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Pokémon Go Fest 2023 Is A Reminder The Game Is Meant For A Big City
21.8.2023
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 was a surreal experience for someone who has only had a passing relationship with the mobile ‘mon collecting game since it launched in 2016. On the bus back to Manhattan from Randall’s Island Park, I sat surrounded by people from all walks of life brought together by Pokémon...
Twitch Star Kai Cenat Breaks Silence On Chaotic PS5 Giveaway
10.8.2023
Kai Cenat briefly went live on Twitch late on August 10 to address the gaming giveaway turned flash mob he hosted in New York City a week earlier that drew massive crowds and eventually the police, resulting in multiple injuries. “I’m beyond disappointed in anybody who became disruptive that day,”...
Chaos: Twitch Star Kai Cenat Pulls Thousands Of Fans Into NYC Streets
4.8.2023
Twitch star Kai Cenat, who recently became the most subscribed creator on the streaming platform, asked his fans and followers to show up for a real-life giveaway in New York City. And they did, with reportedly 2,000 people arriving, leading to chaos and arrests. Read more
AI opens doors for NFT artist Ellie Pritts at Bitforms gallery in NYC
19.7.2023
Artificial intelligence and analog technology collaborate across the imaginative animations of noted Los Angeles-based NFT artist Ellie Pritts
NYC Mayor Eric Adams To Amend Financial Disclosure After He Failed to List off BTC, ETH Holdings
14.7.2023
New York City crypto-friendly mayor Eric Adams has mistakenly responded “no” to whether he held any securities including cryptocurrencies, in his annual financial disclosure form.
A spokesperson for the mayor told Daily News on July 13, that the mayor will amend his financial disclosure form...
Bitcoin Mining Operation for Pool Heating Sparks Debate at NYC Spa
23.6.2023
A Brooklyn-based bathhouse and spa sparked a debate after it revealed it was operating a small-scale Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation that heats its swimming pools.
In a Wednesday Instagram post, Bathhouse revealed that its pools are heated with byproduct energy from Bitcoin mining. ...
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Overwatch 2 Removes Cop Cars From Pride Version Of Map
1.6.2023
The Overwatch 2 Pride event is now live, and along with the confirmation that two more heroes are queer and a collection of themed player banners and icons, Blizzard has reskinned an NYC-based map so that it looks like it’s set in the middle of a Pride parade.Read more
SuperRare's Latest NYC Gallery Pop-Up Will Bring Human Connection Back to NFT Art
22.5.2023
The curated NFT marketplace is running a two-month pop-up of 0x.17 gallery, beginning with a solo exhibition from artist Claire Silver about our future with AI
NFT.NYC 2023 in full bloom: Fine art, web3 royalty, & content creation
11.5.2023
NFT.NYC was one of the most celebrated tech events of the year, featuring hundreds of speakers and panelists from many of today’s leading blockchain projects and companies. Over the course of 3 days (April 12 to 14), participants heard from representatives of top NFT platforms OpenSea...
Bear market pushes crypto events to cut fluff, prioritize discourse
10.5.2023
“Huge DJs” no longer appear at crypto events, instead, attendees are seeing more “well thought out, intelligent questions” being asked
NFT.NYC: Games and tokenization are driving NFT industry maturation
21.4.2023
At the NFT.NYC 2023, Cointelegraph's team learned first hand how NFTs are shaping the digital world of tomorrow
NFT.NYC Was Calm, but Side Events Stirred Drama
17.4.2023
While the annual conference saw fewer attendees in a chilly NFT winter, the real “magic” – and drama – of the Web3 gathering happened outside the main convention
NFT.NYC: Play-to-Earn is not dead, but game publishers are looking for alternatives
15.4.2023
Cointelegraph team was on the ground in New York to bring exclusive insights from the NFT event
Ticketmaster Launches NFT-Gated Ticketing Service for Avenged Sevenfold Shows
28.3.2023
Ticketmaster, the global provider of event ticketing services, has launched “token-gated sales,” allowing fans access to concert tickets using non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The first to use the service is the metal band Avenged Sevenfold (A7X), whose “Deathbats Club”...
Crypto Exchange OKCoin Suspends Trading of Miami and NYC CityCoins
21.3.2023
Crypto exchange Okcoin has suspended the trading of two Citycoins, MiamiCoin and NYCCoin, as of March 16, citing limited liquidity as the reason for the decision
Shigeru Miyamoto Is Very Excited About Mario's Boots, For Some Reason
10.3.2023
During tonight’s Nintendo Direct, a brief chat built wholly around the third and final Mario movie trailer, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto ended the presentation with one of the weirdest “one more thing” announcements I can remember.Read more
Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime NYC 2022
14.12.2022
Anime NYC, held last month, is one of the few major events taking place this year that we haven’t had to welcome back, since it went ahead in 2021 and over 50,000 attendees went through the turnstiles. Of course it was also one of the earliest recorded cases of the spread of the Omicron Covid...
NYC Mayor stands by Bitcoin pledge amid bear market, FTX: Report
12.12.2022
During Eric Adams’ time in office, the NY state government passed a law which will implement a two-year moratorium on proof-of-work mining, and the crypto market turned bearish
NYC Blockchain Community Evolution: 2023 and Beyond
12.12.2022
Blockchain technology enables people to build decentralized applications as alternative solutions to the everyday infrastructure provided by institutions and other intermediaries. Web3 helps bridge the gap between these applications and those who use them. Unlike its predecessors, Web3 represents...
Anime Fans Still Love Attack On Titan Creator Despite The Series' Ending
30.11.2022
Attack on Titan creator Hajime Iseyama was nervous about his first-ever appearance at Anime NYC a few weeks ago. The source of his nervousness wasn’t the fact that it would mark his first time stepping foot in the United States, but rather the backlash he feared he’d receive from the crowd...