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New Service Allows You to Get Tipped in Bitcoin to Read Email
4.5.2022
As some estimates indicate that more than 333bn emails are sent every day, a new service, Reacher, aims to allow its users to get paid in bitcoin (BTC) to be reached, and potentially filter out a major share of their spam.
The project presents its functionality in five steps:
Reacher is...
An Old-School Batman Voice Clip Is Hiding In A Bunch Of Your Favorite Games
25.4.2022
Did you know that the “let’s go” voice clip in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike was pulled from the 1960s Batman television series? I sure didn’t, and being confronted with this apparently well-known fact over the weekend sent me tumbling down a rabbit hole of video game sample usage.Read more
Elon Musk in Talks with Twitter Board to Strike Deal - Report
25.4.2022
Twitter and Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk are reportedly in talks to strike a deal, after Musk earlier this month laid out an offer to buy 100% of the shares in Twitter for USD 45bn and take the company private. Shares of Tesla rose modestly on the news in pre-market trading...
Bitcoin Lags Behind Ethereum & Altcoins Despite Strike, Robinhood, and Legal Tender News
8.4.2022
The bitcoin (BTC) price lagged behind ethereum (ETH) and other major altcoins today, despite a series of bullish news announcements coming from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, USA.
At 09:50 UTC on Friday, BTC stood at USD 43,644, up just 0.6% for the past 24 hours and down 4% for the past...
Lightning to strike Shopify merchants with addition of BTC payments
8.4.2022
Jack Mallers announced the new integration today at the Bitcoin 2022 conference and hopes to give more people access to what he sees as a better monetary system
Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments
7.4.2022
The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network
Bitpay Adds Lightning Network, Youth Fashion Brand Pacsun to Accept Payments via Lightning
7.4.2022
On April 6, one of the largest cryptocurrency payment platforms in the world, Bitpay, announced the Atlanta-based company has integrated bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the youth-focused American retail clothing brand Pacific Sunwear (Pacsun)...
Destiny Copyright Takedowns Go Rogue, Are Even Hitting Bungie Videos
21.3.2022
A “series of copyright takedowns” have been striking the Destiny community late last week and over the weekend, taking down musical videos hosted on YouTube. While normally this kind of action comes at the request of a publisher or studio, in this case Bungie says it has nothing to do with...
GAIMIN Increases Brand Awareness in Esports
18.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 18th March 2022: GAIMIN increases brand awareness in esports. GAIMIN Gladiators are pleased to announce its Rainbow Six Siege esports team, comprising Jolten, Beastly, Sikez, Aero, Foxxee and QrTz, building on its DOTA2, Pokemon Unite, Counter Strike Global...
Where Was Kotaku Last Week?
9.3.2022
So that just happened.Read more
CSGO Pro Loses Tournament, Gives $33K To The Ukrainian Army Like A Champ Anyway
28.2.2022
Prominent CSGO streamer and pro esports player Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has donated one million Ukrainian hryvnias (or a little over $33,000 USD) to the Ukrainian army, according to a post on his Instagram Stories. This comes just after s1mple gave an emotional plea for unity during the Intel...
Bitcoin Crashes 9% as Missiles Strike Kyiv, Airport Captured
24.2.2022
The world's largest cryptocurrency by market value was trading about $35,360 at time of writing after passing $39,000 on Tuesday
Nifty News: UFC Strike marketplace, Horrific Crypt TV, and new travel NFTs
18.2.2022
Dapper Labs has been busy with several new launches this week, while Crypt TV and Metaversal are launching a scary new NFT collection
Activision VP Posts Anti-Union Message In Company Slack
1.2.2022
Raven’s QA workers winning the right to unionize was a short-lived victory; in the days since returning from their strike Activision has announced plans to split everyone up, and then reveal a larger strategy that’s aimed at crushing this movement before it’s allowed to take hold.Read more
Nintendo Hits YouTube Soundtrack Channel With Over 1300 Copyright Blocks
30.1.2022
A YouTube channel that uploads video game soundtracks has reportedly been sent over 1300 copyright blocks in one day. This news isn’t shocking if you know Nintendo’s track record when it comes to fan creations and communities, but it’s still a frustrating situation as much of the music that...
YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone
27.1.2022
In a new video, Mark Fitzpatrick of the anime YouTube channel Totally Not Mark revealed he not only won a battle in his copyright strike war with Toei Animation but also influenced YouTube to create a new copyright rule for content creators.Read more
UFC Partners With Dapper Labs to Launch NFT Collection ‘UFC Strike’
21.1.2022
The creators of the Flow blockchain network and NBA Top Shot, Dapper Labs, announced the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT) compilation called “UFC Strike.” According to Dapper Labs, the new NFTs will launch on Sunday, January 23, and feature “amazing displays of striking...
Report: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, Worried
20.1.2022
This morning, Bobby Kotick held an all-hands meeting with Activision Blizzard employees to address Microsoft’s acquisition of the company for $68.7 billion dollars. He stated that Microsoft would be trying to “retain as many of our people as possible,” and that he planned to stay on as the CEO...
Strike wallet is 5th most popular finance app in Argentina, but where’s the BTC?
19.1.2022
“The best monetary network in human history is here, it's open, and will disrupt the world quicker than anyone thinks. Open networks win,” said Strike CEO Jack Mallers
Court Dismisses Lawsuit By Parents Whose Kids 'Gambled' With CSGO Skins
14.1.2022
On January 7, a U.S. federal court dismissed the final lawsuit against Valve regarding the company’s alleged facilitation of what plaintiffs claimed amounts to illegal gambling in CSGO matches. This was the last case in a series of claims brought to the court by parents whose children had purchased...