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New World Bank Report: Nigeria’s Exchange Rate Policies Fueling Inflation, Affecting Food Prices
21.6.2021
Nigeria’s use of multiple exchange rates regimes may have contributed to a rise in the country’s inflation rate, the latest World Bank report has said. In addition, the report says ongoing restrictions on the use and movement of foreign exchange are “further pushing up prices...
Super Mario World Is Now Playable In Widescreen
21.6.2021
Software engineer and SNES ROM hacker Vitor Vilela has led a team which has created and released Super Mario World Widescreen, a download that lets you play Nintendo’s Super Mario World—first released in 1990—on modern widescreen displays.Read more
'Shop Contest: Happy Father's Day
20.6.2021
Today is Father’s Day. And there sure are a lot of dads in gaming. So let’s celebrate the holiday by having fun with all the various video game fathers on their special day. Read more
Decentralized identity can bring the analog world into the digital one
20.6.2021
A system of unified digital identity can replace lengthy approval and authentication chains with a simple DLT solution
Global Nonprofit Operation Smile Opens Its Doors to Crypto Donations
20.6.2021
The global nonprofit Operation Smile has announced the organization is now accepting crypto assets like bitcoin and dogecoin. The nonprofit is a surgical volunteer-based outfit that helps people with cleft conditions improve their lifestyles. Surgical Volunteer-Based Nonprofit Operation Smile...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Warns of ‘Biggest Crash in World History’ — Expects $24K Bitcoin Price
20.6.2021
Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has predicted the “biggest crash” in world history. He also expects the price of bitcoin to fall to the $24K level. Robert Kiyosaki Foresees Biggest Crash in History Coming Famous author and investor Robert...
The ‘Number Go Up’ Mentality Drives Crypto World As It Matures
19.6.2021
Is crypto all about ‘number go up’? Many of its detractors would certainly say so, while many proponents get overly excited about big price rises, betraying the possibility that they’re only in it for the money.
In either case, while skeptics argue that bigger numbers are the only things that drive...
Motor Team McLaren Racing Partners With Tezos to Build NFT Platform
18.6.2021
On Thursday, McLaren Racing announced the British motor racing team selected Tezos as the organization’s official partner across the Indycar series, Formula One, and esports. Tezo will create a non-fungible token (NFT) platform for McLaren Racing in order to showcase the motorsport...
Iron Finance Token Slides From $64 to Near Zero Following ‘Large-Scale Crypto Bank Run’
17.6.2021
The Iron Titanium token (TITAN) value has quaked a great deal after the project suffered from what the team called “the world’s first large-scale crypto bank run.” After touching a high of $64 per token on Wednesday, the project slid to near zero and remained worthless on Thursday...
World Bank Refuses to Help El Salvador Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Citing Environmental and Transparency Issues
17.6.2021
The World Bank has refused to provide technical assistance to El Salvador in implementing bitcoin as legal tender. The bank cited bitcoin’s “environmental and transparency shortcomings” as the reason. World Bank Won’t Help El Salvador With Bitcoin Law The World Bank said...
Why People Are Buying Digital Lands in The Sandbox and Why You Should Too
17.6.2021
The Sandbox is a decentralised, community-driven gaming ecosystem where designers and artists can create, share and monetise NFTs and gaming experiences on the Ethereum blockchain and is partnered with many industry giants, such as Square Enix and Atari. Its popular virtual real estates, known...
World Bank Accused Of Ignorance & Hypocrisy As It Refuses to Help El Salvador
17.6.2021
Commentators have accused the World Bank of hypocrisy and ignorance after it stated that it would not assist El Salvador and its President Nayib Bukele’s plan to create a bitcoin (BTC)-powered economy – claiming that bitcoin has displayed “environmental” and “transparency” “shortcomings.”
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Bitdao Collects $230 Million in Private Capital From Investors
17.6.2021
As the decentralized finance movement proves its staying power and resilience, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, Bitdao, has concluded a private fundraising round to promote mass adoption of open finance. DAO to Allocate Capital Towards Improving Defi...
World Bank refuses El Salvador's request for help on BTC transition
17.6.2021
The World Bank has refused to support El Salvador’s request for help in the transition to use Bitcoin as legal tender
Solving the Climate Change Problem Using Blockchain Technology – Start of the FOSTER Project
16.6.2021
The Swiss company TRES Group GmbH is launching an exciting and innovative program aiming at adding a solution to the Climate Change challenge. For several months, the FOSTER project has been under development, which aims to mass plant trees around the world for the benefit of increasing carbon...
Fortnite, Worth Billions, Offering Paltry Prize Money For Design Contest
16.6.2021
Yesterday, Fortnite announced a “Concept Royale” competition. Players can submit skin ideas, and two winners “will have their concepts turned into in-game Outfits in Fortnite, and will also each receive a $2,500 cash prize.” At first glance it doesn’t look like a bad deal, but $2.5k for a design...
Bank of England Boss Pledges ‘Tough Love’ in Cryptocurrency Regulation
16.6.2021
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says there will be an element of “tough love” in regulating cryptocurrency. “What we cannot have is a world where innovation gets a free pass to ignore the public interest. The odds of such an approach not ending well are too high,”...
Why Was Nintendo's 'Switch Pro' Missing From E3?
16.6.2021
There was a bunch of cool stuff to get excited about during today’s E3 2021-adjacent Nintendo Direct presentation. Metroid Dread is real, Advance Wars is back, and Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima dropped the entire Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cast into a volcano. But one major announcement was notably...
Sotheby's will auction World Wide Web source code as NFT
15.6.2021
Describing NFTs as the "most appropriate means of ownership that exists," a 65-year-old computer scientist will release a tokenized version of the world wide web code next week
What To Expect From Nintendo At E3 2021
15.6.2021
Got your crystal ball handy? Hope so, because Nintendo won’t be holding its traditional press event, Nintendo Direct, until Tuesday, June 15. Though that’s the final day of E3, this is probably going to be a last-but-not-least sort of scenario, because Nintendo’s widely expected to bring out some...