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Bitcoin Mining Operations Continue to Expand Amid the Crypto Winter, While Converting ‘Wasted Gas to Energy at Scale’
12.8.2022
The bitcoin mining industry continues to expand as companies are obtaining more megawatts of capacity, building new facilities, and acquiring thousands of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining rigs. On Friday, the firm Validus Power revealed it has acquired two natural gas power...
Uzbekistan Moves to Block Foreign Cryptocurrency Exchanges
12.8.2022
Authorities in Uzbekistan are restricting access to online crypto trading platforms based outside the country and not registered under its laws. A presidential decree obliges citizens and local companies to only use digital asset exchanges licensed by the government of the Central Asian nation....
Moroccan Capital Markets Regulator Launches Fintech Portal
11.8.2022
The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), the capital markets regulatory body in Morocco, announced recently that it has launched a fintech portal on its website. The new portal has been created in order to facilitate exchanges between the regulator and “companies involved in...
Report: Samsung Signs MOU to Build Galaxy NFT Ecosystem
10.8.2022
Korean electronic goods producer Samsung Electronics recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies that will collaborate to build the Galaxy NFT ecosystem. Galaxy NFT Ecosystem South Korean electronics maker, Samsung Electronics, recently signed a memorandum...
FTX Pay Integrates With Reddit’s Arbitrum Nova-Powered Community Points System
9.8.2022
FTX has announced that FTX Pay’s infrastructure has integrated with the social media and news aggregation forum Reddit’s Community Points system. The integration has been rolled out in the U.S., EU, Australia, and other countries worldwide. FTX Pay will also join Infura, P2P, Google...
Marathon Digital Posts Negative Q2 Results, but Increases Bitcoin Production 8% YoY
9.8.2022
Marathon Digital, one of the biggest mining companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem, has posted its financial results corresponding to the second quarter of the year. The company revealed that even having increased its production by 8% when compared to Q2 2021, it recorded an impairment of $127.6...
Dozen Crypto Companies Await Portugal License Despite Bank Account Closures
8.8.2022
The central bank of Portugal is now reviewing 12 requests from businesses that want to provide crypto-related services in the country. The applications are pending decision amid recent reports that some commercial banks are closing accounts of already approved operators. Binance Among...
Crunchyroll Bought A Popular Anime Video Store, Removed Its Hentai
6.8.2022
Yesterday, Crunchyroll announced its acquisition of Right Stuf, a popular online video publisher and distributor of anime products. The anime streaming service touted its merger leading to an expanded eCommerce platform that would allow it to serve a wider array of customers with anime goodies....
Tetris Owner Playstudios to Launch Blockchain Gaming Division and Web3 Fund
5.8.2022
Playstudios, a mobile gaming company, has recently announced it is diving into the world of Web3 gaming. The company is launching a blockchain gaming division that will introduce the concept of “rewarded play” to its users, who already enjoy real-world rewards for playing its games....
Portuguese Banks Close Accounts of Crypto Exchanges, Media Reveals
5.8.2022
Major Portuguese banks have started closing or refusing to open accounts for cryptocurrency platforms such as exchanges, according to media reports. The move threatens to tarnish the country’s image as one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly destinations, a haven for bitcoin enthusiasts....
Circle Invested in 2 Hacked Crypto Companies, Adding to Its Headaches Amid Stablecoin Scrutiny
4.8.2022
The venture-capital arm of the USDC stablecoin issuer backed Nomad and Slope, which were both exploited this week
Report: Tencent Wants To Expand Its Empire By Becoming Ubisoft’s Biggest Shareholder
4.8.2022
Tencent appears to be doubling down on its investment in Ubisoft. While it already owns 5 percent of the Assassin’s Creed publisher, Reuters now reports the Chinese mega-conglomerate with huge investments throughout the gaming industry has its sights set on becoming Ubisoft’s single biggest...
Sony Says Call Of Duty Is An ‘Essential Game’ Series While Microsoft Argues It Ain’t
3.8.2022
Microsoft, in a bid to downplay the possible ramifications of its attempted acquisition of Activision to various international regulating agencies, is arguing that the Call of Duty publisher it’s spending billions of dollars on doesn’t actually produce any games that could be considered “must...
Dubai regulation check: Which companies got approvals recently?
1.8.2022
In July, exchanges flocked to get approvals under Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) to expand their operations within the region
Central Bank of Uruguay Summons to Binance Due to Its Savings Focused Cryptocurrency Products
1.8.2022
The Central Bank of Uruguay has issued a summon to Binance, one of the biggest exchanges in the world, due to the series of crypto-based savings products they are offering in the country. These savings products, according to the bank, can only be made through verified banking institutions or...
Aave DAO Approves the Launch of a Collateral-Backed Stablecoin Called GHO
1.8.2022
On Sunday, the non-custodial market protocol Aave announced that the Aave DAO has approved a new stablecoin for the ecosystem called “GHO.” Aave Companies proposed the stablecoin during the first week of July and the collateral-backed stablecoin will be pegged to the U.S....
Shots Fired At Facebook’s VR Monopoly
28.7.2022
It’s been a very bad year so far for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, in ways extremely unique to being one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Despite still making almost $7 billion in profit in recent months, TikTok is eating its lunch, the stock price is in shambles,...
The Web 3․0 Winter Is Coming: Bucking the Trend With Karmaverse Zombie
28.7.2022
A crypto winter has come. With BitCoin (BTC) falling over 70% from its all time high along with Ethereum, and a steady drumbeat of news involving crypto-related funds, companies, and projects collapsing, it is clear that the last round of cryptomania has come to a close. Even juggernauts of GameFi...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Companies Struggle With Layoffs, but Some See Opportunity to Add Talent; BTC, ETH Soar After Fed Rate Hike
28.7.2022
The bear market has forced multiple organizations to cut their workforces, hurting morale and weakening the companies; BTC, ETH soar
Zebedee Inks Deal With Mobile Game Studio Viker to Add BTC Rewards to Solitaire, Sudoku, Missing Letters
26.7.2022
Seven days after the financial technology and bitcoin payments firm Zebedee announced it secured a $35 million capital raise, the company has revealed a new partnership deal with the mobile game studio Viker. The two companies have enhanced three classic video games with Zebedee’s bitcoin...