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Aptos, Led by Meta’s Ex-Employees, Gets $200 Million to Build a Scalable Blockchain System
16.3.2022
Aptos, a new startup created by some of Meta’s former employees involved in the Diem project, has announced it has raised $200 million for its upcoming goal of creating a scalable blockchain system. The investment, conducted in a strategic funding round, involves some well-known VC names...
Former ConsenSys employees file for audit claiming 'serious irregularities'
3.3.2022
“Joseph Lubin is the majority shareholder of both companies. The transaction was to the detriment of the minority shareholders of CAG and to the benefit of Joseph Lubin personally,” the group alleged
Report: Ubisoft Employees Are Still Telling Their Bosses That NFTs Suck
11.2.2022
Ubisoft employees continue to push back on the company’s plans to utilize blockchain technology for, among other things, the distribution of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), according to a new Bloomberg report.Read more
Ubisoft’s Latest Galaxy-Brain Move Is To Gift Scammy NFTs To Employees
4.2.2022
Ubisoft’s ongoing NFT odyssey continues to bewilder and demoralize not just longtime fans but also its own developers. The company recently held another workshop aimed specifically at addressing the concerns of skeptical employees, yet also started giving out special NFTs to some members of...
NYDIG offering allows participating companies to pay employees in Bitcoin
1.2.2022
Patrick Sells, the NYDIG's chief innovation officer, said the Bitcoin payment plan was aimed at letting companies offer a benefits package to prospective employees
FTX US Raises $400 Million in Series A, Trading Platform’s Valuation Now $8 Billion
26.1.2022
On January 26, the crypto asset exchange FTX US revealed it raised $400 million in a Series A financing round stemming from investors like Softbank, Paradigm, and Multicoin Capital. The Series A investment in FTX US brings the U.S.-based trading platform’s post valuation to $8 billion....
Xbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working Conditions
20.1.2022
Upheaval at Activision Blizzard last year over workplace misconduct sparked an unprecedented level of labor organizing at the Call of Duty publisher. Those actions recently culminated in an ongoing strike and the distribution of union cards, while the misconduct reckoning that precipitated them...
BioWare To Adopt Remote Work Options For Employees
6.1.2022
With the ongoing pandemic continuing to disrupt life as we know it, especially as the omicron variant fuels an increase in confirmed covid infections, developer BioWare plans to embrace a remote work ethos.Read more
‘Big Four’ S Korean Crypto Exchanges Hired 600+ Employees in 2021 – And They’re Not Done Yet
24.12.2021
South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges appear to be on an expansion drive – and have hired 620 new staff members this year.
Per the media outlet The Fact, the “big four” crypto trading platforms in the nation – Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit and Coinone – have been growing their workforces in 2021....
So Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They're Calling It 'The Great Exodus'
21.12.2021
A report on Axios says that over the past 18 months so many Ubisoft employees have left the company that those remaining have begun to call it “the great exodus” and “the cut artery.”Read more
Ubisoft Boss Tells Employees That NFTs Are Just The Beginning
17.12.2021
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot held a video Q&A this week to try and reassure developers about the company’s controversial new push behind NFTs, according to multiple sources who were in attendance. But they said his answers were vague and leaned on buzzwords like “metaverse” and “web 3.0,” leaving...
Playing Around With the SIDUS HEROES Demo Left Me in Great Anticipation for the Game Release in January
14.12.2021
SIDUS HEROES is the first ever WebGL, AAA-level, Play-to-Earn, NFT and MMORPG game built by an experienced tech company with 200+ full-time employees and numerous successful projects under its belt. The game is set in a space metaverse at a time when technological advancements have reached...
Korean Officials Quit Jobs to Join Crypto Industry, Lawmaker Reveals
13.12.2021
Public officials in South Korea are increasingly choosing career opportunities in the cryptocurrency sector. Some of them come from financial authorities which raises ethical questions, according to the findings of a Korean lawmaker, quoted by local media. Former Financial Officials Hired by Major...
Blockchain.com Acquires Latin American Crypto Investment Platform Sesocio
2.12.2021
On November 30, the crypto firm Blockchain.com announced it acquired the Argentina-based investment platform Sesocio. According to the firm, the acquisition will give the company’s global workforce an aggregate headcount of 400 Blockchain.com employees worldwide. Blockchain.com’s...
GameStop Pushes Employees To The Breaking Point During Holiday Rush
1.12.2021
It’s been a gangbusters year for those at the top of the GameStop pyramid. Revenue is down and stores are closing, but the stock price continues to hover around an unprecedented $200 a share, forging gilded parachutes for its fleeing C-Suite. For many at the bottom, however, it’s been one of...
Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit
19.11.2021
The ABK Workers Alliance, a group of Activision Blizzard workers formed in response to the company’s treatment of its employees, began circulating a petition earlier today for anyone working at the publisher’s studios and offices to sign. It has now been endorsed by over 1200 workers.Read more
Calls For Bobby Kotick’s Resignation Intensify As Employees Stage Walkout
16.11.2021
Social media is aflame with demands that video game industry exec Bobby Kotick resign from his position as CEO of Activision Blizzard in the wake of reporting from The Wall Street Journal about his own terrible treatment of women. Leading the charge are Activision Blizzard employees themselves,...
Nigerian Central Bank Intensifying Fight Against Cryptocurrency Traders
10.11.2021
Just a few days after launching the e-naira digital currency, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now reportedly ramping up the pressure against cryptocurrency traders. Bank Employees Warned In a memo to its staff seen by Bitcoin.com News, one of Nigeria’s leading banks, FCMB, warns...
Athletic Shoe Giant Nike Looks Poised to Tackle Metaverse and NFTs: Report
8.11.2021
Nike, the American multinational footwear and sports apparel giant, is getting ready to step into the metaverse and the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Reports show Nike has a few employees “thinking about the metaverse” and a 2019 patent for “cryptokicks”...
Despite Filing Harassment Reports, Employees Say Ubisoft Isn't Doing Much
21.10.2021
Shortly after Valerie arrived at Ubisoft Montreal in 2018, home to the hit Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed franchises, she says she was sexually harassed and the victim of racist remarks. She reported the incidents, but says nothing was done. The harassment happened again last year, only this time...