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NFT Play-to-Earn Gaming Most Popular in India, Hong Kong, and UAE, Survey Finds
30.5.2022
Play-to-earn (P2E) games based on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are most popular in India, where a whopping 34% of internet users who participated in a survey said that they had played such a game.
Following India was Hong Kong, where 29% said they had played a play-to-earn game, and the United...
Russia Mulling Allowing Crypto for International Payments, Fed Vice Chair Sees Place for Digital Dollar, NFT Game Blocks Users in China + More News
27.5.2022
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Russia Mulls Crypto for Int'l Payments, Fed Vice Chair Sees Place for Digital Dollar, NFT Game Blocks Users in China + More News
27.5.2022
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How to Navigate Metaverse Without ‘Cash Grab’?
3.5.2022
Gunnar Jaerv is the COO of First Digital Trust, an Asia-based technology-driven financial institution._____
When Meta revealed its metaverse, Horizon Worlds, and the features it would unleash for creators within the digital universe, the conglomerate called it a step toward its “long-term...
DeFi Transactions at One-Year Low, NFTs and Games Standing Strong
29.4.2022
Transactions related to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications have hit a one-year low, with DeFi being the niche within crypto that is most affected by this year’s downturn in crypto prices, a new report from the decentralized application tracking site DappRadar has said....
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‘Natural extension’: Sega's Super Game project looking to add NFTs
13.4.2022
“It is a natural extension for the future of gaming that it will expand to involve new areas such as cloud gaming and NFTs” said Sega producer Masayoshi Kikuchi
Nexo Launches USD 150M Investment & Acquisition Fund Focused on Web3
23.3.2022
The crypto lending and borrowing platform Nexo (NEXO) has launched a new investment fund focused on the emerging Web3 industry. The fund will invest USD 150m in “early-stage retail and institutional projects” that are "synergetic" to Nexo’s core business, an announcement from the company said....
6 NFT Use Cases That Will (Probably) Remain After the Hype Dies Down
19.3.2022
After non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021, and images of virtual monkeys and digital punks sold for millions, the onslaught of copycat projects and an influx of self-proclaimed “NFT artists” followed, creating a seemingly unsustainable NFT hype. Combined with rather evident cases of wash...
Colorado to Accept Crypto for Taxes, Travel Rule & TRUST, Criminal Whales + More News
16.2.2022
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FarmVille developer Zynga set to release first NFT game this year
10.2.2022
Mobile gaming giant Zynga has outlined new plans for NFT-based games and Web3 acquisitions coming in 2022
GameStop stock up on rumors of Microsoft NFT game partnership
9.2.2022
Execs from Immutable X and Microsoft appear to have hinted that the software giant could also be teaming up with GameStop for NFT games
Animoca Brands’ Offshoot nWay Launches Official Multiplayer Party Game of Beijing 2022 Olympics
4.2.2022
nWay, a subsidiary of major non-fungible token (NFT)-focused company Animoca Brands, has launched Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022, the official licensed play-to-earn multiplayer party game of the Olympic Winter Games that opened today....
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Immutable and GameStop to Launch an NFT Marketplace, $100M fund; IMX & GME Rise
3.2.2022
Australia-based Immutable has announced that its layer 2 (L2) scaling protocol for Ethereum (ETH) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Immutable X, has partnered with the US-based videogame retailer GameStop (GME) to launch an NFT marketplace.
The new marketplace will be fully carbon neutral, said...
Metaverse - Hype Versus Reality
1.2.2022
Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.____...
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NFT Powerhouse Animoca Brands Hits USD 5B Valuation as Winklevoss & Soros Join USD 359M Round
18.1.2022
Major non-fungible token (NFT)-focused company Animoca Brands said reached a valuation of USD 5bn after completing a USD 359m investment round.
The latest investment round for Animoca Brands was led by Liberty City Ventures, with participation from a range of other investors including...
GameStop shares jump 26% in after hours trade after NFT division unveiled
7.1.2022
GameStop has reportedly hired 20 members for its new NFT division, and is close to securing partnerships with two crypto firms for NFT game development
Fractal: 110K join Discord of Twitch founder’s new NFT gaming marketplace
31.12.2021
After launching the Fractal NFT gaming marketplace, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan labeled NFTs as the "future of gaming."
Insiders Predict: NFTs the 'Gateway Drug to Crypto', More Countries May Adopt Bitcoin in 2022
23.12.2021
With 2022 fast approaching, more leaders in the crypto space have looked into the crystal ball to try and predict what the new year will bring in terms of new trends, emerging narratives, and regulations around the world.
According to the industry insiders Cryptonews.com spoke with, a number...
ECB Should Learn From Florida, Solana's Opera, IOTA Assembles USD 100M, Gemini Down + More News
10.12.2021
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Gamer-hate: Ubisoft's new NFT project vid gets 96% dislike ratio
10.12.2021
The top comment on Ubisoft’s YouTube video introducing its NFTs has more likes than the actual video, and slams the firm for “milking” money from its customers