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Many Major Airlines Can Now Accept Cryptocurrencies via UATP Global Payment Network
10.9.2021
Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is bringing more than 300 airline members and travel merchants cryptocurrency payment options. Airlines in the UATP network include Air Canada, Air China, Delta, Frontier, Japan Airlines, Jetblue, Qantas, Southwest, and United. UATP Gets Into Crypto UATP is...
Missouri mayor suggests giving residents up to $1K in Bitcoin
20.8.2021
Jayson Stewart hinted Cool Valley residents could be required to HODL the funds for five years
Goombas Topple Over At Super Nintendo World's Yoshi Ride
12.8.2021
Earlier this week, a moving stack Goombas toppled over at Super Nintendo World’s Yoshi’s Adventure attraction in Universal Studios Japan. You can glimpse the Goombas in the above image. Livedoor News reports that the Goomba statue, which measures several meters tall, did fell in an area where park...
The $62B Stablecoin Giant Tether Publishes Assurance Report Reviewed by Auditor Moore Cayman
10.8.2021
Tether Limited has released an assurance report reviewed by Moore Cayman, an auditor of investment funds and digital assets. The report provides a breakdown of the company’s assets and reserves which Moore Cayman claims are around $62.7 billion as of June 30. Tether Publishes Assurance Report...
Game Payment Company CEO Sounds Like A Massive Jerk
6.8.2021
Game payment company Xsolla is reportedly planning to lay off 150 people for being “unengaged and unproductive.” CEO and founder, Aleksandr Agapitov later wrote on Twitter, “Work your fucking ass off or get your fucking ass out.” It’s a big old mess made more complicated by the CEO’s continued...
Huobi Stablecoin Issuer Publishes Attestation Reports Tied to HUSD Reserve Backing
6.8.2021
The crypto financial services company Huobi and the firm’s stablecoin issuer Stable Universal have published monthly HUSD attestation reports. The audits indicate the funds that back Huobi’s stablecoin are kept in cash in U.S. money market accounts in order to ensure the 1:1 ratio with...
Xbox Boss Wants To Preserve Games While Threatening Game Preservation
16.7.2021
In a recent interview with Kinda Funny, Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke about game preservation, and how “I really wish as an industry we’d come together and help preserve the history of what gaming is about, so we don’t lose the ability to go back.”Read more
Beeple launches iconic 'moments' NFT platform with Time, Universal, and Warner
25.6.2021
The platform will host the sale of tokens depicting historic moments in sport, politics, and fashion
Facebook's 100% Subscription Money Deal Turns Twitch Streamers' Heads
7.6.2021
Facebook has made no secret of its desire to lure streamers over from Twitch’s saturated pastures. Its latest salvo in the streaming wars? Full subscription profits for streamers for the next two years.Read more
Crypto E-Commerce Giant Shopping.io Supports eToro Social Impact Non-Profit, GoodDollar
4.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Shopping.io – Los Angeles, CA the premier crypto E-commerce platform will donate $50,000 to eToro’s flagship corporate social responsibility project GoodDollar, a non-profit initiative that distributes free crypto-based universal basic income (UBI) as part of its mission...
Katy Perry And Pikachu Traveling Through Time Singing Songs, As They Do
14.5.2021
Remember way back in January, when I wrote “Katy Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing?” We now have that thing. Check out the video for Perry’s new single “Electric,” in which the singer and her Pikachu travel back in time to interfere with their unevolved forms....
Opening Osaka's Super Nintendo World Last Month Seems Like A Mistake
23.4.2021
On March 18, Shigeru Miyamoto appeared at the Super Nintendo World opening at Universal Studios Japan. For the photos, he seems to have briefly removed his mask, which was probably safe. However, in light of the ensuing state of emergency, the photos reflect poorly on the seriousness of...
The Problem With Painting Blockchain With a Crypto Brush
21.4.2021
Blockchain’s underlying decentralized ledger technology has many practical applications, yet, the value of the technology itself has in practice become secondary to token capitalization. Speculation in Coins and Tokens Routinely Overshadows Promising Developments and Initiatives As major...
Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees
17.4.2021
Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer of universal basic income (UBI) payments to African refugees. Working in conjunction with the Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) and Impact Market,...
Record Covid-19 Cases In Osaka As Universal Studios Japan Limits Visitors
6.4.2021
Today, Osaka posted its highest daily number of covid-19 cases: 719. This is the eighth straight day that covid-19 cases have been increasing in the prefecture. The numbers are also climbing in the surrounding areas.Read more
So, It's Been A Year, Huh
18.3.2021
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the growing outbreak of covid-19 a pandemic. In the year since, over 120 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide, and 2.5 million people have died because of covid-19. Life has forever been changed. We wear masks. Avoid...
Super Nintendo World Finally Opens In Japan
18.3.2021
After not one but two delays, Super Nintendo World finally opened today. As Being Kansai reports, lines started forming by 6:30 AM, with a good crowd forming within an hour. Read more
Super Nintendo World Will Finally Open In Japan On March 18
8.3.2021
After repeated delays, Super Nintendo World will open on March 18 at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka.Read more
Report: Florida Super Nintendo World Delayed To 2025
4.3.2021
After being delayed for nearly a year, construction on Universal Orlando’s new theme park, Epic Universe, has resumed. This new park will contain a US version of Super Nintendo World, but it won’t be open until early 2025, two years later than first expected.Read more
Bots Reportedly Helped Fuel GameStonks Hype on Facebook, Twitter, and Other Platforms
28.2.2021
The s0-called GameStonks saga had some help from automated bots hyping up “meme” stocks on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, according to an analysis by the cybersecurity firm PiiQ Media reviewed by Reuters.Read more