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US President Biden Pushes for More Stimulus, One Million ‘Plus-up’ Payments Go out This Week
15.4.2021
U.S. politicians are talking about stimulus again in order to bolster American jobs and President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. At the end of last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained that Biden would meet with bipartisan members of Congress on Monday in order to push...
Roblox Player Fakes Their Way Into White House Press Briefings
13.4.2021
An independent journalist named Kacey Montagu has spent the last few months integrating herself within the White House press corps, lying about her connections to outlets both real and fictional to ask the Biden administration questions during official briefings. But according to Politico, Montagu...
British auction house Christie’s Plans to Sell 9 Rare Cryptopunk NFTs Next Month
10.4.2021
Next month in New York, the popular auction house Christie’s plans to auction a rare lot of Cryptopunk non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. The sample of work sold will be approximately nine rare Punks, courtesy of the project’s creators Larva Labs. Nine Rare Cryptopunks Going...
Lifestyle and Entertainment Company Playboy Plans to Launch NFTs With Nifty Gateway
6.4.2021
Playboy the American men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine created by Hugh Hefner is joining the non-fungible token (NFT) craze. While the company used to mint Playboy collectible keys for fans to gain access to the mansion, Playboy now plans to offer collectibles in the cryptographic...
Bitcoin Bounty Referenced on an Episode of Marvel’s ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
3.4.2021
The leading digital asset bitcoin was mentioned on the action drama television show “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The reference to bitcoin was caught by a Redditor while he was watching the most recent episode. It’s not the first time bitcoin has been mentioned...
Iowa House approves bill to legally recognize blockchain smart contracts
30.3.2021
The bill would give legal recognition to transfers and registrations made through blockchain smart contracts
Wife Leaves Husband After He Refused to Sell Bitcoin at $60K and Bought the Dip
28.3.2021
Bitcoin prices surpassing the $60,000 milestone undoubtedly woke up a massive wave of joy across the crypto community. However, such an accomplishment didn’t bring happiness to a married couple, who split up after a dispute on whether to sell bitcoins at that price level or not. Wife Left...
Have You Ever Successfully Returned To An Ancient Save File?
22.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital Registers With SEC to Launch a Bitcoin ETF
22.3.2021
Anthony Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital has filed an S-1 registration form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The prospectus for the “First Trust Skybridge Bitcoin ETF Trust” notes that the ETF aims to list common shares...
NFT Criticism Heightens: Skeptic Calls Tech a ‘House of Cards,’ Claims NFTs Will be ‘Broken in a Decade’
21.3.2021
On the week of March 7 through the 13th, the term “NFT” touched an all-time record high in terms of popular search queries according to Google Trends (GT). The highest score is 100 and this week, GT shows interest has dwindled a hair down to 97. Meanwhile, while the NFT hype affects...
Spanish Propery Experts: Interest in Bitcoin-powered House Buying Rising
19.3.2021
Spanish experts have spoken about the legal and practical issues involved with buying a house in bitcoin (BTC) as interest in the most popular cryptocurrency – and crypto in general – rises in the nation.
Per El Economista, Emiliano Bermúdez, the deputy director-general of the real estate trading...
World’s Fourth Oldest Auction House Sotheby’s Joins the NFT Ecosystem With a Mysterious Artist
18.3.2021
Following the $69 million non-fungible token (NFT) digital art auction at the world-famous auction house Christie’s, the British-founded American multinational corporation Sotheby’s is joining the NFT hype. Sotheby’s is partnering with a popular digital artist dubbed...
Dutch Political Candidate Puts up ‘Bitcoin Is the Future’ Billboards With Laser Eyes
16.3.2021
Billboards saying “Bitcoin is the future,” featuring laser eyes, can now be seen in the Netherlands. They are part of an election campaign for Robert Valentine, the chairman of the Dutch Libertarian Party and candidate for the upcoming parliamentary election. Dutch Pro-Bitcoin...
Sotheby’s auction house is getting into the NFT game
16.3.2021
The nonfungible token craze continues to proliferate
Meet Qonos- A Purpose-Built Digital Frame for NFT Art and Collectibles
15.3.2021
The non-fungible token (NFT) artwork and collectible ecosystem has exploded in recent months and just last week, a Beeple-crafted NFT sold for $69 million at the world-famous auction house Christie’s. As the NFT space swells, a new product has been launched called “Qonos,”...
The Comics That Sold Out Thanks to WandaVision Are Going Back to Press
14.3.2021
Maybe you missed out on stockpiling the comics that can give some background to WandaVision, or maybe you desperately miss the show and are craving whatever related content you can get. Either way, Marvel’s got your back.Read more
Major Israeli Investment House Invested $100 Million in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Fund in December 2020
12.3.2021
One of the biggest asset managers in Israel allocated millions of dollars into the shares of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). Altshuler Shaham is now gaining exposure to bitcoin by investing $100 million in shares, according to a local media outlet. Altshuler Shaham Currently Holds $150M...
France to Auction 611 Bitcoins Seized From Hackers
11.3.2021
The French government will auction 611 bitcoins that were seized from hackers next week. There will be two sales comprised of 478 lots altogether. Each lot consists of between 0.11 and 20 bitcoins. Paris-based auction house Kapandji Morhange will auction 611 bitcoins on March 17. The company says...
Writer Torrey Peters Wants a Punk Utopia for Trans Girls and a Cuisinart Mixer
8.3.2021
My friend and colleague Harron Walker once found it difficult to preface the force that is Torrey Peters. Now, here I am, repeating that confusion, at a loss for how to possibly describe a writer who refuses to be pinned down by other’s expectations. Her debut novel, Detransition, Baby, published...
US House Representative Ro Khanna Lauds BTC Which ‘Cannot Be Devalued’- Calls for Less Carbon Intensive Mining
7.3.2021
After Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. Senator for Massachusetts called bitcoin a speculative asset, Ro Khanna, the U.S. House Representative for California has spoken in favor of the crypto asset. In his Twitter statement, Khanna says “bitcoin just like digital gold cannot be devalued.”...