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After Years Of Hype, The Xbox Game Pass Burnout Is Here
23.5.2022
Typically, when Game Pass starts trending, it’s either because it scored a killer game or some influencers concocted a viral “joke” that ultimately does nothing other than hand a $2 trillion corporation two days of free marketing. Over the past few days, however, Microsoft’s games-on-demand program...
ICO-Funded Project Sparkster Converts $22M in Ether to USDC After 3 Years, No Product
23.5.2022
Sparkster promised investors a “no-code” software creation platform using the $30 million in funds raised from investors in 2018
How Gate․io Grew to Become One of the World’s Largest Crypto Exchanges – 9 Years Retrospective
23.5.2022
Gate.io is one of the longest running secure exchanges in the world and over time, surpassed 10 million users worldwide. To mark this milestone, the exchange is launching a rebranding and a sweepstake with $9,000,000 in prizes! Read on to find out more about what makes Gate.io such a success...
Bitmex Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Avoids Prison for Violating US Bank Secrecy Act
23.5.2022
Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes is not going to prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act. Instead, the former crypto exchange CEO has been sentenced to “six months of home detention and two years of probation.” Hayes has agreed to pay a fine of $10 million. Bitmex’s Arthur...
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Sentenced to 2 Years Probation
20.5.2022
Hayes pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in February, and faced a sentence of up to 12 months in prison
22 Years Later, PS1 Classic Syphon Filter Will Soon Have Trophies
20.5.2022
Starting next month, Sony is launching its kinda confusing tier-based PlayStation Plus service. For those who pay for the top tier, PS Plus Premium, you’ll get access to some older PS1 games. And, at least in the case of Syphon Filter, you’ll now be able to earn trophies while playing this...
Destiny 2’s Loot Vault Is Finally Getting Bigger After Three Long Years
19.5.2022
Destiny 2 players have begged, year in and year out, and now Bungie is finally answering. Beginning in Season 17 players will see their vault space increased to 600 slots, because nothing fills the void like more space for hoarding.Read more
Crypto Funds Saw Year's Highest Inflows as Terra Crisis Crashed Markets
16.5.2022
Some $274 million flowed into digital asset funds as investors bought the dip during Terra's turmoil kicked off a broad market sell-off
Digital Euro Could Come Out Within Four Years, ECB's Panetta Says
16.5.2022
Peer-to-peer payments among friends could be a first test case, though no final decision’s yet taken, Fabio Panetta said of the central bank digital currency (CBDC)
Number of Busted Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in Iran Nears 7,000
14.5.2022
Authorities in Iran have shut down close to 7,000 unauthorized facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past two years, local media revealed. According to a report, most of the illegal bitcoin farms were concentrated in five provinces of the Islamic Republic, including Tehran. Iran Continues...
TZ APAC’s Colin Miles: Blockchain will be taught in classrooms in 3-5 years
13.5.2022
TZ APAC’s Colin Miles says that a new partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s School of Computing will help students learn about Tezos and blockchain
Onecoin ‘Crypto Queen’ Ruja Ignatova Listed Among Europe’s Most Wanted
13.5.2022
Ruja Ignatova, mastermind of the notorious pyramid Onecoin, is now one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives. Also known as the “Crypto Queen,” she disappeared almost five years ago, after the Ponzi scheme she led collected billions of dollars from defrauded investors around...
US Senate confirms Jerome Powell for another four years as Fed chair
12.5.2022
In a 80–19 vote in the Senate, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Jerome Powell as the next chair of the Federal Reserve System, where he will also serve as a board member until 2028
EA's FIFA Series Loses Its Name After Nearly 30 Years
10.5.2022
Next year’s FIFA won’t be called FIFA anymore, EA announced Tuesday. The mega sports franchise is parting ways with soccer’s international governing body and will be renamed EA Sports FC, but EA promises nothing else will change.Read more
2022 Bitcoin Obituaries List Outpaces First 3 Years, Schiff Says Its ‘Highly Likely Bitcoin Will Crash Below $10K’
10.5.2022
While bitcoin’s price has dropped to levels not seen since January 2022, a number of detractors think bitcoin is on its death bed. Data stemming from the Bitcoin Obituaries list shows the leading crypto has died seven times in 2022, outpacing the first three years of obituaries by year...
Nigerian Fintech Founder: ‘African Fintechs Have a Greater Scale Potential Than Other Tech Startups’
9.5.2022
The African fintech industry has grown rapidly over the past few years and this has caught the attention of some well-resourced venture capital (VC) firms. As one would expect, Nigerian fintech startups have dominated the continent in terms of funds raised or the number of transactions performed....
SEC Halts $62 Million Crypto Mining, Trading Scheme — DOJ Indicts Founder
9.5.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted a $62 million global cryptocurrency trading and mining scheme and the Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted its CEO and founder. If convicted of all counts, he faces a maximum total penalty of 45 years in prison, the Justice...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Heads Towards $40,000 Following FOMC
5.5.2022
Bitcoin moved closer to $40,000 during Thursday’s session, as traders continued to react to yesterday’s Fed rate hike. The FOMC opted to increase interest rates by 0.5% during May’s meeting, which is the largest hike in over twenty years. Bitcoin Bitcoin rose for a second...
World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank Now Offers Crypto Investments via SEBA Bank
5.5.2022
On Wednesday, the world’s largest family-owned banking institution, LGT Bank, announced that it has selected SEBA Bank in order to provide cryptocurrency custody and brokerage services to clients. LGT will start by offering investments in bitcoin and ethereum and the bank’s customers...
17 Years Later I’m Still Thinking About The Cursed, Pregnant Padme In Lego Star Wars
4.5.2022
Kind of long ago, in a galaxy not that far away…The original Lego Star Wars game came to be, and it was great, a wonderful and silly retelling of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy using Legos and kid-friendly gameplay. It was a mostly wholesome adventure. Except for the weirdly cursed “pregnant Padme”...