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Publishing Giant Bertelsmann Invests in Berlin-Based Crypto Fund
9.12.2020
Bertelsmann has invested in the second fund of Berlin's Greenfield One, a crypto venture firm with earlier bets on NEAR, Arweave and others
'Free' Gears 5 Expansion Highlights Growing Divide For Game Pass Subscribers
9.12.2020
Gears 5 is getting a new campaign expansion next week. It’ll be available at no extra cost for members of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a $15-monthly subscription. Everyone else will have to pay up. It’s just one more perk suggesting a growing gulf between the entry-level and premium tiers...
Yakuza: Like A Dragon: The Kotaku Review
9.12.2020
After an exhausting run of seven main games, some spinoffs and the sandwiched-but-excellent Judgment, the Yakuza series entered a new era in 2020 with the release of Like a Dragon, which is trying to be something completely new, only it’s also not.Read more
Kate Bishop Makes Avengers Exciting Again, At Least For A Few Hours
9.12.2020
The Kate Bishop version of Hawkeye has arrived as a new playable character for Marvel’s Avengers, bringing with her three or four hours of fresh single-player content to Square Enix’s stale co-op superhero game. To be fair, any new playable character would have had the same effect, but Kate...
Meet Exchase.io: All-in-One Fintech Service Provider Announces Token Sale
8.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Exchase (Exchase OÜ) announced that it plans to build an all-in-one fintech solution that will bring the most popular fintech services and technologies under one umbrella. The Estonian based fintech company has been operating a cryptocurrency exchange, but now seeks to bring...
Record $15 Billion Worth of Cryptos Under Management After Institutional Investors Pump $429 Million in One Week
8.12.2020
A new report says institutional investors pumped $429 million into cryptos and cryptocurrency funds in the week ending December 7. The figure, which is the second-highest on record, pushes to the total value of digital assets under management (AUM) to an all-time peak of $15 billion. The largest...
Three Years In: A Bitcoin Cash Update From One of Its Founders
8.12.2020
It’s been over 3 years since August 1, 2017, the day Bitcoin Cash was born. I know because I was there and part of the loosely knit ‘team’ that launched the Bitcoin Cash project. Now, after some time has passed and events have unfolded, I am excited to give you an update on where...
How One Retailer Is Fighting PS5 Scalpers
8.12.2020
In South Korea, game retailer Gamewoori has a banner that reads, “Pre-Order Now” next to images of the PS5. The PS5 launched there on November 12, but like everywhere supplies are tight and hopeful customers still must reserve consoles from future shipments.Read more
Clocking Terahash: Three Next-Generation Bitcoin Mining Rigs Launched During the Last Quarter
8.12.2020
Just recently, the China-based bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt released a new ASIC device that clocks up to 112 terahash per second (TH/s). The new machine is one of the top-performing mining rigs on the market, according to today’s network difficulty and electrical rates below $0.06...
How One Bitcoin Options Trader Turned $638K Into $4.4M in 5 Weeks
7.12.2020
As bitcoin rallied from $13,400 to over $19,000, a trader who bought the $36,000-strike January expiry call saw a paper profit of more than $4 million
You Can Finally Get One Steering Wheel For Your Sim Racing Rig And Your BMW M4 GT3
7.12.2020
It’s a common problem: You enjoy sim racing, but the steering wheel you use to compete virtually simply isn’t as sharp or well-built as the one inside your 2022 BMW M4 GT3 race car. We’ve all been there and, thankfully, Fanatec is finally doing something to address this growing problem.Read more
Taproot, One Of Bitcoin's Biggest Upgrades May Be Coming Next Year
7.12.2020
Taproot, one of the most anticipated Bitcoin (BTC) upgrades, and its largest alteration since 2017, expected to improve privacy, scalability, flexibility, and speed of the network - may be coming in a matter of months.
Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin evangelist and strategist at crypto exchange Kraken...
German Stock Exchange’s Crypto Trading App Surpasses $1 Billion Volume This Year
7.12.2020
Cryptocurrency trading on the app provided by Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, has hit record volumes. One billion euros in cryptocurrencies have been traded on the exchange’s crypto trading app, Bison, so far this year. 1 Billion Euros Crypto Trading Volume...
Styling Comment Threads
7.12.2020
Comment threads are one of those things that look really simple when executed right. When designing them yourself, you may find that they are rather deceptively simple. There is a lot that goes into designing nice and usable comment threads, and in this article, I will try my best to walk...
Only One RPG Has Music From The Rocky IV And Transformers: The Movie Guy
7.12.2020
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re listening to music from an indie RPG composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth. DiCola of course, is best known for the synth-driven soundtracks to Staying Alive, Rocky...
China Airdrops Digital Yuan Worth $3 Million — 10,000 Stores Will Accept It
6.12.2020
Twenty million yuan ($3 million) in China’s central bank digital currency will be given away to 100,000 people in the country’s largest test of the digital yuan to date. The digital currency will be accepted at 100,000 stores, including JD.com, one of China’s largest online...
The Week In Games: Wake Up Samurai, Cyberpunk 2077 Is Almost Here
6.12.2020
After countless delays, literal years of hype and trailers, and a ton of controversy, Cyberpunk 2077 is here. Easily the most anticipated game of the year for a lot of folks, Cyberpunk 2077 featuring Keanu Reeves drops later this week on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia.Read more
Black Shadow Hackers Demand 200 BTC Ransom from Israeli Insurance Giant Shirbit
6.12.2020
One of the largest insurance companies in Israel has been hit by a ransomware attack, and the threat actors started to release sensitive data, as the firm doesn’t pay the requested ransom in bitcoin (BTC). Israel-Based Shirbit Still Refuses to Pay $3.8 Million Ransom According to...
Following six-hour outage, Solana draws criticism and support
6.12.2020
While some piled on the layer-one blockchain for its network hiccup, others offered support
British Politician Nigel Farage Says Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Anti-Lockdown Investment
5.12.2020
British politician and leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage is lauding bitcoin branding it as the ultimate anti-lockdown investment. The controversial politician’s comments are drawn from one edition of his daily ‘Fortune & Freedom’ newsletter whose mission is to help...