Immutable’s zkEVM to eliminate Web3 gaming gas fees
Immutable’s blockchain protocol will allow the game studio to cut out gas fees for users, which are widely cited as a significant barrier to Web3 gaming adoption.
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Why has Bitcoin price hit new all-time highs in Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria and Argentina?
Bitcoin proves its value as an inflation hedge and store of value by hitting repeat all-time highs in multiple currencies.
SEC pushes deadline for decision on Invesco Galaxy spot Ether ETF to 2024
The commission had until Dec. 23 to decide or punt on approval or disapproval for the spot crypto investment vehicle.
Terrorism & Israel-Gaza war weaponized to destroy crypto
Anti-crypto politicians in Washington are weaponizing disputed claims about crypto funding Hamas to try and pass draconian new legislation.
Hitachi and Concordium Foundation team up to develop biometric crypto wallet
The new project may eventually allow users to restore their accounts using a simple fingerprint or facial scan, developers stated.
Donald Trump, FIFA and Megadeth NFTs, trading volume nears $1B: Nifty Newsletter
NFT platform Enjin migrated 200 million NFTs from Ethereum and a sidechain to its blockchain network.
US accounting standards board rules will reflect institutional crypto assets' fair value
The U.S. FASB has decided that crypto assets will be represented at their fair value in accounting beginning late next year.
Price analysis 12/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, AVAX, DOT, MATIC
Bitcoin and altcoins are trying to find support at lower levels, indicating that the sentiment remains positive, and that traders are buying the dips.
BONK, PEPE and SHIB are a menace to crypto
Memecoins are a gamble — and they're almost always scams. What motivates crypto buyers to continue losing their money for bad reasons?
Web3 chess game developer shutters play-to-earn due to ‘heavy cheating’
Both in-game Checkmate token rewards and NFT gameplay modes will be disabled.
Cosmos Interchain Foundation budgets $26M for ecosystem development in 2024
The amount allocated is down from a budget of $40 million in 2023.
Iota’s ShimmerEVM joins Fireblocks, targets demand for assets tokenization
The Iota Foundation wants to capitalize on institutional demand for real-world asset tokenization, which reached $342 billion in September.
Coinbase introduces spot crypto trading for institutional investors outside US
Institutional clients on the Coinbase International Exchange will be able to trade Bitcoin and Ether against USD Coin starting on Dec. 14.
Enterprise blockchain Coti set to become Ethereum privacy-centric layer 2 in 2024
Coti will look to provide privacy-focused functionality to the Ethereum ecosystem as a new layer-2 protocol.
BTC price clears $41K as Bitcoin digests US macro data on Fed FOMC day
Bitcoin traders eye BTC price levels of interest as the U.S. PPI preserves the declining inflation narrative ahead of the Fed’s rates decision.
Worldcoin integrates with Shopify, Mercado Libre, Minecraft, Reddit and Telegram
Worldcoin released a new version of its World ID feature with multiple app integrations.
Crypto exchange liquidity, explained
Crypto exchange liquidity hinges on market depth and incentivized trading to ensure robust and stable trading environments.
ATHDAOx: Building the future of Web3 in physical-digital with DAOs
The DAO-centric event took place in Athens, Greece over two days and focused on everything from governance and legal issues to community building and security.
Nym co-founder and Chelsea Manning discuss decentralization and privacy
Nym co-founder Harry Halpin and security and hardware consultant Chelsea Manning chat with The Agenda about privacy and the benefits of a decentralized VPN.
Dubai regulator grants crypto license to Bahrain’s CoinMENA
The permit allows CoinMENA to provide retail and institutional customers in the United Arab Emirates with the ability to deposit and withdraw in UAE dirhams.
40% of crypto game devs are banking on trad gaming in 2024
More than a third of survey respondents believed the blockchain gaming industry benefited most from traditional game studios adopting Web3 tech in 2023.
Microsoft partner with US labor organization to foster worker-focused AI development
The partnership will prioritize workers’ rights and incorporate input from labor leaders in technology development.
Crypto hacking losses plunge by nearly 50% in 2023: Report
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs credits this decline to enhanced security measures, law enforcement and industry coordination.
3AC co-founder Su Zhu set to be released by year-end after court grilling: Report
Three Arrows Capital co-founder Su Zhu has faced his first interrogation in a Singapore court and is reportedly set to be released soon.
Wikipedia co-founder says Bitcoin doesn’t work, BTC community snaps back
BTC proponents argued to Jimmy Wales that banks may work, but they’re not available to everyone, and that storing BTC personally and storing fiat via banks are two different things.
OKX DEX suffers $2.7M exploit after proxy admin contract upgrade
The OKX DEX suffered an exploit resulting in a loss of around $2.7 million in cryptocurrencies after a proxy admin upgraded a contract that allowed a hacker to compromise the private key.
Bitcoin 'sodlers' dump $4B in two days as BTC sales hit 18-month high
BTC price weakness clearly makes speculators nervous as single-day selling pressure hits its highest since after the Terra LUNA collapse.
Dfinity founder says blockchain can bolster efforts to fight climate change
Dfinity founder and chief scientist Dominic Williams told Cointelegraph that blockchain networks can support the creation of trustless infrastructure that incentivizes climate positive action.
SEC wants Binance guilt admission added to own case
Binance said the SEC hasn’t demonstrated that the resolutions reached with the DOJ are pertinent to the regulator’s “faulty claims” against Binance Holdings and former CEO Changpeng Zhao.
German asset manager DWS joins Galaxy to issue euro stablecoin
AllUnity, a new joint venture by DWS, Galaxy and Flow Traders, plans to issue the euro stablecoin on all major public permissionless L1s and L2s, DeFi use cases.