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Rockwallet Steps in to Adopt Wyre’s Customers Following Shutdown
15.2.2024
According to the crypto payments company Wyre, based in San Francisco, which ceased operations in June 2023, the multi-currency self-custodial wallet platform Rockwallet has taken over Wyre’s entire customer base. On Thursday, Rockwallet announced it has been reaching out to customers...
Halo Season 2 Episode 3 Brings Out The Covenant’s ‘Demon’
15.2.2024
The opening scene in Halo season 2’s third episode (titled “Visegrad”) has a telltale marker of prestige television: It’s dark as shit. As John/Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and the rest of his crew head off to pick up the cliffhanger from episode two, I’m squinting like a grunt staring into...
The Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Son
2.2.2024
Anyone who was on the internet around the release of The Last of Us Part II knows it was a bad time. But while we, as fans and writers, saw the vitriolic backlash unfold in real-time, it was far worse for the creative team who was directly targeted by it. Laura Bailey, who played the secret second...
The Last of Us Part II’s Lost Levels Are Interesting, But Not Relevatory
17.1.2024
The Last of Us Part II Remastered is pretty much a “Director’s Cut” of the 2020 PlayStation 4 game, and while some of its additions and special features are questionable (like the Roguelike mode), one of the more interesting inclusions is three playable lost levels that were cut from the final...
Bitcoin is “Not Taking Off” as Mainstream Payment: BoE Governor
11.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Iakov Kalinin Andrew Bailey, Bank of England governor, says cryptos lost its momentum to keep up a in the mainstream payments system. He stressed that cryptos such as Bitcoin are “pretty inefficient” as a payment method as it has not “keep up the momentum.” “My own sense...
Spider-Man's MJ Face Model Asks Fans To Stop Stalking And Harassing Her
8.1.2024
Stephanie Tyler Jones, the woman behind Mary Jane Watson’s face in Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, recently said she’s received harassment from fans, including phone calls to her workplace where callers demand to speak to her. In a public post on social media, she asked these fans to stop.Read more
Mickey Mouse Is Out Of Copyright And Straight Into Horror (Update)
2.1.2024
The New Year brought the excellent news that Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse has finally entered the public domain, after decades of Disney, er, convincing Congress to keep extending its copyrights. With that, derivative works that don’t directly contravene Disney’s trademarks are now allowed...
Beloved Battle Royale Fall Guys Among Those Hit By Epic Games Layoffs
28.9.2023
Epic Games acquired Mediatonic in 2021 after its colorful battle royale, Fall Guys, became a multiplayer sensation early in the covid-19 pandemic. Now, it’s laying off tons of developers at the UK-based studio as part massive cost cutting at the Fortnite maker. Read more
Our Fave Cosplay From Fan Expo Canada
7.9.2023
Fan Expo Canada, which took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from August 24 to the 27, always brings a fine selection of cosplay, and this year was no exception. Read more
The Thing That Makes This Musical RPG Special Is Also Its Worst Aspect
17.8.2023
The initial pitch for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, a choice-based musical where player decisions inform the direction a song goes is great. Summerfall Studios’ debut game sets a stage adorned by a modern-day Greek mythology backdrop, and conceptually, I should be lapping this up. In some...
Deflecting Blame — Bank of England Governor Bailey Accuses UK Retailers of Overcharging Customers
9.7.2023
After the Covid-19 pandemic, many people believe the implementation of extensive stimulus measures and quantitative easing (QE) policies resulted in an overwhelming surge of inflation that has burdened millions across the globe. While certain individuals attribute this economic turmoil to...
Stablecoins Cannot Function as Money Because They Have No ‘Assured Value’ — Bank of England Governor
14.4.2023
Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, has asserted that stablecoins “will need to have the characteristics of, and be regulated as, inside money” before they function as money. Bailey also described crypto as a “highly speculative investment” with no intrinsic...
Stablecoins Need to Be Regulated Like Commercial Bank Money, Bank of England's Andrew Bailey Says
12.4.2023
The central bank governor also said regulators can't rule out central bank digital currencies
Bank of England governor questions need for digital pound
17.1.2023
BoE governor Andrew Bailey highlighted that the UK already has a wholesale settlement system with a major upgrade
Bank of England Hikes Repo Rate by 75bps — UK’s 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Jumps to 7%
3.11.2022
On Nov. 3, 2022, the Bank of England followed the U.S. Federal Reserve by codifying the eighth consecutive benchmark bank rate hike by 75 basis points (bps). The increase brings the United Kingdom’s main lending rate to 3%, after a majority of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members voted...
Bank of England’s Cunliffe Warns Crypto Is ‘Prone to Collapse’ — Touts ‘Same Risk, Same Regulatory Outcome’
17.7.2022
Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, has warned that cryptocurrencies are “very vulnerable to sentiment and prone to collapse.” He urged regulators to “get on with the job” and regulate crypto under the principle...
Bank of England: Crypto Needs Enhanced Regulatory and Law Enforcement Frameworks
7.7.2022
The Bank of England says “extreme volatility” in the crypto market “underscores the need for enhanced regulatory and law enforcement frameworks.” The British central bank has warned that crypto prices could fall further. Bank of England Calls for Enhanced Crypto...
Bank of England’s Governor Warns About Crypto Amid Bloodbath — ‘Be Prepared to Lose All Your Money’
15.6.2022
The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has reiterated his warning about cryptocurrency investing after U.S. crypto lender Celsius abruptly froze withdrawals. He stressed that investors should be prepared to lose all their money, emphasizing that crypto has no intrinsic value. Bank...
Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey Warns Bitcoin Has No Intrinsic Value, Not a Practical Means of Payment
25.5.2022
The governor of the Bank of England, the British central bank, says bitcoin has no intrinsic value and the cryptocurrency is not suitable as a practical means of payment. His warning came after the crypto market plunged. Andrew Bailey on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Bank of England Governor Andrew...
Bank of England Governor Says Crypto Creates ‘Opportunity for the Downright Criminal’
7.4.2022
The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned that crypto creates an “opportunity for the downright criminal.” The central bank chief described: “You only have to ask the question ‘What do people committing ransom attacks usually demand payment...