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Kotaku’s 2022 Manga Recommendations
21.12.2022
2022 was not only jam-packed with quality anime to watch, but also bursting at the seams with a cavalcade of stellar manga to sit down in an easy chair and lose track of time with. Granted, the majority of my manga reading was done while waiting for Chicago’s better-late-than-never buses...
There's Less Money in Crypto, and That's a Good Thing
21.12.2022
Crypto’s boom and bust were driven by the same plague that has turned the entire finance industry into a shady casino. So it’s no tragedy if the speculators take a break in 2023
DeFi Project Popsicle’s ICE Token Triples As Controversial Wonderland Founder Returns
21.12.2022
The sudden price surge of Popsicle’s ICE native token coincided with the controversial blockchain developer Daniele Sestagalli unveiling his return to rebuild the project
See You on the Otherside: How Yuga Labs Is Bringing Its Billion-Dollar Business Into the Metaverse
21.12.2022
Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow certainly didn't set out to create one of the most successful NFT projects to date and build a $4 billion empire in just under two years. Now, with a dedicated community of collectors supporting them, they're setting their sights on the metaverse
Bitcoin Trades Sideways as Stocks Get Pre-Holiday Bounce
21.12.2022
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been moving sideways in a range between $16,700 and $16,900 in the past 24 hours as traders grappled with an uncertain market outlook for next year
Self-Custody Is the Antidote to FTX’s Fraud
21.12.2022
And Senator Warren’s proposed bill would make transacting with self-hosted wallets much more difficult, says Representative Warren Davidson
In 2022 The Pokémon Franchise Finally Began To Evolve Beyond Nostalgia
21.12.2022
Pokémon is in the midst of a generational shift, and no, I don’t mean how Pokémon Scarlet and Violet just kickstarted the franchise’s ninth generation. Looking back on the monster capturing series’ last 12 months, it’s impossible to overlook the shift in how Pokémon is presenting its world...
$1.7M in Quadrigacx Bitcoins Move, Court Trustee EY Says Transfers Were ‘Unauthorized’
21.12.2022
On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY, Quadrigacx’s bankruptcy court trustee, explained it did not authorize...
Zack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games Of 2022
21.12.2022
2022 was a bit of an odd year for games. I’ve seen a lot of folks, including some fine people here at Kotaku, suggest 2022 was pretty bad on that front. I’ve spotted the opposite take, too! Personally, I’m squarely in the “2022 was a great year for games” camp. I mean, when I first started trying...
Bernie Madoff’s Lawyer: Sam Bankman-Fried Should ‘Shut Up’
21.12.2022
Ira Lee Sorkin, partner at law firm Mintz & Gold, discusses why he would’ve told the disgraced CEO to “keep his mouth shut” and not speak to various media outlets after the FTX exchange filed for bankruptcy protection
Swarm, Ethereum’s Storage Network, Announces Mainnet Storage Incentives and Web3PC Inception
21.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Swarm, the decentralised storage and communication system built on Ethereum, is announcing the mainnet release of its storage incentives programme, a mechanism to reward storage providers, which now incorporates staking. Swarm has been in development for the past five years, having...
Sam Bankman-Fried to be Extradited to the US
21.12.2022
A judge on Wednesday approved the former FTX CEO's agreement not to contest extradition
Biggest Movers: ETC Moves Away From Multi-Month Lows, as XMR Extends Recent Gains
21.12.2022
Ethereum classic rallied for a second straight session on Wednesday, following better-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence data. The figures showed that confidence among American consumers rose to the highest level in eight months, with a reading of 108.3. Monero was also higher on the news,...
Metaverse-First Blockchain Lamina1 Launches Rolling Fund for Web3 Builders
21.12.2022
The Layer 1 blockchain is the brainchild of Neal Stephenson, who coined the term "metaverse" in 1992, and Peter Vessenes, co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation. The project will also soon launch a testnet showcasing future use cases
Craig Wright v. Peter McCormack: Judge Rules McCormack Should Pay Around $1.1M in Costs
21.12.2022
Wright had argued that McCormack should pay the majority of costs for the legal proceedings, but then accepted to pay all McCormack's costs save for those ruled in Wright's favor
Another Crypto.com Ad Banned by UK Advertising Regulator
21.12.2022
The company also came under fire from the Advertising Standards Authority in January
DeFi’s Difficult Governance Decisions Lie Ahead
21.12.2022
Decentralization was proven to be DeFi’s saving grace this year. Shouldn’t protocol governance also be as decentralized as possible?
How Crypto Exchanges Can Be Free of Risk
21.12.2022
Crypto marketplaces such as FTX have caused huge losses to users because of the lack of full custody coverage. These issues stem from the way current electronic markets were simply designed as copies of open outcry and paper-based markets – and also, ironically, from the fact that all the major...
DeFi Protocol Ankr Says Ex-Employee Caused $5M Exploit
21.12.2022
A former employee of DeFi protocol Ankr maliciously caused a $5 million exploit earlier this month, according to a blog post published on Ankr's website
The Next Generation of Automated Settlement
21.12.2022
We have elaborated the circuitry of DeFi, and must now realize its potential to replace the oil lamps, hand cranks and steam engines of the present financial landscapes