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Avalanche Adding Fiat Payments via Alchemy Pay (ACH) Integration
24.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Avalanche has announced the integration of flexible fiat payment on-ramps on their network, thanks to a new integration with Alchemy Pay. Alchemy Pay is a payment solution that bridges fiat and crypto economies and it will now offer support for Avalanche’s public blockchain’s native...
New tribes of the Metaverse — Community-owned economies
28.11.2021
The gaming ecosystem is set to become more community-driven with the help of decentralized tech, empowering creators and coders
Grayscale Report Sees Metaverse as Potential $1 Trillion Business Opportunity
27.11.2021
Grayscale, a leading cryptocurrency asset manager, seems to have set its gaze on the metaverse as a business opportunity. Yesterday the company released a report where it examined the feasibility of this interconnected virtual world and how these economies can provide a profitable entry...
The Recent EVE Online Riots Where Thousands of Fans Burned Their In-Game Money, Explained
24.11.2021
EVE Online’s latest slate of updates, “New Dawn”, promised to bring with it a return to an age of prosperity to the game’s universe. Alongside the first patch of the new quadrant came a Nov. 12th Developer Blog detailing how CCP, the developer behind the game, planned on delivering that new age....
Central Bank of Peru Will Develop a Digital Currency
22.11.2021
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru, the Peruvian central bank, is planning to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) like other economies of the world. The announcement was made by its president, Julio Velarde, who stated that the currency would be designed for use primarily in payments....
5 reasons why blockchain-based gaming economies are the future
7.11.2021
Axie Infinity showed the gaming industry just a sliver of what blockchain-based gaming can achieve, and the industry is set to explode in the near future
Star Citizen Players Are Overdosing Each Other Unconscious In 'Safe' Areas
21.10.2021
Perpetual work-in-progress Star Citizen might never be a real game you can just nip down to the shop and buy, but watching developer Cloud Imperium try is endlessly entertaining. In the latest update on the game’s test server, players have figured out how to use newly-added healing guns to deliver...
Microstrategy CEO Advises Nigeria and Zimbabwe to Adopt Bitcoin Standard, Says BTC Is ‘Kingmaker’
19.10.2021
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor has suggested Nigeria and Zimbabwe issue currencies that are backed by bitcoin if they want to fix their economies. He surmised that using the bitcoin standard will end starvation and allow citizens of both countries to have a decent life. National Currencies Backed...
Runescape Fans Stage Protests, Jagex Reverses Controversial Modding Decision
9.9.2021
Only 24 hours ago, we reported on a decision Runescape developers Jagex made that saw a major mod blocked from release just hours before it had been due to go live. That decision led to protests among the community so severe they spread in-game.Read more
Huge Runescape Mod Shut Down Just Hours Before Release
8.9.2021
Runelite HD is a mod (made by one person, 117) that takes Old School RuneScape and gives it a HD makeover. Read more
RuneScape Composer Jailed For Sexual Assault Of Preteen Girl
19.8.2021
Ian Taylor, the composer behind much of the music for free-to-play MMO RuneScape, was sentenced today by the Peterborough Crown Court in England to 22 months in prison after admitting to drunkenly assaulting a girl under the age of 13 last December.Read more
Emerging economies dominate Chainalysis’ 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index
18.8.2021
The report indicated that worldwide adoption of crypto assets jumped over 1,200%, with peer-to-peer platforms driving cryptocurrency usage in emerging economies
Alchemy Pay Drives Crypto Adoption by Bridging Fiat and Crypto Economies
9.8.2021
Digital assets have seen great success as investment tools in recent years, but payment adoption is unfortunately still lagging behind. Alchemy Pay is well on its mission to change this by enabling millions of merchants to accept crypto payments and get paid in their local currency. At the same...
Dogecoin’s Downward Slide: 2-Month Stats Show Meme-Based Crypto Is Down 76%
17.7.2021
The infamous meme-based crypto asset dogecoin has had an incredible 12 months, rising more than 5,578% against the U.S. dollar. Dogecoin also ignited significant demand for a number of canine-themed cryptocurrencies this year as billions of dollars have funneled into these meme-coin economies....
EVE Online Facing Second 'Summer of Rage' Fan Outcry
7.7.2021
In the early days of June 2011, the playerbase of EVE Online joined together in revolution and war. The enemy was not a diablocial space-tyrant, or an army of NPC spaceships waiting to give battle, but the company that created EVE, CCP Games. A recent expansion, Incarca, had launched with a slew...
Developing Economies & Better Educated People Lead Crypto 'Space Race'
26.5.2021
People in so-called developing economies are more familiar with decentralized cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin (BTC), while respondents with better education were more likely to use crypto, according to a new survey.
“Money is rapidly evolving. Only a few years ago there seemed to be very little...
Elite Dangerous CEO Apologizes For Odyssey's Buggy Launch
24.5.2021
Odyssey, a large expansion for space exploration simulator Elite Dangerous, launched last week as a buggy mess. This led to a lot of fan backlash and negative Steam reviews. In response to these issues, developer Frontier Developments’ CEO apologized for the terrible launch.Read more
TimeCoin(TMCN) Is a DeFi and NFT Project With Esports, VTuber, Sharing and Gig Economies
7.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. TimeCoinProtocol is a blockchain project operated by TimeTicket GmbH, a company based in Switzerland and fully owned by TimeTicket Inc. Japan. The project issued its crypto currency called TimeCoin(TMCN) which is traded at more than 250 USD per TMCN on several exchanges such...
A cure for copyright ills? NFTs promise to empower creative economies
15.4.2021
NFTs are not an immediate solution to all IP rights issues, but eventually they can give creators more power than they ever had
EVE Online's Latest Front Is A Battle Of The Bands
30.3.2021
EVE has been torn apart by war between the game’s largest factions for close to nine months. The war is raging on every imaginable front: massive fleets wreaking untold destruction, economic powers exerting their influence over the game’s markets, players vying for karma on the EVE subreddit....