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Zooko Wilcox Ends Eight-Year Association With Company Behind Privacy Coin Zcash
20.12.2023
Zooko Wilcox, the CEO of Electric Coin Co., revealed on Dec. 18 that he is ending his eight-year association with the entity which is behind the privacy coin zcash. Despite leaving his role as the company’s top executive, Wilcox said he remains committed to anything focused on human freedom....
Bitcoin (BTC) Aims for $45,000 Price Target As Bull Run Slows Down; Litecoin (LTC) and InQubeta (QUBE) Make Major Gains
19.12.2023
Bitcoin (BTC) currently at $42,500 price mark at the time of writing. Despite BTC’s rising demand among institutional investors, its bull run is slowing down as it aims for $45,000. Top analysts identified Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) as a critical factor fueling BTC’s price uptrend...
What were the top new PC & console games of 2023?
18.12.2023
We crunch lots of numbers & come to some conclusions
Adam Back States ‘You Can’t Stop JPEGs on Bitcoin,’ Proposes Block Size Increase to Host Inscriptions
18.12.2023
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and legendary cryptographer, has acknowledged that inscriptions, media embedded directly on top of Bitcoin, cannot be stopped, stating that any action focused on this will only prompt users to do it in “worse ways.” Instead, Back proposed adding a new blob...
The 10 Biggest Kotaku Stories Of 2023
18.12.2023
What were you loyal Kotaku readers most interested in this year? Despite 2023 offering us scammers in Congress, a megolomaniac destroying one of the most popular social media websites of all time, and a pop star dating an NFL football hero, gamers remained laser-focused on the things that matter...
NFT Sales Soar to Over $500M; Bitcoin Leads With Unprecedented Growth
16.12.2023
Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have surged by 52.81% over the past week, reaching a total of $503.35 million. Bitcoin has emerged as the frontrunner in this week’s NFT market, generating $276.79 million in sales, surpassing Ethereum’s $99.67 million, which previously held the...
AI Chatbot Girolamo Debuts on Cardano; Ambitious Goals for Avalanche & RebelSatoshi Attract Investors
16.12.2023
The blockchain world is abuzz with innovations, and leading the charge is Cardano’s AI chatbot Girolamo, heralding a new era of AI and blockchain synergy. Meanwhile, Avalanche continues to push the boundaries of blockchain technology, and RebelSatoshi ($RBLZ) is turning heads in the memecoin...
LUNA Makes a Strong Comeback in Top 50 – AI Altcoin Becomes the Talk of the Town on Reddit
16.12.2023
Terra (LUNA) has been making waves in the crypto sector because it continues to defy odds by scaling heights despite its previous tribulations. On the other hand, BorroeFinance ($ROE) is crafting a name for itself as an AI altcoin that is rendering significant innovations in Web3 financing....
Eliminating Fees, Killing Features, Reducing Payouts and 20 Crypto Jokes
16.12.2023
This is your weekly digest of top crypto news from Cryptonews.com, followed by a collection of 20 hand-picked crypto jokes. __________ This week in crypto: we looked into bitcoin price predictions as BTC surpassed $42,000 amidst dovish Fed signals, as well as ethereum price predictions as JPMorgan...
Crypto Crimes Highlighted in IRS Criminal Investigation’s 2023 Top 10 Criminal Cases
16.12.2023
In the IRS’s list of top 10 criminal cases for 2023, cryptocurrency frauds are featured, ranging from multi-million dollar tax evasions to elaborate money laundering schemes. Crypto Scams Among Most Significant Financial Crimes in IRS Criminal Investigation’s 2023 Report The...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Struggles at $43,400 Amid Fed’s Market Impact
15.12.2023
In the ever-shifting landscape of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin encounters resistance at the crucial $43,400 mark, forming a challenging double top pattern. This movement comes amid a backdrop of the Federal Reserve’s nuanced monetary balancing act, which has sent ripples across financial markets...
Russia-China CBDC Payments May Debut in 2024 – Moscow
15.12.2023
Source:Iliya Mitskavets/Adobe A top Russian politician says that Moscow and Beijing could begin using their CBDCs – the digital ruble and digital yuan – to make payments as early as 2024. Per the news agency Tass, the comments came from Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Committee on...
'Bitcoin NFT' Hysteria Comes to Sotheby's as Super-Mario-Style Mushroom Character Tops $200K
14.12.2023
In the historic auction house's first-ever sale of the Ordinals inscriptions known as "NFTs on Bitcoin," a batch of three pixelated images from a mushroom-themed collection drew about $450,000, or roughly five times the highest estimates
Cheating Rampant in Blockchain Chess, Leading to Shutdown of Immortal Game’s Play-to-Earn Features
14.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Zdenek Sasek The management team of the blockchain chess game Immortal Game has decided to kill off its non-fungible tokens (NFT) play-to-earn (P2E) features. The reason: widespread cheating. “Our heart lies in chess,” the team said. They aim to make Immortal Game...
Worst-Reviewed Call Of Duty Ever Has Already Outsold Zelda: TotK
13.12.2023
New data reveals that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is already the second-best selling video game of 2023, despite awful reviews, a low Metacritic score, and complaints that its campaign was too short. Read more
IRS Spotlights Most Notable Cryptocurrency Scams in 2023
13.12.2023
Source: Pixabay / stevepb The U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division has released its list of the top 10 criminal cases of 2023. These cases include the IRS‘s most prominent and high-profile investigations with a significant focus on cryptocurrency-related...
Donald Trump Unveils New 'Mugshot' NFTs, Stirring Up Prices for His Previous NFTs
12.12.2023
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From Dogecoin’s Peak to a Sharp Drop: Is This Investor Shifting Focus to Rebel Satoshi’s Growth?
12.12.2023
TLDR Dogecoin has shed 87% of its ATH thus far, and a resurgence is not coming soon. Investors flock to Rebel Satoshi to seize the projected 150% presale ROI. The crypto market is constantly evolving, with top altcoins like Dogecoin (DOGE) undergoing different price changes due to developments...
South Korean Regulator Rules NFTs Are Not Subject to Crypto Law
11.12.2023
Source: TSViPhoto/Adobe South Korean financial regulators have said NFTs are not subject to the same rules as cryptoassets, a ruling that may buoy token issuers and blockchain gaming firms. Per News1, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the nation’s top regulator, stated that “following...
Stablecoin Supply Turning Positive and Rising Protocol Fees Among Key Narratives in 2023 — Study
11.12.2023
During Q4 of 2023, the stablecoin supply available to invest in crypto assets was $3.8 billion. This is the first time the net supply of the top five stablecoins has turned positive in nearly two years. In 2023, zero-knowledge (ZK) technology became one of the most consistent talking points in...