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Kick could eventually buy Twitch after the latter reports layoffs
11.1.2024
Twitch has announced that it will lay off 500 employees. That is 35% of the current workforce. While the precise reason is unknown at the moment, the community speculates that the move could be because of the growing competition from other players in the market. Lately, brands like Facebook...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Four Great Games To Kick Off The New Year
5.1.2024
Happy new year! This week the Kotaku weekend guide returns with a brisk list of games for your consideration. Maybe some of these you hadn’t considered playing before, or perhaps others have been sitting on your backlog. In that case, consider this your reminder to get working on that stubborn list...
Xbox Game Pass’ January Offerings Kick Off 2024 With A Bang
3.1.2024
It’s the first month of 2024, which means it’s time for a new crop of Xbox Game Pass titles to satiate your growing appetite for games. And January’s offerings are solid, serving up everything from hundred-hour-long RPGs to survival horror remakes to quaint action-adventures and more. If you’re...
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Will Kick Off A Bloody Tournament Arc
2.1.2024
Jujutsu Kaisen wrapped up earlier this week after a long and fairly grim season. You won’t be surprised to learn that it’s got another season in the works, once again courtesy of MAPPA.Read more
Arteezy’s transition to kick sparks controversy in Dota 2 community
30.11.2023
Arteezy’s switch from Twitch to Kick streaming has generated controversial discussions in the Dota 2 community. It goes beyond the question of what platform to choose; though a significant portion of his subscribers prefer Twitch, it has to do with a scandalous changeover to gambling content....
Amouranth Spends $17 Million On Fruit Field To ‘Overtake’ Bill Gates
29.11.2023
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, one of livestreaming’s most recognizable women, is something of a tour de force. She’s building an empire, after all, having bought a gas station, purchased an inflatable pool company, sold water straight from her hot tub, and slung beer made with her vaginal bacteria....
Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s December Update Will Totally Kick Your Ass
16.11.2023
Assassin’s Creed Mirage will get a new update in December that adds a New Game Plus mode for free, and introduces an optional difficulty setting that will absolutely stomp your face in.Read more
It’s Time To Prove You Could Actually Kick Chucky’s Butt
8.11.2023
‘80s horror icon Chucky has a massive kill count—though, that doesn’t stop naysayers from thinking they could easily take the deadly doll down. Read more
Internet Drags 'Scumbag' xQc For Gaza Reaction Video
2.11.2023
Rampant gambler, content-stealer, and little stinker xQc—aka superstar Twitch and Kick streamer Félix Lengyel—is in trouble again. The content creator has been posting video “reactions” to war footage since the most recent inflammation of the Israel-Hamas war in early October. People online...
Nickmercs Will Stream Gambling On Kick, But Not ‘A Sh*t Ton’
30.10.2023
Controversial streamer Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff recently announced a massive $10 million deal with Twitch rival Kick, and it seems that, although he once implored pro-LGBTQIA people to “leave children alone,” he’s not worried about teaching children how to gamble.Read more
Amouranth’s Latest Business Venture Will Drive Her Haters To Drink
27.10.2023
More often than she plays the part of lewd Twitch and Kick streamer Amouranth, 29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa is a businesswoman. But she’s primarily in the business of her body, hawking “made-to-order” water from her hot tub (sold out), a few strands of hair and her fart in a jar for a $400 sale...
Fintech, DeFi, GameFi, and more: Web3 startups kick off Cointelegraph Accelerator second cohort
27.10.2023
Sixteen startups selected from over 1000 applications will present their projects to a global audience
EU Crypto Investor Protections Won’t Kick In Until Dec. 2024: ESMA
17.10.2023
European crypto investors will have to wait a little longer for the full provisions of Markets-in Crypto Assets (MiCA) to kick in, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
In an October 17 official release, ESMA stated that crypto investor protections would take longer...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Kick Back With
15.9.2023
Oh, hey there. It’s weekend time once more and that means we’re taking a look at what’s been keeping us busy on our gaming machines. It’s been a pretty busy time of year for game releases, so there’s the usual new stuff in the pages ahead but also one stone-cold classic and even one game that’s...
Cathie Wood's Ark 21Shares, VanEck Kick off Spot Ethereum ETF Race in U.S
7.9.2023
ARK 21Share and investment manager VanEck have filed for the first-ever Ether (ETH) spot Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) in the United States.
As per a recent filing with U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ARK21Shares Ethereum ETF would track the performance of ETH by holding...
Bitcoin Alternative BTC20 Price Ready to Pump as Buybacks Kick in and 54% of Supply Staked
11.8.2023
Launched on Uniswap decentralized exchange yesterday, 'Bitcoin on Ethereum' coin BTC20 is proving an excellent advert for staking, with 54% of tokens now deposited into the smart contract.
At the time of writing, $3,303,345 has been staked at a current annual percentage yield of 79.47%, according...
Twitch King xQc Does The Worm In The Middle Of Copyright Debate
8.8.2023
Twitch and Kick wunderkind Félix Lengyel, who’s better known online as xQc, got into an ugly spat with podcaster and YouTuber Ethan Klein, or h3h3productions, about the former’s infamously low-effort reaction videos. The August 7 H3 Podcast channel livestream was originally intended to be...
Twitch Star xQc Could Be Replaced By His Own AI
27.7.2023
If you scroll toward the bottom of Twitch’s homepage, you’ll see a curious carousel: “Probably Artificial, Hopefully Intelligent,” a subsection of livestreams dedicated to and powered by AI. It’s weird, as you’d expect, but tucked in there is something weirder. There’s an AI version of megastar...
Hot Meme Coin Burn Kenny Price Pumps 1.5x at Launch, 3-Day 30% Supply Burn Starts and Alpha Calls Kick In
24.7.2023
South Park-inspired meme coin Burn Kenny saw its token price soar 1.5x on launch day before finding a near-term bottom, and now consolidates as it gears up for more advances.
Presale buyers of the coin were sitting on initial gains of 60%, having bought the coin for $0.0001875 to see it touch...
Kick.com sets out loose rules, wins over Twitch’s streamers
17.7.2023
Kick and Twitch battle is far from getting over. If anything, it will only intensify in the days to come. Making this obvious is the recent development by Kick, wherein the platform has signed a multi-year agreement with xQc. Also, the rules are pretty loose at the moment, allowing creators to mint...