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7-Eleven Begins Accepting Bank of Korea’s Digital Currency in CBDC Trial
2.4.2025
Customers at 7-Eleven stores in South Korea can now pay using the Bank of Korea’s digital currency with a 10% discount to incentivize adoption
GameStop Plans To Buy A Bunch Of Bitcoin As It Closes Even More Stores
26.3.2025
GameStop might be dying, but thanks to its unprecedented good fortunes as a meme stock, it still has a whopping $4 billion in cash reserves. The video game retail chain announced this week it now has a plan for what to do with it: plough it into Bitcoin. Read more
Pokémon TCG Scalping Is So Bad That Official Stores Are Removing Packaging
17.3.2025
As we approach the release of Pokémon TCG’s next set, Journey Together, the card game is in a really weird place. The sealed cards, bought either for playing the table-top game or for collecting, are broadly unavailable thanks to an ever-worsening feverish demand that is seeing scalpers buying...
South Korea suspends downloads of DeepSeek over user data concerns
18.2.2025
South Korea has temporarily suspended DeepSeek downloads in the country, but existing users can still use the app if it was previously downloaded
South Korea suspends downloads of DeepSeek over user data concerns
18.2.2025
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission says that DeepSeek has agreed to work with the agency to strengthen privacy protections before the app is relaunched
South Korea suspends downloads of DeepSeek over user data concerns
18.2.2025
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission says that DeepSeek has agreed to work with the agency to strengthen privacy protections before the app is relaunched
750 US Convenience Stores Embrace Crypto: Sheetz Brings Digital Currency Payments to Mainstream
2.11.2024
Convenience store chain Sheetz now accepts crypto payments at all its locations — over 750 stores across multiple U.S. states — allowing customers to pay with cryptocurrencies and earn rewards. Sheetz Customers Gain a New Way to Pay — And Get Rewarded American convenience store chain Sheetz...
Gold Fever Hits Costco: 77% of Stores Sell Out Amid Soaring Demand for Bullion
14.10.2024
Costco’s gold bars are flying off the shelves as record-high gold prices spark a buying frenzy across the U.S. A recent survey found that 77% of Costco stores offering gold sold out in early October. The trend reflects growing demand for gold as a hedge against inflation and economic...
Bank of Korea to Launch CBDC Payment Trial in Supermarkets
22.9.2024
South Korea’s central bank, the Bank of Korea, will soon allow participants to use digital tokens for payments at supermarkets and convenience stores in a central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial. Starting in December, 100,000 participants will be part of this test. Retail partnerships...
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and Gold, Stores of Value
5.9.2024
The approval of the bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs could represent a similar change in market to what central banks caused in gold markets post-2022 – a new factor that, at least temporarily, overwhelms traditional narratives, including the “store of value” concept
Telegram CEO Predicts Blockchain Mass Adoption This Year — Announces Mini App Store, Web3 Browser
25.7.2024
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, forecasts 2024 as the year of blockchain mass adoption. He announced new features such as a mini app store, an in-app browser for Web3, and initiatives to combat crypto scams. Telegram’s user base has grown to 950 million monthly active users, with expectations...
Man Pleads Guilty in Meijer Loyalty Program Fraud Case, Forfeits Crypto
17.7.2024
Nicholas Mui, 22, from Grand Haven, Michigan, has pleaded guilty in the 17th Circuit Court in Kent County to conducting a criminal enterprise, involving the theft and sale of Mperks account access information. Mui is required to forfeit his computer tower and approximately $630,000 in frozen...
American retailer Target to roll out AI chatbot in US stores by August
21.6.2024
The AI chatbot, Store Companion, will be used on handheld devices, providing staff members with immediate answers to any work-related questions they may have
Self-custodial Bitcoin wallet Bitkit launches on app stores
13.6.2024
Synonym's Bitkit, a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, launches on iOS and Android, promoting user control over BTC transactions without third-party intermediaries
Tomer Pascal, CEO of CityVerse Tycoon, on Web3 Mobile Gaming Ecosystem, PWAs, and Battling the Apple/Google App Stores | Ep. 335
20.5.2024
Tomer Pascal, the CEO of OwnPlay, the developer of the PWA game CityVerse Tycoon, discusses the advantages of Web3 gaming over Web2, deciding to avoid Apple and Google for its game, succeeding in creating a PWA game, and the exciting launches coming very soon.
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Telegram Becoming ‘Crypto-powered Narcotics Department Store’ for South Koreans
29.4.2024
Crypto-powered narcotics gangs have turned Korean-language Telegram channels into “drugs department stores” and a “playground” for young South Koreans, media outlets reported on April 28.
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Binance Faces Removal from Google, Apple App Stores in Philippines
23.4.2024
The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to remove Binance-linked applications from app marketplaces. Apple and Google received separate requests to remove the apps from their stores.
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Target Confirms It Will Stop Selling Some Physical Media In Stores, Like Movies
19.4.2024
The future of physical media took another blow as Target confirmed previously reported plans that it would stop offering physical DVDs in store and transition to only carrying a select number of films in brick-and-mortar locations during specific, limited times. However, the retail giant said games...
Apple and Google Remove Several Major Crypto Exchanges From App Stores in India Following Regulatory Crackdown
16.1.2024
Apple and Google have removed several major crypto exchanges from their app stores in India after the Indian Financial Intelligence Unit flagged nine crypto service providers as operating illegally in the country. Various telecom networks and internet service providers in India are also blocking...
UK's Biggest Gaming Store Rumored To End Trade-Ins
15.1.2024
Staff from the UK’s biggest video game retailer, GAME, have told Eurogamer the retailer is to stop accepting trade-ins. Which, if true, is the end of an era.Read more