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Five Years Later, Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Best Character Is Still Edelgard
26.7.2024
Amongst an impressive library of games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Metroid Dread, 2019’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses will still go down in my books as the best Nintendo Switch game ever made. It’s a grand fantasy story and an excellent tactical RPG that feels unmatched, even...
U.S. House's Emmer Says Best Hope For Crypto Legislation Is Year-End Session
29.5.2024
Despite the crypto industry's high-profile recent wins in Congress, major legislation faces a massive practical roadblock in the Senate, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) acknowledged Wednesday, saying that chamber will want its own say in a big crypto bill, leaving little time in the waning...
Is the House’s FIT21 Bill Really the Legislation That Crypto Needs?
23.5.2024
While many in the industry cheered the passing of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act yesterday, many other raised criticisms and concerns
U.S. House's McHenry Says Senate May Be Swayed if Many Democrats Back Crypto Bill
15.5.2024
The result of next week's expected vote on U.S. legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry will strongly influence the odds the U.S. Senate gets on board, said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a leading advocate for crypto...
U.S. House's McHenry Says Bill on Crypto Market Structure Will Get Floor Vote
10.5.2024
The most comprehensive U.S. cryptocurrency legislation to so far make it through a congressional committee will get even further, with the entire House of Representatives set to vote on whether to approve it soon, according to Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Financial...
House's McHenry Accuses SEC Chief Gensler of Misleading Congress on Ethereum
30.4.2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has been accused of misleading Congress by Rep. Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, who said Gensler's agency already knew it considered Ethereum's ether a security before he attended a hearing...
SWIFT to Launch CBDC Platform in 2025-26: Report
26.3.2024
SWIFT, the global messaging network used by banks, service providers, clearinghouses, corporate business houses, brokers, is planning to launch a new platform to connect central bank digital currencies in the next one to two years.
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Physical Bitcoin Worth Over $1 Million Presented At Auction Houses
7.3.2024
Well-known auction houses that typically offer rare coins, famous artworks, and other popular assets for collectors to bid on have started capitalizing on physical Bitcoin (BTC). Both Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Heritage Auctions are presenting “physical cryptocurrencies” as part of their upcoming...
Crypto Media Houses Taken In By Fake $10M Uniswap Airdrop Scam
16.2.2024
A scammer deceived several crypto media houses into running stories on a fictitious $10 million Uniswap airdrop on February 15. This comes as the automated market maker (AMM) blockchain protocol announces the timeline for its latest V4 platform. Crypto News Outlets Promote Fake Uniswap Airdrop...
House's McHenry Won't Seek Reelection, Costing Crypto a Top Ally: Politico
5.12.2023
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), arguably the crypto industry's most important advocate in the U.S. Congress, has decided not to seek another term, sources told Politico on Tuesday
Senate Banking Committee Discusses Accountability, Oversight of Financial Regulators in Tuesday Hearing
14.11.2023
The Senate Committee on Banking, Houses, and Urban Affairs met on November 14th to conduct a hearing regarding oversight of financial regulators. Holding executives accountable “We must turn the lessons of this year into action,” said Senator Sherrod Brown (D – OH), Chairman of the U.S....
U.S. House's Spending Bill Aims to Hamstring SEC's Gensler Amid His Crypto Crackdown
9.11.2023
As the U.S. House of Representatives weighs legislation on next year's spending, a provision was added on Wednesday that would deprive funding from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions against crypto businesses
White House’s AI Safety Order Leads to Slide for AI Tokens
1.11.2023
President Joe Biden’s recent Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence has impacted the cryptocurrency market, with AI-related tokens dipping in value. The White House’s Executive Order introduces a regulation framework...
UK Online Safety Bill to Become Law Amidst Heavy Criticism From Civil Liberties Organizations
23.9.2023
The U.K. Online Safety Bill, a piece of legislation that seeks to make the country “the safest place in the world to be online,” has been signed by both houses of parliament and will become law soon. Several civil liberties organizations and activists have criticized it due to...
FTX User Names: Media Houses Appeal to Overturn Court Redaction Decision
25.6.2023
Several major media outlets have filed an appeal aiming to overturn a bankruptcy court's decision to redact the names of FTX users permanently.
In a recent filing with the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, The New York Times, Dow Jones & Company, Bloomberg, and the Financial...
NFT Sales Rise by 11% This Week as Buyers Surge 95% in Latest Data; ETH Dominates With $85.43 Million in Sales
20.6.2023
In the most recent data, non-fungible token (NFT) sales for this week have experienced a rise of 11.60% compared to the previous week. Moreover, the number of individual buyers purchasing NFTs in the past seven days has jumped 95.20%, reaching a total of 664,096 buyers. This Week’s NFT Sales...
The White House’s Bitcoin Mining Tax Undermines Itself
11.5.2023
Imposing a levy on mining in the U.S. will send the industry overseas, increasing emissions while depriving the grid of a useful form of “demand response,” says Nic Carter
All Fire Emblem Games Ranked From Worst To Best
16.3.2023
Fire Emblem is a lot like Pokémon: After you’ve played one main title, you’ve more or less played them all. But some anime chess simulators are more robust experiences than others.Read more
Fire Emblem Engage: The Kotaku Review
1.2.2023
With its somewhat more grounded depictions of military life and interpersonal tragedy, 2019’s fantastic tactical RPG Three Houses was a break from the optimism of most Fire Emblem games. Despite the unprecedented popularity of that game, the series’ latest, Fire Emblem Engage, is a return to...
Bitcoin nodes data: Frankfurt houses the largest city-wide network
11.1.2023
Distributed across 5773 cities worldwide, over 60% and 14% of the Bitcoin nodes run on IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, respectively, while more than 25% run anonymously on .onion