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Ubisoft Boss Tells Employees That NFTs Are Just The Beginning
17.12.2021
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot held a video Q&A this week to try and reassure developers about the company’s controversial new push behind NFTs, according to multiple sources who were in attendance. But they said his answers were vague and leaned on buzzwords like “metaverse” and “web 3.0,” leaving...
YFI, HXRO and AR post gains even as Bitcoin price dips to $45.5K
17.12.2021
Yearn.finance, Hxro and Arweave managed to post positive gains even as BTC and ETH price saw sharp pullbacks
Genius Yield raises $118M via ISPO in first 48 hours
17.12.2021
The initial stake pool offering has seen significant uptake, with one of the four GENS pools being nearly fully committed in just two days
Blockchain Gaming Adoption Jumps, But Regulation & Education Obstacles Are High - Survey
17.12.2021
While fund flows and user adoption figures continue to skyrocket in the blockchain gaming industry, some of the main challenges that hamper the sector’s further growth include regulatory uncertainty, need for user-oriented education initiatives, and technology limitations, among others...
Polygon & Reddit Co-Founder Go For Web 3.0, Career Moves + More News
17.12.2021
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Nansen Raises $75mn in First Stage Funding Led by Accel
17.12.2021
Nansen, a Blockchain analytics startup, secured $75 million in its new investment round headed by Accel with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global, a tech investor on this Thursday. The funds acquired in the round will be used to develop the functionality on the company’s...
Crypto Industry Insiders Share Top Ethereum, DeFi, Gaming, and TradFi Trends for 2022
17.12.2021
As the year is about to end, a number of companies working in the crypto space have shared with Cryptonews.com their predictions for 2022.
To help you understand what some of the major players in the space see for the next year, we decided to take a look at what topics are trending among those...
USDC Sees Native Launch on Avalanche
17.12.2021
USDC, the second leading stablecoin by market cap, has been launched on the Avalanche blockchain as a native token. Previously, users wanting to get USDC in Avalanche had to bridge it via Ethereum. Now, Circle, the issuer of usd coin (USDC), will allow users to mint the tokens directly...
Crypto Lender Nexo Launches NFT Lending Desk, Loans up to 20% for Popular NFTs
17.12.2021
On December 16, the blockchain-based lending platform Nexo announced the firm has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) lending desk. While the company offered crypto-backed loans using tokens like bitcoin and ethereum for instant funds, Nexo is offering instant liquidity to NFT holders that...
Kickstarter Announces Blockchain Future, Doubles Down After Users Say 'No Thank You'
17.12.2021
Last week, Kickstarter made a rather terrible announcement: the crowd-funding platform would be switching its services to the blockchain, somewhere it absolutely does not need to go, but feels compelled to anyway by the lure of...something. Probably money.Read more
Adidas Reveals the Originals NFT Collection With Punks Comics, Gmoney, Bored Apes
17.12.2021
On Thursday, the German multinational corporation Adidas announced the launch of the company’s first Adidas Originals NFT collection. The Adidas Originals NFT drop is in partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the cryptocurrency investor Gmoney, and the comic series Punks Comics....
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Developers Remove NFTs After Fan Uproar
17.12.2021
STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World announced yesterday that they’d be adding NFTs to the game. Public reception was, as you’d imagine, not kind.Read more
Tony Hawk Launches ‘Last Trick’ NFT Collection to Commemorate Career and Signature Moves
17.12.2021
Following the American professional skateboarder Tony Hawk’s first non-fungible token (NFT) sale on the NFT marketplace Autograph, Hawk is commemorating his career with a new series of NFTs called the “Last Trick” collection. The popular skateboarder’s latest digital...
ConsenSys launches Rollups for privacy-enabled transactions on Ethereum blockchain with support of Mastercard
16.12.2021
The move would usher a new era of user privacy as public ledgers face scrutiny over their ability to be traced by blockchain data analytics firms
Melania Trump's NFT Vision, Mastercard's Ethereum Plan + More News
16.12.2021
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Upbit crypto exchange's blockchain sister firm raises $60M
16.12.2021
Upbit operator Dunamu plans to expand its joint NFT venture with South Korean entertainment firm HYBE
Real Swiss Gold Can Now Be Held OnThe Ethereum Blockchain
16.12.2021
Through the Ethereum blockchain, SEBA Bank is all set to issue a digital token that will allow investors to assume ownership of all actual gold housed in Swiss vaults. The Swiss bank’s new offering is available as an ERC-20 token. I. e., it is kept and sold on the world’s second-largest...
Gaming Giant Nexon America Starts Accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum For In-Game Purchases
16.12.2021
Nexon America, an online gaming company and a subsidiary of the South Korean gaming giant Nexon, announced Tuesday that it has started accepting a number of crypto assets for in-game purchases as part of a deal with major crypto payment processor BitPay....
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Solana Ventures, Forte, and Griffin Gaming Launch $150 Million Web3 Fund
16.12.2021
Solana Ventures, the investment arm of Solana Labs, has announced a new investment fund to bring more Web3 products to its network. In partnership with Forte, a company that provides tools for blockchain integration on games, and Griffin Gaming, a VC company invested in the global gaming market...
Otis Launches NFT Auction Platform That Transforms Real-World Items Into Digital Collectibles
15.12.2021
As both fractional and traditional non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have seen exponential growth this year, the firm Otis has announced the launch of a marketplace called Otis House. The platform is a new NFT project that turns physical items into NFTs, and the tokens can be traded at any time for...