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Anarchist Fallout Mod Claims To Be Funded By The Government
5.1.2023
The Canadian government has apparently used taxpayer money to pay for an anarchist Fallout mod. And not just once or twice, but four times. I have so many questions, mainly: “What does it take to get rejected from a Canadian arts grant?”Read more
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
2.1.2023
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the industry. However, much of that perception may have been a facade as a recent report details that Alameda suffered from financial troubles as early as 2018. People...
I Hope You Didn't Just Buy Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Because It's January's PS Plus Game
28.12.2022
Respawn’s excellent action-adventure adaptation Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order leads another loaded month of free games for the cheapest tier of Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription service. This is great news for everyone who still needs to finish it ahead of Jedi: Survivor’s launch in March. It’s...
New FTX CEO Told Members of Congress SBF’s Family ‘Certainly Received Payments’ From the Business
19.12.2022
According to multiple reports, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents face scrutiny over their reported involvement with their son’s business operations. The two Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but the current FTX CEO, John J....
Report Suggests FTX’s Tokenized Stocks Might Not Have Been Backed 1:1, Synthetics May Have Been Used to ‘Manipulate’ Real Stock Prices
6.12.2022
On Dec. 4, 2022, a report details that FTX-based synthetic stocks may have been used to manipulate the value of AMC shares. In May 2021, FTX offered 36 tokenized stocks but speculators believe it’s questionable whether or not the firm actually held the real stocks in the first place....
Morgan Creek CEO Says FTX Co-Founder SBF Was a ‘Pawn’ Used to ‘Punish’ the Crypto Industry
6.12.2022
Following FTX’s collapse, many industry executives, influencers, luminaries, and politicians have shared their opinions about the carnage the event has caused to crypto markets and a great deal of innocent bystanders. On Dec. 2, the CEO and founder of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko...
Starfield, Bethesda's Next Big RPG, Has Survival Elements Without All The Stress
30.11.2022
With so, so many planets in Starfield, Bethesda’s upcoming space sim game, there’s a lot of room for speculation ahead of its release on Xbox and PC next year. But the time for guessing games is coming to an end. Inspired by fictional themes and “tone” moreso than hardcore realism, the game aims...
Despite 2 Entities Holding 73% of the FTX Token Supply, FTT Price Still Holds Above $1 per Unit
27.11.2022
While a large fraction of crypto assets dropped a great deal in value during the past few weeks and bitcoin is down 18.2% in 30 days, the exchange coin ftx token (FTT) still trades above a U.S. dollar per unit. Moreover, the unknown entity known as the ‘FTX Accounts Drainer,’ still holds the second...
New York Times Gets Mocked for Allowing Sam Bankman-Fried to Speak at Dealbook Summit
24.11.2022
The former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) says he plans to speak with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the annual New York Times Dealbook Summit on Nov. 30, according to a tweet he published on Nov. 23. SBF’s tweet received quite a bit of response and its unconfirmed as to whether or not the former...
Kraken’s Jesse Powell Takes Aim at Newly Launched Proof-of-Reserve Lists, POR Audit ‘Requires Cryptographic Proof’
23.11.2022
On Tuesday, amid the many conversations concerning crypto exchange proof-of-reserves, Kraken executive Jesse Powell shared a screenshot of coinmarketcap.com’s newly launched proof-of-reserves (POR) dashboard. Powell said he planned to be “more assertive with calling out problems,” and he stressed...
South Korea, Singapore, Japan Top Countries Most Impacted by FTX Collapse: Report
22.11.2022
A new analysis shows that the countries most impacted by the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX are South Korea, Singapore, and Japan. Moreover, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Taiwan, India, Egypt, and Brazil also made the top 10 list of countries most affected by the FTX meltdown. Countries Most...
Proof-of-reserves: Can reserve audits avoid another FTX-like moment?
19.11.2022
Crypto exchanges are actively releasing proof-of-reserves audits in order to build transparency but experts believe it would take more than that to regain investor trust
Bahamas Regulator Appoints ‘Big Four’ Auditor PWC as Joint Provisional FTX Liquidator
15.11.2022
On Nov. 14, 2022, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) published a press release that explains the ‘Big Four’ accounting firm PWC (Pricewaterhousecoopers) has been designated as provisional liquidator in the FTX investigation. The SCB detailed that “given the magnitude” of the events...
Binance Shares Hot and Cold Wallet Crypto Addresses and Details About the SAFU Fund
10.11.2022
After disclosing the trading platform Binance would share proof-of-reserves, the exchange published a blog post called “Our Commitment To Transparency.” The Binance blog post shares addresses tied to the world’s largest exchange and it notes that as of Thursday, Binance holds...
Reports Claim Beleaguered Crypto Exchange FTX Seeks Over $9 Billion From Investors
10.11.2022
On Nov. 10, 2022, two reports said that FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is canvassing for emergency funds up to $9.4 billion for the embattled exchange. One report says that SBF has solicited crypto companies like Tether, OKX, and Tron founder Justin Sun as well. FTX Is Reportedly Seeking Up...
FTX Binance Fallout: Bitdao Community Asks Alameda Research to Respond to Token Dump Allegations
8.11.2022
After the Bitdao token’s quickfire plunge on Nov. 7, members of the Bitdao community have asked Alameda Research to address rumors the principal trading platform has dumped Bitdao’s BIT tokens. The dump, if confirmed, would be a breach of a swap agreement between the two entities which...
Amazon Has Something ‘Special’ For Fallout Fans: A Single Screenshot Of The Show
25.10.2022
Happy birthday to the Fallout franchise—which I’m currently treating as a real person and not a corporate-owned IP—you’re 25 years old this year! Wow, how time flies. You are bigger than ever, with multiple games, DLC, mods, and now an in-development TV show from Amazon. Let’s see what Amazon...
Fallout 4’s Getting One Last Next-Gen Update For PS5, Xbox
24.10.2022
Well, I guess we’re going back to Boston again, folks. Bethesda announced this week that its post-apocalyptic open-world RPG, Fallout 4, will be refreshed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, and PC next year with a bunch of enhancements and improvements.Read more
Fallout London Cuts Zombie Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles
20.10.2022
Fallout London, a hugely ambitious fan-made project that is making an entirely new game set in the post-apocalyptic universe, has recently had to announce a couple of slight content changes in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.Read more
Xbox's Matt Booty Dreams About Using AI To Do QA Testing
5.9.2022
Head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, has once more, so very appropriately, stuck his foot in his ass. This weekend at PAX, he proudly declared to a live audience how much he’d like to see QA work performed by AI.Read more