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Polygon Labs Paid $4M to Host Starbucks' Failed Foray Into Crypto: Sources
19.3.2024
Polygon once hailed Starbucks
Starbucks Discontinues NFT Program to ‘Prepare for What Comes Next’
17.3.2024
Starbucks has said it will discontinue its Odyssey non-fungible token beta program and members “have until March 25, 2024, to complete any remaining journeys.” Starbucks stated on its FAQ page that it will keep its NFT community in mind and is working to find a place for its members...
10 Game Boy Advance Games We Want On Nintendo Switch Online
15.1.2024
The announcement that Nintendo Switch Online’s Game Boy Advance range is to receive RPGs Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age is incredibly welcome news. But there are still some absolutely colossal gaps, some all-time great GBA games that we’d love to play on our Switches. Nintendo! Hear...
This Sought-After Travel Cup Is The New Rare Pokémon Card
4.1.2024
If you tried to venture to your local Target for some groceries or perhaps a discounted appliance this past Wednesday, January 3, you might have noticed a massive line snaking around its brick edifice. Based on historical reasons why a huge congregation of people would wait outside a retailer...
Xbox Exec Says AI Can 'Take Care Of' All Sorts Of Game Dev Problems
29.11.2023
Xbox’s chief financial officer, Tim Stuart, recently shared how excited he was about AI technology being used in game development. During a November 28 summit, Stuart told audience that it can now translate and localize games, handle coding, and even test games, too, which begs the question:...
Nifty News: Yuga cuts staff, NFT trading volume on Mythos Chain surges and more...
7.10.2023
Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre said the firm was stretching itself thin by taking on too many projects, and will now focus on its core aims with a smaller team
Starbucks Celebrates 20 Years of Pumpkin Spice Latte with NFT Collectibles
5.10.2023
Autumn is on its way, and for many coffee drinkers, 'tis the Pumpkin Spice Latte season. Starbucks' popular beverage is turning 20, and to celebrate the occasion, the American coffee shop chain announced special non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles.
Starbucks Odyssey, the coffee giant's Web3...
7 Creepy Games To Ease You Into Spooky Season
27.9.2023
We all feel it before we know it—orange leaves stumbling into our jackets, cold wind holding our hands down the sidewalk. These signs and more tell us that October is almost here. To commemorate the season and all it offers, I decided to put together a list of (mostly) spooky game recommendations...
Google Plays Nice With NFTs, Starbucks Puts Ex-MLB Star’s NFT Project on Deck
14.7.2023
This week, Google made a big shift in their policy towards NFTs, allowing apps in the Google Play store to include the ability to buy, sell or earn tokenized assets. Meanwhile, Starbucks Odyssey, the brand’s Web3 loyalty program, announced their next Stamp would be "designed by Aku," the...
Starbucks Teams Up With Micah Johnson's Aku NFT Project
10.7.2023
The latest Starbucks Odyssey Journey launch will feature a Stamp "designed by Aku" and include a $100,000 donation to Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit tackling food insecurity among children
Everything At Summer Game Fest 2023's Main Showcase
9.6.2023
Summer Game Fest is now the big gaming event of the summery season. With E3 seeming ever-more unlikely to ever return, it’s Geoff Keighley’s schmooze-a-thon alone for all your big game announcement news. And we have this year’s show covered, with every single game announced, shown or even mumbled...
Web3 News From Consensus
28.4.2023
A special edition of The Airdrop on the ground in Austin at CoinDesk's festival
Technology Is Blocking Mass Adoption of Web3
27.4.2023
The clumsy and confusing user experience of onboarding into Web3 is preventing broad adoption, but technological improvements are the solution, says a panel of Web3 executives
Starbucks Odyssey Brews Smoother Second Serving of NFTs With 'First Store' Collection
19.4.2023
Members of Starbucks Odyssey who had two unique stamps (NFTs) in their wallet were able to access a pre-sale before it opened to the rest of the beta group
Polygon's Mission ‘Has Always Been Mass Adoption of Web3,’ Co-Founder Says
3.4.2023
That can only happen with mainstream companies, Sandeep Nailwal said
Starbucks Odyssey Releases ‘The Siren Collection,’ Its First Limited-Edition NFT Drop
9.3.2023
Members of Starbucks Odyssey, currently in beta, were able to purchase up to two “Stamps” from an edition of 2,000 featuring the brand’s iconic siren
Blizzard Boston Devs Blame Boss For Torpedoing Union
24.1.2023
Workers at Proletariat Studio, also known as Blizzard Boston, won’t be unionizing after all. The Communications Workers of America Union announced on Tuesday that it will pull its petition for a union election, and blames Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak for treating workers’ organizing efforts as...
4 ‘emerging narratives’ in crypto to watch for: Trading firm
26.12.2022
The crypto trading firm sees NFTs becoming more intertwined with brand IP, while Web3 apps with "real world utility" gain traction
FTX Collapse Has Rekindled Security and Reliability Concerns for Web3 Projects Says Marketing Expert
17.12.2022
The fallout from the collapse of failed crypto exchange FTX is forcing Web3 brands, and projects previously focused on managing the public’s perception, to concentrate on fighting for their very legitimacy, Laura K. Inamedinova, a Web3 marketing expert, has said. Besides just trying...
The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2022
15.12.2022
2022, as with many recent years, was a bit of a flaming trainwreck as we continued to deal with the covid-19 pandemic (and other viruses, too), soaring inflation, idiotic tech bros destroying things, and, unfortunately, so much more. But there was actually some good things that happened this year...