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Nike-owned NFT wearables RTFKT to sunset in January
3.12.2024
The Nike-owned company received investment funding from Andreessen Horowitz during the peak of NFT summer in 2021
Europe’s Coinbase users frustrated as MiCA forces sunset of USDC yield
29.11.2024
Some Coinbase users are airing frustration at the region’s MiCA laws, which is forcing the exchange to stop offering yield on USDC in the European Economic Area
2K Games Has Officially Ditched Its PC Launcher
26.11.2024
Borderlands and Civilization publisher 2K Games has quietly done something very cool and good: The company has removed the need to use its 2K PC launcher from all of its games, and sunset the software completely. Read more
Xbox’s 'Seasonal Savings' Sale Slashes Prices On Some Huge Titles And Overlooked Gems
9.10.2024
Fall’s a great season for picking up some games you’ve been meaning to get around to. Luckily, as the holidays start to close in, publishers and storefronts begin heavily discounting huge chunks of their respective catalogs to help in that department. These sales often come in waves, and it’s...
Dragon Age Fans Are Ready To Ride The Veilguard’s Old Man Mage Into The Sunset
12.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard got a proper reintroduction last week during Summer Game Fest, starting with a cinematic trailer showcasing each of the RPG’s seven party members. One of them is Emmrich Volkarin, a human necromancer who is part of the Mourn Watch faction in the magical country...
Ethereum 2.0 precursor: Beacon chain to sunset in June 2024
30.5.2024
The closure of Beacon Chain is expected to lead to a boom for Binance Coin, and delegating Binance Coin through a manual migration process is possible even now. Token delegation for Binance Coin will occur after the migration via Binance Smart Chain, the sole network upholding the BEP20 standard....
Crypto Derivative Platform Hegic’s Profitable DeFi Strategy Could Spark Probe From SEC – Here’s Why
19.12.2023
Source: Adobe Hegic, a crypto derivatives trading platform, may have just exposed itself to an insider trading probe from the U.S. government following a profitable but sketchy trade with an affiliate company. The platform recently scored $17 million when its pseudonymous founder, Molly Wintermute...
Binance to Sunset Visa Crypto Card as 2023 Sees Decline in Digital Debit Cards
21.10.2023
Several reports have revealed that Binance, which is recognized as the leading crypto exchange by trading volume, intends to discontinue its Visa crypto card on December 20, 2023. The enterprise emphasized that only a “small number of Binance users” would be affected by this...
Consensys Announces Sunset of Ganache and Truffle Toolkits, Marking the End of an Era for Ethereum Development
23.9.2023
On September 22, ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum software company, announced the sunset of Truffle and Ganache, two widely used toolkits that were instrumental in developing and testing smart contracts on Ethereum. The company is redirecting its focus towards MetaMask toolkits like Snaps and SDK...
Gamestop to Sunset Crypto Wallet Amid Regulatory Uncertainty; Advises Users to Secure Passphrase
2.8.2023
Gamestop, the American retailer known for specializing in video game sales, has announced its intention to eliminate its iOS and Chrome Extension crypto wallets on November 1, 2023. The company cited the decision as a response to the existing “regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.” Gamestop...
Digital Currency Group to Sunset Tradeblock, Cites ‘Regulatory Challenges’ and ‘Prolonged Crypto Winter’
26.5.2023
Digital Currency Group has revealed its decision to sunset its institutional trading platform, Tradeblock, on May 31, 2023. The company attributes the move to the “challenging regulatory environment” and the enduring effects of the “prolonged crypto winter,” signaling...
After Artifact Labs’ purchase, Refinable to sunset its NFT trading and creation platform
17.4.2023
Right after the acquisition of Refinable by Artifact Labs, the three-phase process for the complete closure of the NFT trading and creator platforms gets kicked off. Artifact Labs, which happens to be actively engaged in preservation as well as bridging and archiving the past on the blockchain...
Bakkt Shifts Focus to B2B Technology Solutions, Plans to Discontinue Consumer App
13.2.2023
Bakkt Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it will solely focus on business-to-business technology solutions and discontinue its consumer application. The company stated that the app will officially be discontinued on March 16, 2023, and app users will continue to have access to all of their assets....
Liquid Staking Tokens Rally as Kraken Settles With SEC to Sunset Staking Service
9.2.2023
The sudden price uptick of governance tokens for the largest liquid staking protocols Lido Finance, Rocket Pool and Frax Finance defies the decline of the broader crypto market
Localbitcoins, the Pioneer P2P Bitcoin Exchange, Shuts Down After a Decade of Service Due to Crypto Winter
9.2.2023
Localbitcoins, the Helsinki, Finland-based bitcoin exchange founded in 2012, is closing operations after over a decade of service. The company’s operators attribute the shutdown to the “ongoing crypto-winter,” which has left them unable to continue offering their bitcoin...
Payments provider Affirm to sunset crypto program after 19% staff cut
9.2.2023
Users will not be able to buy Bitcoin after Mar. 2, and the “Affirm Crypto Program” will officially shut down on Mar. 31
TZero to Sunset tZero Crypto App Amid Regulatory Challenges
3.2.2023
Customers will have until March 6 to withdraw their assets from the platform
First Mover Americas: Sunset for Kraken in Japan
28.12.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Dec. 28, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
FTX CEO Updates Crypto Community, Sunsets Alameda Trading, Addresses a Specific ‘Sparring Partner’
10.11.2022
On Nov. 10, 2022, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) addressed the crypto community in a thread posted to Twitter. SBF noted that he messed up and “should have done better” and also detailed that at some point he “might have more to say about a particular sparring partner.” SBF Says He Messed...
Destiny 2 Promises No More Axing Old Parts Of Game, Something That Players Hated
23.8.2022
Destiny 2's most controversial practice is no more. Bungie confirmed during its 2022 showcase today that no more of the loot shooter’s content will be vaulted. That announcement comes after lots of fan complaints in recent years as huge portions of the game were removed to make room for...