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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Crashes to $50K as 'Perfect Storm' Hits Crypto Market
5.8.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug 5, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
First Teaser For The Last Of Us Season Two Puts Joel In Therapy
5.8.2024
HBO has released the first footage of the second season of The Last of Us, and it implies that things for Pedro Pascal’s Joel may be a little bit different than they are in the game. No, not that different, but it seems like he might be going to therapy.Read more
Latam Insights: El Salvador Proposes Using Crypto for International Settlements; First Bitcoin-Funded Company Registered in Argentina
4.8.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: El Salvador proposes using crypto as a tool to complete international settlements with Russia, Argentina registers its first bitcoin-funded company, and...
How to Add a Header to a curl Request
3.8.2024
curl is one of those great utilities that’s been around seemingly forever and has endless use cases. These days I find myself using curl to batch download files and test APIs. Sometimes my testing leads me to using different HTTP headers in my requests. To add a header to a curl request,...
Destiny 2 Spin-Off Reportedly Canceled, No More Expansions, And No Destiny 3 (For Now)
2.8.2024
The last two months has been a rollercoaster ride for Destiny 2 fans, from the heights of the critically-acclaimed Final Shape expansion to the depths of downsizing at the studio that made it and reports of major shifts and abandoned ambitions for the sci-fi MMO. Destiny 2 will continue, maybe even...
Crypto Lender Ledn Processes Over $1 Billion Loans in First Half of 2024
2.8.2024
Ledn, a crypto lending platform, announced that it has processed over $1.16 billion in loans during the first half of 2024. This includes a notable 29.8% quarter-over-quarter growth in retail lending, driven by investor strategies and market dynamics such as the recent Bitcoin halving and the rise...
France Opens for MiCA Applications, First Among Biggest EU Economies
2.8.2024
France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers said it started accepting applications for crypto asset services provider licenses on July 1
First Mover Americas: BTC Warnings Finger Drop to $55K
2.8.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug. 2, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Bitcoin.com’s First VERSE Airdrop Goes Live
2.8.2024
Active users of the Bitcoin.com Wallet app can now claim their VERSE tokens. Bitcoin.com, a pioneer in the cryptocurrency space since 2015, has announced that the initial airdrop of Bitcoin.com’s ecosystem token VERSE is now live. As approved by the results of a community-led proposal...
Nobody Knows What Destiny 2’s Future Looks Like Anymore
1.8.2024
I always tell people that I’ve been with Destiny since the first alpha test. For some reason, it’s always been a point of pride for me. My own way of saying, “Hey, I’ve been behind this vision since the beginning. I’ve been there through the highs and the lows, and I’m still here.” But following...
The Best Part Of Deadpool & Wolverine Is The Credits
1.8.2024
Deadpool & Wolverine is meant to be both a beginning and an end. The third of the Ryan Reynolds films about Marvel’s merc with a mouth is the character’s MCU debut, but it also shuts the book on the Fox era of superhero films. It doesn’t do either particularly well, instead mostly acting as...
Crypto Lender Ledn Handed Out $1.16B Worth of Loans in First Half of 2024
1.8.2024
The platform witnessed a 29.8% jump in retail lending between the first and second quarters
First Mover Americas: Crypto Markets Reel on Geopolitical Risk
1.8.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug. 1 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Ethereum ETFs could reach $10B AUM in first year: Sygnum Bank
1.8.2024
“When the net flows turn positive and accelerate, this will be a strong driver for the price of Ether,” said Katalin Tischhauser, Head of Investment Research at Sygnum Bank
A Bunch Of Mario And Kirby Switch Games Are On Sale Right Now
31.7.2024
Sound the alarms! Some of Nintendo’s first-party digital Switch games are on sale for a limited time. If you’ve been wanting to play Mario Golf, Kirby Star Allies, or Nintendo Switch Sports this is the best chance to snag these (and other) games for less than normal. Read more
Bungie Devs React To More Mass Layoffs: ‘My Whole Team Is Gone'
31.7.2024
Today, Bungie announced that it was laying off 220 employees, or approximately 17 percent of its workforce. The news, which comes on the heels of a successful expansion launch with Destiny 2: The Final Shape in June and another round of layoffs late last year, has prompted former employees...
Tether Posts $5.2 Billion Profit in First Half of 2024
31.7.2024
Tether Holdings Limited reported a record-breaking net profit of $5.2 billion for the first half of 2024, according to its latest assurance opinion for the second quarter. The report, conducted by BDO, highlighted Tether’s increased exposure to U.S. Treasury bills and a significant rise...
Tether reports record-breaking $5.2B profit in first half of 2024
31.7.2024
Tether said its US Treasury reserve surpasses the size of all but 17 of the world’s governments
Bungie Hit By Layoffs And Massive Restructuring Despite Success Of Destiny 2: The Final Shape
31.7.2024
Bungie is about to undergo major changes. The Destiny 2 maker is laying off hundreds more employees, integrating more deeply with its parent company Sony, and spinning off one of its in-development games into a separate PlayStation Studio. CEO Pete Parsons called it a “difficult and painful day”...
First Mover Americas: Crypto Market Stabilizes After Nursing Losses
31.7.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 31, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets