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Wintermute, a Major Trader, Is a Key Player in Arkham’s Controversial Dox-to-Earn Platform
2.8.2023
The liquidity provider just withdrew 8 million of Arkham’s ARKM token from Binance, increasing its position by 731%
‘Holy Grail’ Funko Pop Sells For Controversial $210K
27.7.2023
Back in 2016, the Funko company gave away just a handful of Golden Ticket Funko Pop 2-Packs, which contained gilded figures of Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa, at its annual San Diego Comic-Con event. In July, one of them sold for a whopping $210,000, over double what the owner had purchased it...
Redditors Vent Their Rage At CEO In Funniest Way Possible
20.7.2023
r/place, the Reddit-based collaborative art project, is back for its third incarnation since the 2017 original. And it couldn’t arrive at a better time for pissed-off Reddit users who have had enough of the message board management’s shit. With everyone able to place only a single pixel every...
EU's Data Act Final Draft Still Contains Controversial Smart Contract Kill Switch
17.7.2023
Lawmakers appear to have largely ignored pleas from organizations linked to Polygon, NEAR and Cardano about the kill-switch, according to a final version of the text seen by CoinDesk
Arkham CEO rebuts claims of ‘snitch-to-earn’ program, says it's to find bad actors
12.7.2023
Arkham CEO Miguel Morel said public blockchains are "probably the worst possible way of keeping one's private information private.”
Cyberpunk 2077 Players Protest Reddit By Posting Nudes
6.7.2023
Open-world sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077’s biggest subreddit recently switched to NSFW (not safe for work,) with the explanation that the game it is focused on is a mature game filled with nudity and gore. However, Reddit allegedly demanded that mods of the subreddit quickly revert the change. The mods...
Official Minecraft Subreddit Shuts Down, Says 'We No Longer Feel Reddit Is An Appropriate Place'
29.6.2023
As protests continue over on Reddit, the world’s largest community forum that is now inexplicably being turned into an engine for shareholder-driven greed, one of its biggest gaming subreddits has announced that it will be leaving the platform for good.Read more
EU finalizes controversial smart contract kill switch rules under Data Act
28.6.2023
The Data Act was first proposed in early 2022 and passed by the European parliament on March 14
EU’s Controversial Smart Contract Kill-Switch Rules Finalized by Negotiators
28.6.2023
Lawmakers and governments have reached a deal on the Data Act despite protests from the blockchain industry
Controversial World Of Warcraft Quest Removed After Fan Backlash
23.6.2023
Popular fantasy MMO World of Warcraft has come under fire for a questline that pushed up against some of the darker parts of the franchise’s lore, and it was not flattering.Read more
Romanian Prosecutors Pursue Confiscation of $563K Bitcoin Stash Owned by Andrew Tate
20.6.2023
Romanian prosecutors have officially submitted documents to the court, seeking the seizure of 21 bitcoin valued at $563,000 from Andrew Tate, a controversial social media influencer. The British-American ex-kickboxer, who gained a significant online presence, was charged with grave offenses...
Square Enix Re-Releases Game Without Its Controversial Microtransactions
20.6.2023
Square Enix’s once-abandoned Chocobo racing game, a Final Fantasy spin-off titled Chocobo GP, has received a second chance at life without all the bad microtransactions, which previously ended up nickle-and-diming players for game features. Read more
Nintendo Switch Piracy Subreddit Banned After Giant Tears Of The Kingdom Leak
16.6.2023
The Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit r/newyuzupiracy managed to fly under the radar for years. However, on June 13, three years after it was originally created, Reddit banned the forum after it blew up in the wake of the massive pre-release leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Read more
Security Agency Detains Nigeria’s Suspended Anti-Bitcoin Central Bank Governor
12.6.2023
The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, was suspended by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on June 9 and was subsequently arrested by a domestic security agency. Several reports have linked Emefiele’s suspension to the central bank’s controversial naira demonetization...
ConsenSys Faces Shareholder Vote Over Controversial Transfer of Company Assets
8.6.2023
The Ethereum developer is accused of squeezing former employees out of shares held in a previous incarnation of the company. The case, which could have wide-ranging consequences for ConsenSys, reaches its next stage today
Is Biden’s controversial Bitcoin mining tax dead or set to rise from the ashes?
3.6.2023
References to the tax were removed from the U.S. debt bill, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone for good
Controversial Recoveries, Promising Partnerships, Regulation Gambling and 20 Crypto Jokes
20.5.2023
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fixes Breath Of The Wild’s Most Controversial Feature
17.5.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s weapon degradation system was bullshit. Things got better in the back half of the game, but early on it was a pain in the ass and demoralizing to get a hot new sword only for it to break a few dozen hits later. Tears of the Kingdom fixes this. Weapons still...
Ledger Faces Backlash for Controversial Backup Tool as Crypto Community Expresses Discontent
17.5.2023
Hardware wallet maker Ledger is facing significant backlash for its recent introduction of a tool enabling users to back up their seed phrases through the transmission of encrypted key fragments to third-party firms. The crypto community has not embraced this new feature, with numerous digital...
These Expensive Headphones Come With Controversial Waifus
29.4.2023
In nearly every niche online community, there are two kinds of people: those who like the porn related to their obscure interests, and those who don’t. Read more