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Logan Paul's Latest Stunt: Paying $6 Million For Rare Pikachu Card And Wearing It To WrestleMania
3.4.2022
Internet personality, boxer, and Pokémon investor Logan Paul recently spent $6 million dollars on a very rare Pokémon card and then wore that card during his WrestleMania 38 appearance. Why? Because the internet and speculators have destroyed reality.Read more
NFT Marketplace Opensea to Add Credit Card, Apple Pay Support via Moonpay
1.4.2022
According to the firm Moonpay, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea plans to accept credit card payments using the company’s payment infrastructure. The move follows Opensea gathering $23.5 billion in all-time sales volume, and the company’s recent Solana support...
The future of cashback: Companies adopts crypto back rewards for card purchases
31.3.2022
Companies started to offer crypto back rewards for credit card transactions, from business expenses to monthly subscription payments
Dubai Café Accepts Cryptocurrency as Payment, Owner Hints at Paying Employee Salaries in Crypto
30.3.2022
Bake N More, a Dubai-based cafe, has become the latest company from the region to add cryptocurrency as a payment option. According to the company’s owner, Mohammad Al Hammadi, Bake N More hinted at possible plans to pay employee salaries in cryptocurrency as well. A Hub for Crypto Users...
The Traditional Beauty Of Nintendo's Playing Cards
30.3.2022
In the late 19th century, Nintendo got its start making another type of game: playing cards. The company continues to make cards, and whether it’s the ones from past or today, the decks show off the beauty of Japan. Read more
Devs Announce NFT Plans For Popular Game, Get Review Bombed On Steam
26.3.2022
Storybook Brawl is a popular free-to-play card game on Steam. It has a fairly large and active playerbase who enjoy the game a lot. And now almost all of them seem angry and are review bombing the game’s Steam page after the devs behind Storybook Brawl announced plans to integrate NFTs...
Venezuela’s Sunacrip Launches Petro-Based Gift Card Market and Exchange
26.3.2022
Sunacrip, the Venezuelan cryptocurrency watchdog, has announced a set of improvements to its Petroapp wallet, allowing Venezuelans to use the petro (PTR) for new functions. The app now has an embedded cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to exchange petros for other currencies, and a series...
Robinhood Unveils New Debit Card That Promises Bonuses For Crypto Investments
23.3.2022
Amid an intensifying competition for customers, the US online trading platform Robinhood has rolled out a new cash card that offers various rewards to its users, including crypto bonuses, with a waitlist available to the platform’s customers.
"The Cash Card builds on our mission to democratize...
Warehouse Employees Steal Over $35,000 Worth Of Video Cards
19.3.2022
Three men in Russia were reportedly arrested after stealing 20 Nvidia RTX 3070 TIs from a suburban warehouse. While they successfully made off with the video cards, a haul worth nearly $38,000 USD, they were arrested after trying to sell them to local pawn shops. Read more
Someone Spent $120,000 On A Very Rare Magikarp Pokémon Card
18.3.2022
The Pokémon card craze isn’t slowing down anytime soon, it appears. Case in point: Someone recently spent $125,000 at auction on a single, extremely rare Magikarp card that was part of a Japanese Pokémon Snap promotion back in the 90s. Read more
Nintendo Indefinitely Delays War Game Over Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
9.3.2022
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp no longer has a release date. Nintendo announced today it’s pushing back the Switch game’s launch as a result of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The news comes as many other gaming companies have instituted bans of certain products in Russia as the humanitarian...
No credit for crypto — users react to Russia-issued credit card ban
8.3.2022
"Visa and Mastercard dig their own graves by politicizing their products and pushing people all over the world toward Bitcoin," said Marty Bent
Pokémon Card Fraudster Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
8.3.2022
Last year a Georgia man was charged by federal prosecutors after allegedly lying to apply for a Covid disaster loan, then turning around and spending it on a single Pokémon card. He has now admitted his guilt and been sentenced to prison.Read more
Visa and Mastercard Suspend Operations in Russia as Part of Sanctions Over Ukraine
7.3.2022
The world’s leading payment processors Visa and Mastercard have joined sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine. The American companies announced suspension of operations in the Russian Federation although Russians will be able to use their cards inside the country....
BitYard Partnering With Transak – Smooth the Way for Crypto Credit Card Payments
6.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. BitYard and credit card service provider – Transak, muscle into India and Mid Asia for 1 billion crypto market. Transak’s Background Transak enables developers with seamless and easy-to-integrate crypto onboarding infrastructure technologies, in line with their...
Fast-Food Chain Shake Shack Trials Bitcoin Rewards for Customers Using Cash App
5.3.2022
The American fast-food restaurant chain Shake Shack is giving bitcoin rewards to customers leveraging Cash App’s debit card payment rail, Cash Card. According to Shake Shack, participants will get 15% of their purchase back in the form of bitcoin, and the crypto promotion will last until...
Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction
4.3.2022
The NFT iteration of the coveted 1952 baseball card racked up a bidding war in the sale’s final hour – making it one of the priciest sports NFTs ever sold
Crypto Stories: Spells of Genesis card game resurges in popularity as sales skyrocket
3.3.2022
The latest episode in Cointelegraph's Crypto Stories series' walks viewers through the history of the pioneering blockchain mobile game as told by its creator
Nvidia hackers selling software unlock for graphics card crypto mining limiters
2.3.2022
The hacking group is holding Nvidia to ransom demanding that it unlocks hash rate limiters on its high-end graphics cards
Incredibly Rare Pokémon Card Auctioned Off For Record-Breaking $900,000
26.2.2022
The market around children’s cardboard continues rocketing into uncharted territory. Earlier this week, auction outfit Goldin announced a holographic “Illustrator” Pikachu Pokémon card from 1998 sold for $900,000. No one knows who bought it for that much, or why, but the winning bid shattered...