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India Surpasses UK as World’s 5th Largest Economy Based on IMF Data
4.9.2022
India is now the world’s fifth-largest economy after surpassing the U.K., the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows. India’s former chief economic advisor expects the country to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2028-30. India Becomes...
IMF Bailout Approval Helps Zambian Kwacha Take the Russian Ruble’s Position as World’s Best Performing Currency
3.9.2022
After the International Money Fund revealed it had approved a bailout package for Zambia, the Southern African country’s currency, the kwacha, rallied by 3.1%. Following this gain, the kwacha took the Russian ruble’s position as the world’s best-performing currency in 2022....
Input-Output Global Devs Reveal Cardano’s Vasil Hard Fork Is Scheduled for September 22
3.9.2022
While The Merge is expected to take place in just over ten days’ time, Cardano’s hard fork called Vasil now has a scheduled date. The highly anticipated Cardano fork will take place on September 22, or roughly nine days after Ethereum transitions from proof-of-work (PoW)...
Comedian Bill Murray’s Wallet Hacked for $186K Worth of Ethereum After NFT Charity Auction
3.9.2022
American actor and comedian Bill Murray saw 119.2 ethereum drained from his wallet on September 1, 2022, after Murray held a non-fungible token (NFT) charity auction. Statistics show that most of the tokens and NFTs in Murray’s wallet have been moved, and roughly $556 in token value remains....
Sept. 22 is the date for Cardano’s Vasil hard fork launch, 3 months after target date
2.9.2022
The latest upgrade, which is the blockchain’s fifth, will include improvements to the Plutus programming language and promises greater scalability for lower fees
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Trades Down After Initial Push Higher
2.9.2022
The price settled below $20,000 as investors digested the August jobs report. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Experts weigh in on the Ethereum vulnerabilities after Merge: Finance Redefined
2.9.2022
The top100 DeFi tokens recorded a bearish price action over the past week, with the majority of them trading in the red, barring a few tokens that have shown even double-digit growth
Steam Bans Scammers After Dev Reveals Potential Shady Game Reselling
2.9.2022
Earlier this week, a developer’s Twitter thread about shady Steam curators who potentially lie to get free game codes went viral. In the thread, using a bit of a sting-like operation to support his suspicions, the dev theorized that these shady curators take game keys and sell them instead of using...
Tether Asks Court to Remove Crypto Boutique Law Firm Roche Freedman From Class-Action Lawsuit
2.9.2022
Kyle Roche, an attorney and founding partner of the crypto boutique litigation firm Roche Freedman LLP, recently withdrew from a number of class-action lawsuits initiated by the law firm. The attorney’s withdrawal follows videos that circulated showing the lawyer discussing associations with...
Bitcoin's Price May Crash After Ethereum's 'Merge,' Researcher Says
2.9.2022
Artist and independent Kyle McDonald said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” the possibility Ethereum’s Merge will reduce energy costs by 99.95% is “highly realistic.”
Hacker Steals Bill Murray’s Crypto After $185K NFT Charity Auction
2.9.2022
A hacker drained $185,000 worth of ether from the actor’s wallet in the hours following his charity NFT auction
Steam Pulls Game After Dev Goes On Transphobic Rant Against Keffals
2.9.2022
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of an asshole’s own actions. On August 31, the developer behind the gladiator game Domina posted patch notes that included a transphobic screed attacking trans streamer Clara “Keffals” Sorrenti. Yesterday evening, some Twitter users discovered that...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Inches Up After Report Shows Slowing US Jobs Growth
2.9.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for September 2, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
9 Farming Games To Fall In Love With After Stardew Valley
2.9.2022
I do not want to be a farmer—I’m a city girl, or, on my most vulnerable days, a suburban wife in the making—but something about farming games is simply so relaxing.Read more
CEL Rallies After Celsius Asks Court to Let it Return USD 50m+ in Crypto
2.9.2022
Developments emerging from the Celsius bankruptcy trial have sent the failed crypto lender’s CEL token soaring above the USD 1.50 mark, making the coin the day’s – and this week’s – best performer among the top 100 coins.
At 07:32 UTC, CEL is trading for around USD 1.53 and is up 33% in a day...
Crypto.com Accidentally Sent $7 Million to Customer — Sues 7 Months Later to Get It Back
2.9.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com accidentally transferred about $7.26 million to a customer’s account but did not notice the error for seven months. The crypto company has now sued the customer to recover the funds. Crypto.com Sues Customer 7 Months After Mistakenly Transferring over...
Crypto Developer Brothers Leave VC Firm After CoinDesk Exposé
1.9.2022
Ian and Dylan Macalinao, who used a web of secret identities to juice the value of a Solana DeFi project, are “no longer affiliated with” Protagonist VC, the firm they started said
Ubisoft Officially Reveals Assassin’s Creed Mirage After Protagonist Leaks
1.9.2022
A bit of artwork from the long-rumored Assassin’s Creed Mirage appeared to leak last night. Then this morning, Ubisoft finally confirmed that the game is real, maybe earlier than it had intended to make the official reveal. It’s quite a leaky ship over there.Read more
This Sexy Game Might Have The Best Romance Writing Of 2022
1.9.2022
It’s rare for a dating simulator to let players revel in their sexcapades while dishing out hard truths about the consequences of their actions, but this queer visual novel made by a development team composed entirely by people of color is built different. Read more
Kyle Roche files to withdraw from class-action practice after video leak
1.9.2022
According to a series of court records released on Aug. 31, Roche is understood to be “no longer involved” in Roche Freedman’s class action practice