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Bitcoin in space is good for user privacy, says Adam Back
17.10.2022
In an exclusive interview with Adam Back at Bitcoin Amsterdam, the co-founder of Blockstream shared his vision for the Bitcoin space
Toy Manufacturer Mattel and Cryptoys Announce Masters of the Universe NFT Collection
13.10.2022
This week, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Masters of the Universe (MOTU) franchise, the toy manufacturing company Mattel announced the launch of the official MOTU digital toy collection. The new collection, dropping on November 9, will feature classic MOTU characters like He-Man...
The Rock Gets Fortnite Skin For Movie In The Works For 15 Years
12.10.2022
DC’s latest comic book blockbuster, Black Adam starring Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson, is coming out next week. So it’s not surprising that the character is also headed to Fortnite soon as part of the game’s next pop culture crossover. But it took a long time to get here, as The Rock has been attached...
The Entire Call Of Duty Community Just Got Punked
3.10.2022
I am now convinced that “female Call of Duty streamer” is the hardest job in the world. Nadia Amine is one of the fastest growing Call of Duty: Warzone streamers on Twitch, and there’s been a ton of controversy on social media about her meteoric rise. If you search her name on YouTube or Tiktok...
Euro Taps a $0.973 Low Against the US Dollar, Analysts Claim British and EU Currencies Are Trapped in a ‘Doom Loop’
23.9.2022
On Friday, the official fiat currency of 19 out of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), the euro, plunged to a low of $0.9732 against the U.S. dollar. The drop comes at a time when fiat currencies like the yen, yuan, and pound have struggled against the greenback during the past...
P2E gamers, minors not any safer from the tax man, says Koinly
20.9.2022
Earning an income from play-to-earns is “complicated” without tax guidance, advises Australian crypto tax specialists
Pinning the Tail on Satoshi Nakamoto — How Journalists Erroneously Used Circumstantial Evidence Over the Years to Identify Bitcoin’s Creator
8.9.2022
The search for Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor, has been an ongoing hunt for the last 13 years. Since 2014, dozens of so-called candidates have appeared, but none of them have convinced the greater community that they are Bitcoin’s creator. Furthermore, journalists...
Sorare Partners With NBA to Build a Licensed NFT Game
8.9.2022
Sorare, a French fantasy game startup, reached an agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to build a non-fungible token (NFT) game under its license, allowing the company to use team names and player likenesses from the league. The company, which had already signed similar...
NFT Viking Game Goes Bust Amid Crypto Collapse, Mismanagement Allegations
7.9.2022
First announced in September 2021, at the height of the world’s collective NFT madness, Northern Guilds was supposed to be “a fun-first, device-agnostic dungeon crawler blockchain MMORPG inspired by your favorite childhood games”. It may shock you, reader, to find out that Northern Guilds has ended...
Comedian Bill Murray’s Wallet Hacked for $186K Worth of Ethereum After NFT Charity Auction
3.9.2022
American actor and comedian Bill Murray saw 119.2 ethereum drained from his wallet on September 1, 2022, after Murray held a non-fungible token (NFT) charity auction. Statistics show that most of the tokens and NFTs in Murray’s wallet have been moved, and roughly $556 in token value remains....
Landfill Gas Mitigation Firm Vespene Energy Secures $4.3M to Bolster Gas-to-Bitcoin Solutions
11.8.2022
On August 9, a firm that uses landfill methane to fuel bitcoin miners, Vespene Energy, announced the company has raised $4.3 million in a funding round led by Polychain Capital. Vespene aims to use the funds for its pilot in California by using landfill methane to mine bitcoin and “mitigate...
Meta Expands Instagram’s NFT Rollout to 100 Countries — Platform Connects With Third Party Web3 Wallets
5.8.2022
In a blog post called “Introducing Digital Collectibles to Showcase NFTs on Instagram,” the parent company of Facebook, Meta, announced the company has started an “international expansion to 100 countries.” The company also revealed integrations with specific Web3...
Diablo IV Won’t Be Anything Like Diablo Immortal, Blizzard Promises
13.6.2022
With Diablo IV back in the news and the largely-maligned Diablo Immortal still a topic of conversation, developer Blizzard wants everyone to know that the two games are alike in name only.Read more
The Intellivision Amico Is In Big Trouble
9.6.2022
The last we saw of Intellivision’s Amico console, it was trying to sell some NFTs and was being described as a “car crash” of a device. If you thought that meant things couldn’t get any worse for the beleaguered device, though, you have not been paying attention to its development.Read more
Czech Central Bank Plans Tenfold Increase in Gold Holdings, New Governor Says Precious Metal ‘Good for Diversification’
4.6.2022
The incoming governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), Aleš Michl, has said he plans to increase the institution’s gold holdings almost tenfold from the current 11 tonnes to 100 tonnes. Michl also said he will ask the bank’s foreign exchange reserves management team to invest...
River City Girl's Sequel Aims To Perfect That Juicy Fusion Of Anime And Wrestling
2.6.2022
As an otaku, wrestling mark, and a gamer, my disparate interests rarely align neatly into one medium. While I’ve seen games, wrestlers, and anime cheekily reference one another, the overlap usually ends there without fully committing to crafting the perfect gumbo chock full of the high-octane...
Wework Co-Founder Adam Neumann’s Crypto Project Secures $70M, Funding Round Led by A16z
25.5.2022
The co-founder of the company Wework, Adam Neumann, is behind a new crypto project called Flowcarbon and on Tuesday, the blockchain project revealed it raised $70 million from a handful of investors and was led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z). Flowcarbon’s chief executive Dana Gibber says...
More than a third of AMC online payments are crypto or digital: CEO
10.5.2022
“Taken together, these various new payment options, impressively, recently represented about 35% of our total online payments,” said AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron
Medici LA 22: Report Investigates a Secret, Invitation-Only Crypto Event Held in Beverly Hills
5.5.2022
According to a recent report, a secretly held, invitation-only crypto gala took place in Beverly Hills called the “Medici LA 22” event. The exclusive cryptocurrency gathering took place under the radar, but the two-day meeting was reported on after “130 or so” attendees...
It's Time To Bring Back Deus Ex
2.5.2022
It’s been a long six years for Deus Ex fans, who’ve understandably been concerned that the long-dormant cyberpunk series would remain untouched. But today, in the cold, harsh light of an industry-shaking acquisition, we’re feeling…is it hope? This is what hope feels like, right?Read more