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Solana jumps 20% as Cathie Wood lauds its speed and cost over Ethereum
16.11.2023
Solana has drastically outperformed other major crypto assets, gaining nearly 200% in the last month
Epic Games' Messy Bandcamp Sale Ends With Mass Layoffs
16.10.2023
“Music is healing,” the late musician Prince once said. Bandcamp co-founder Ethan Diamond told NPR in 2020 that the point of the independent digital music platform he was building was to bring that power of healing to everyone. Many current Bandcamp employees are going to need it. Epic Games, which...
Blockchain will save financial institutions $10B by 2030: Ripple
30.7.2023
Among the 300 payment leaders surveyed across 45 countries, 97% believe that blockchain will play a crucial role in faster payment systems within the next three years
Ledger Unveils Tradelink: A Custodial Crypto Trading Platform Tailored for Institutions
28.6.2023
On June 28, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer and security firm Ledger unveiled its latest offering, a digital currency exchange and custodial solution service, specifically tailored for institutions. The new service, known as Tradelink, has been heralded by Ledger as “the first open network...
India, Russia Mull Payment System Integration in Face of US Sanctions
2.5.2023
The governments of India and Russia are considering integrating part of their payment systems, in order to counter the possible future effect of US sanctions on the capital flows of each country. The deal would include the integration of India’s Rupay card system and its Russian counterpart...
Ripple Survey Suggests Latam Merchants Will Adopt Crypto Payments Massively After Three Years
7.3.2023
Latam merchants will be slower in adopting cryptocurrency payments compared to merchants in other regions, according to the latest payments survey conducted by Ripple and the Faster Payments Council. The survey, which polled close to 300 payment leaders at a worldwide level, suggests that massive...
Arbitrum’s Daily Transaction Count Surpasses Ethereum for the First Time Ever
23.2.2023
According to statistics recorded this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, the layer two scaling project Arbitrum’s transaction count has surpassed Ethereum’s. On Wednesday, Arbitrum processed 1,090,510 transactions, compared to Ethereum’s 1,080,839 transfer count. L2 Scaling...
Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count
16.1.2023
Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, Ethereum processed 1.10 million onchain...
No Man's Sky Update Is Star Trek AF
20.7.2022
Speculate no more! Hello Games revealed the next addition to the ever-expanding universe of No Man’s Sky. It’s called Endurance, and it’s loaded with additions to space (space biome?) and brings the thrills of taking charge of a fleet of starships to your screen. While past updates have broadened...
No Man’s Sky Gets Space Whales, Roguelike Adventuring In Latest Update
25.5.2022
The next No Man’s Sky expansion is all about space whales. Well, okay, there’s a whole new, roguelike-style expedition for players to tackle too but come on. Space whales, baby.Read more
The Elusive No Man's Sky Squid That Disappeared for Four Years
26.4.2022
About four years ago, developer Hello Games launched “Next,” an enormous free update for galaxy-spanning adventure No Man’s Sky that added more danger, resources, and bizarre alien creatures to the game’s sprawling universe. Things like the nightmare-inducing double squid, with 16 arms...
Someone Please Stop Sean Murray From Hyping Up No Man’s Sky’s Successor
14.4.2022
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: During a recent IGN interview, Hello Games managing director Sean Murray talked up the studio’s new venture as “something pretty ambitious.”Read more
No Man's Sky Players Are Getting Swarmed By Pirate Armies After Latest Update
14.4.2022
Yesterday, developer Hello Games rolled out the 4,521,781th free update for its popular simulation of the universe, No Man’s Sky. Called “Outlaws,” among other new features, it adds a “pirate underground,” replete with an entire black-market economy. But some players say it’s added too many...
No Man’s Sky Neo-Nazi Banned After Wreaking Havoc On Galactic Hub
1.4.2022
18 quintillion planets, and you still can’t get away from the worst people on Earth. To wit: The central nexus of No Man’s Sky, a region of charted space known as the Galactic Hub, was recently menaced by a troll who players say is a “neonazi.” Developer Hello Games has banned the griefer...
It’s 2022 And No Man’s Sky Is Still Getting Massive Free Updates
16.2.2022
I have no idea how to even describe the game that No Man’s Sky has become at this point, and its latest free update called Sentinel is a perfect illustration of why. It overhauls combat and adds new enemies, among many, many other things, leading to missions that seem to have more in common with...
Russians to Pay Fees on Digital Ruble Transactions, Central Bank Says
21.11.2021
Users of Russia’s central bank digital currency are going to pay a fee for each transaction, a high-ranking representative of Bank of Russia has recently announced. The digital ruble charge, however, is not going to exceed those currently applied to fast payments in the country. Bank...
The Crypto Economy Soars Past $3 Trillion — Momentum of Value Grew Much Faster Than Apple’s Market Valuation
8.11.2021
On November 8, 2021, the cryptocurrency economy’s market capitalization reached the $3 trillion mark after gathering significant value over the course of 12 years. The overall value of the 10,464 crypto-assets in existence is now larger than Microsoft’s market valuation at $2.52...
Binance resumes fiat withdrawals via Faster Payments in UK
1.7.2021
Binance has uploaded a notice to its U.K. website stating that Binance Markets Limited is not licensed to undertake regulated activities in the United Kingdom
Binance suspends popular fiat ramp for U.K. customers amid regulatory crackdown
29.6.2021
Faster Payments is no longer an option for Binance customers in Britain amid increasing regulatory pressure
Any Place Is Where I Want To Be When I’m Listening To FTL: Faster Than Light’s Otherworldly Tunes
2.12.2020
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today it’s time to jump through hyperspace with the whiz-bang chiptune-y goodness of the soundtrack to 2012’s strategy roguelike masterpiece FTL: Faster Than Light.Read more