Animoca Brands to focus on creator economy, interoperability in 2024CEO Robby Yung outlines the company’s focus on gaming and adjacent sectors to drive Web3 adoption, leveraging NFTs and interoperability.Dec 12, 2023Hermi De Ramos
Chinese government plans blockchain-based identity verificationThe Chinese Ministry of Public Security plans to implement a blockchain-based identity verification system that it claims will help keep personal data and identity credentials safe.Dec 12, 2023Savannah Fortis
Oasys taps rollup platform AltLayer to simplify metaverse deploymentOasys Director Daiki Moriyama told Cointelegraph that the move allows smaller game developers to have an easier time deploying their games on the network.Dec 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Nifty News: Funko’s Disney NFTs, Sotheby’s auction Bitcoin Ordinals project, and moreWAX co-founder William Quigley told Cointelegraph that despite the bear market, NFT technology remains promising.Dec 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer says FTX fraud trial was “almost impossible” to win: ReportThe head of Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal defense admitted the odds of winning the FTX fraud trial were stacked against the former CEO.Dec 12, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
AI guidance for judges in England and Wales warns against risksSenior judges in the U.K. have published AI guidelines for the judiciary to follow, which advise how to use AI and warn of the potential risks of using the technology in trials.Dec 12, 2023Savannah Fortis
Dubai awards conditional crypto license to climate-friendly Web3 firmAYA is a climate-focused launchpad that supports innovations around sustainability, such as reforestation, nature credits, mangrove conservation and sustainable agriculture.Dec 12, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Buy the dip, sell the rip? BTC price levels to watch as Bitcoin taps $42KBitcoin preserves $40,000 as support and bounces higher as traders eye the impact of “institutional sized” moves on BTC price.Dec 12, 2023William Suberg
Bitcoin inscriptions receive 5.3 severity score on National Vulnerability DatabaseBitcoin inscriptions have garnered a "medium" base severity score from the NVD.Dec 12, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
IRS tax bill will swipe creditors of any ‘meaningful recovery,’ says FTXFTX Trading said the firm “never earned anything anywhere near the amount” that would justify a $24 billion tax bill.Dec 12, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Avalanche was ‘undervalued’ before posting 79% weekly gain — AnalystsAVAX surged while other tokens plunged, with analysts pegging its outperformance on being relatively undervalued while forging new partnerships with JPMorgan and Citi.Dec 12, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Don’t panic: Only 11 of Elizabeth Warren’s 330 bills have ever passedSupport for the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act is growing in Congress, but most bills sponsored by legislators never become law.Dec 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan
El Salvador’s Bitcoin bond gets regulatory approval, targets Q1 launchThe Volcano Bond was approved by the country’s Digital Assets Commission on Dec. 11, with issuance expected in Q1 2024.Dec 12, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Yuga Labs co-founder addresses comeback rumors amid ongoing health breakWylie Aronow said he’s been seeing many tweets this week asking when he’s planning to return to the helm at Yuga Labs.Dec 11, 2023Brayden Lindrea
More US senators back Elizabeth Warren’s AML bill targeting cryptoThe legislation, reintroduced in July, already has the support of several U.S. lawmakers, but critics have suggested it could threaten financial freedom and privacy.Dec 11, 2023Turner Wright
Bitcoin price sell-off continues, but data highlights need for healthy correctionBitcoin price opened the week with a sharp sell-off, but on-chain and technical data points to a much-needed cooling-off period.Dec 11, 2023Nancy Lubale
Japan’s SBI looks to Saudi Aramco to continue Middle East expansionThey have signed a memorandum of understanding on digital asset investment and semiconductor production.Dec 11, 2023Derek Andersen
CZ must stay, Do Kwon to be extradited: Law DecodedA Seattle district court ruled out CZ’s departure to the UAE, and the Montenegrin justice minister plans to grant the United States request for Do Kwon’s extradition.Dec 11, 2023David Attlee
FIFA launches NFT collection amid 2023 Club World Cup FIFA NFTs, minted on Algorand, have totaled only $2.4 million in trading volume since their inception last September.Dec 11, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Price analysis 12/11: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, AVAXBitcoin’s sharp correction surprised investors, but is it a sign that further downside is in store?Dec 11, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
Blockchain gaming market in North America is projected to reach $600B by 2030 — ReportThe current market is growing at a 21.8% CAGR, according to a report from Fortune researchers.Dec 11, 2023Tom Blackstone
Enjin migrates over 200M NFTs from Ethereum to its blockchainAtlas Development Services executive Oscar Franklin Tan told Cointelegraph that to avoid the gas fees for transferring 200 million NFTs, it took a different approach in the migration.Dec 11, 2023Ezra Reguerra
One-hour Bitcoin block times: What do they mean, and are they frequent?Extended Bitcoin block times have been in the headlines recently, but are they really that big of a deal — or even very common?Dec 11, 2023Robert D. Knight
X-Spot granted trademark injunction against Huobi Global in Hong KongThe ruling only applies to the use of the trademark in Hong Kong until a final decision is issued at trial.Dec 11, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Immutable expands Web3 gaming payment options with Transak integrationImmutable deploys Transak’s functionality into its zkEVM gaming development infrastructure, powering in-game cryptocurrency and fiat payment methods.Dec 11, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
UK asset manager M&G invests $20M in Bitcoin derivatives exchange The investment will open up cryptocurrency derivatives trading to traditional financial institutions.Dec 11, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
ChatGPT passes neurology exam for first timeLLM 4.0 from OpenAI answered 85% of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s questions correctly, implying potentially “significant” future uses for the technology.Dec 11, 2023David Attlee
US Fed 2024 rate cut could prove perfect catalyst for BTC halvingA cut in the U.S. Federal Reserve rate is seen as bullish, as it boosts risk appetite among investors.Dec 11, 2023Prashant Jha
French startup Mistral AI closes $415M funding roundThe French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI closed a funding round worth around $415 million as it strives to be the EU’s rival to OpenAI.Dec 11, 2023Savannah Fortis
Is the Bitcoin price dip toward $40K a bear trap? Bitcoin’s sharp price drop from $44,000 has all the makings of a buy-the-dip scenario after leveraged longs get flushed out.Dec 11, 2023Allen Scott