries. But I wasn’t expecting to stumble upon the most blasphemous run-in yet:...
Nintendo Walked Right Into Porn When Promoting Switch Sports
6.4.2022
If you’ve been bowling, there’s a good chance you’ve seen those corny 3D animations that unfold whenever you get a strike, spare, split, or miss the pins outright. These 90s relics are having a bit of a horny renaissance right now, thanks to an artist who recently posted a salacious bowling...
Twitch Withholding Payments For Russian Streamers
8.3.2022
Twitch joins the list of international companies sanctioning Russia over its illegal invasion of Ukraine, telling streamers that it would be withholding payments. “Payouts to the financial institution associated with your Twitch account have been blocked as a result of sanctions,” read an email...