Farmville co-creator-led company raises $33M to create Web3 games
Proof of Play raised $33 million to create fully on-chain games that “quickly immerse players in fun gameplay.“
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Near Foundation CEO Marieke Flament resigns
The Near Foundation treasury grew to $350 million under Flament's tenure.
Ethereum price sees new low versus Bitcoin since switching to Proof-of-Stake
Ethereum spot ETF request, Ripple’s potential win against the SEC, and growing decentralized app dominance retain hope for ETH investors.
Hashing It Out: What happens when crypto meets fintech in Africa?
The guests on Episode 31 of Hashing It Out believe traditional finance has hurt innovation in the African fintech space and that cryptocurrency can breathe some life into it.
Chainlink hits Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum for cross-chain DApp development
Chainlink’s CCIP protocol has launched on Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum One to help developers build cross-chain decentralized applications.
Binance wallet spends almost $1M in ETH gas fees in one day
Binance reportedly said that they were doing a wallet aggregation process to ensure the safety of user funds.
Binance plans to delist stablecoins in Europe citing MiCA compliance
A Binance executive said the cryptocurrency exchange plans to delist stablecoin in the European market by June 2024 in order to comply with standards laid out by MiCA.
Binance plans to delist stablecoins in Europe citing MiCA compliance
A Binance executive said the cryptocurrency exchange plans to delist stablecoin in the European market by June 2024 in order to comply with standards laid out by MiCA.
NFT Collector: William Mapan explains generative art using a crayon and dice
What even is generative art? William Mapan, whose 250-piece Distance collection just sold out at 2ETH each, explains using a crayon and die.
Redefining Money: America’s digital currency dilemma
As the United States House Financial Services Committee looks to further impede the introduction of a digital dollar, where does this resistance to a CBDC stem from?
ETH developer programs AI-generated memecoin AstroPepeX using ChatGPT
“What if ChatGPT could deploy its own token?” You probably guessed the answer - AstroPepeX has been minted and is being traded on a handful of DeFi and centralized exchanges.
Bitcoin short-term holders 'panic' amid nearly 100% unrealized loss
Bitcoin speculators are dealing with "a degree of panic" as their BTC holdings sit in unrealized loss, says Glassnode.
eToro secures crypto registration in Cyprus to expand in EU
According to eToro deputy CEO Hedva Ber, Europe is “hugely important” for the firm as the majority of eToro users are based in the region.
You can build your own Trezor, but here’s the price — DIY wallet engineer
An electronics design manager who made his own Trezor One has assessed the difficulty of building a DIY crypto wallet from scratch.
Friend.tech look-alike ‘Alpha’ emerges on Bitcoin network
A new social token network called Alpha has emerged, rivaling the popular Friend.tech platform but built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.
What volatility? Bitcoin price dismisses FOMC, Mt. Gox with $26.7K dip
Bitcoin traders get none of the volatility they hoped for, and BTC price slowly drifts back to intraday lows.
Mt. Gox Bitcoin repayment: The day that never comes
Over the last decade, Mt. Gox has repeatedly postponed plans to reimburse the funds that the crypto exchange had barred its users from withdrawing since Feb. 25, 2014.
Tether 2023 stablecoin loans rise despite size-down announcement in 2022
Tether said the new loans were made on request of some of their long-standing partners and they plan to cut it down to zero by 2024.
NFTs are ‘totally worthless’ says mainstream media, community responds
A community member highlighted the drastic shift in mainstream media narrative, sharing a previous article promoting the BAYC NFT collection.
Crypto payment firm Alchemy Pay wins money transmitter license in US
Alchemy Pay has joined the ranks of crypto firms like Coinbase and Jack Dorsey’s Block in securing a Money Transmitter License in Arkansas.
Busan is developing an Ethereum-compatible mainnet to become a ‘blockchain city’
The city administration behind the project aims to make Busan a blockchain city and has launched a $75-million development plan to realize the goal.
US Anti-CBDC bill moves a step closer to passing
The “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act,” aimed at preventing the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, has passed the House Financial Services Committee.
Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer
On-chain data shows the $4.5 million was first transferred from the Kraken crypto exchange before eventually arriving at an address purportedly owned by a scammer.
Optimism to sell $160M in OP tokens to 7 purchasers via private sale
The Optimism network has revealed that it will sell 116 million OP tokens in a series of planned sales.
UK politicians don metaverse avatars as they share Web3 roadmap
“Web3 represents a paradigm shift that reimagines the very fabric of the internet,” said British MP Natalie Elphicke.
Breaking: Mt. Gox trustee changes repayment deadline to October 2024
Rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has extended the Mt. Gox repayment deadline by one year.
Bitcoin energy pivot achieves what ‘few industries can claim’ — Bloomberg analyst
Bitcoin’s hash rate has continued to increase, yet its emissions intensity has been trending down, contrary to most other industries, Bloomberg analyst Jamie Coutts explained.
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talks zk proofs in 25-year-old unearthed footage
A recently resurfaced video shows Hal Finney discussing the possibility of zero-knowledge proofs at an annual cryptology conference in California some 25 years ago.
Australian regulator sues Kraken provider over margin trading product
The regulator alleged that Bit Trade — the provider for Kraken in Australia — did not make a target market determination before offering its margin trading product to Australian customers.
Balancer blames ‘social engineering attack’ on DNS provider for website hijack
Blockchain security firms SlowMist and CertiK also believe the crypto wallet drainer, Angel Drainer, was involved in the estimated $238,000 exploit.