Farmville co-creator-led company raises $33M to create Web3 gamesProof of Play raised $33 million to create fully on-chain games that “quickly immerse players in fun gameplay.“Sep 21, 2023Tom Blackstone
Near Foundation CEO Marieke Flament resignsThe Near Foundation treasury grew to $350 million under Flament's tenure.Sep 21, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
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.Sep 21, 2023Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Chainlink hits Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum for cross-chain DApp developmentChainlink’s CCIP protocol has launched on Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum One to help developers build cross-chain decentralized applications.Sep 21, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Binance wallet spends almost $1M in ETH gas fees in one dayA Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph this was due to a routine consolidation of ETH to one of its wallets.Sep 21, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Binance plans to delist stablecoins in Europe, citing MiCA complianceA Binance executive said the cryptocurrency exchange plans to delist stablecoins in the European market by June 2024 in order to comply with standards laid out by MiCA.Sep 21, 2023Savannah Fortis
Redefining money: America’s digital currency dilemmaAs 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?Sep 21, 2023Alek Hidell
ETH developer programs AI-generated memecoin AstroPepeX using ChatGPT“What if ChatGPT could deploy its own token?” Well, AstroPepeX has been minted and is being traded on a handful of DeFi and centralized exchanges.Sep 21, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Bitcoin short-term holders ‘panic’ amid nearly 100% unrealized lossBitcoin speculators are dealing with “a degree of panic” as their BTC holdings sit in unrealized loss, says Glassnode.Sep 21, 2023William Suberg
eToro secures crypto registration in Cyprus to expand in EUAccording to eToro deputy CEO Hedva Ber, Europe is “hugely important” for the firm as the majority of eToro users are based in the region.Sep 21, 2023Helen Partz
William Mapan’s Distance sells out, NFT float in Macy’s Parade, Nouns DAO forks: NFT CollectorCool Cats are headed to Macy’s Parade, Nouns are forking and artist William Mapan listens to Kendrick Lamar when he needs to crush it.Sep 21, 2023Greg Oakford
You can build your own Trezor, but here’s the price — DIY wallet engineerAn electronics design manager who made his own Trezor One has assessed the difficulty of building a DIY crypto wallet from scratch.Sep 21, 2023Helen Partz
What volatility? Bitcoin price dismisses FOMC, Mt. Gox with $26.7K dipBitcoin traders get none of the volatility they hoped for, and BTC price slowly drifts back to intraday lows.Sep 21, 2023William Suberg
Mt. Gox Bitcoin repayment: The day that never comesOver 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.Sep 21, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Tether stablecoin loans rise in 2023 despite downsizing announcement in 2022Tether said the new loans were made at the request of some of its long-standing partners, and it plans to cut it down to zero by 2024.Sep 21, 2023Prashant Jha
NFTs are ‘totally worthless’ says mainstream media, community respondsA community member highlighted the drastic shift in mainstream media narrative, sharing a previous article promoting the BAYC NFT collection.Sep 21, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Crypto payment firm Alchemy Pay wins money transmitter license in USAlchemy Pay has joined the ranks of crypto firms like Coinbase and Jack Dorsey’s Block in securing a Money Transmitter License in Arkansas.Sep 21, 2023Helen Partz
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.Sep 21, 2023Prashant Jha
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.Sep 21, 2023David Attlee
Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammerOn-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.Sep 21, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Optimism to sell $160M in OP tokens to 7 purchasers via private saleThe Optimism network has revealed that it will sell 116 million OP tokens in a series of planned sales.Sep 21, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
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.Sep 21, 2023Martin Young
Breaking: Mt. Gox trustee changes repayment deadline to October 2024Rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has extended the Mt. Gox repayment deadline by one year.Sep 21, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin energy pivot achieves what ‘few industries can claim’ — Bloomberg analystBitcoin’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.Sep 21, 2023Martin Young
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talks ZK-proofs in 25-year-old unearthed footageA recently resurfaced video shows Hal Finney discussing the possibility of zero-knowledge proofs at an annual cryptology conference in California some 25 years ago.Sep 21, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Crypto exchange Kraken ‘disappointed’ over regulator proceedings in AustraliaThe 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.Sep 21, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Balancer blames ‘social engineering attack’ on DNS provider for website hijackBlockchain security firms SlowMist and CertiK also believe the crypto wallet drainer, Angel Drainer, was involved in the estimated $238,000 exploit.Sep 21, 2023Brayden Lindrea
OnlyFans, Patreon models turn to Web3 amid payment and censorship fearsPatreon creators had difficulties getting paid in August, while OnlyFans once tried to ban porn on the platform, forcing creators to look at alternatives, including Web3.Sep 21, 2023Brayden Lindrea
International financial group finds gaps in digital euro legislative packageThe Institute of International Finance looked at seven areas where digital euro legislation, which is being developed alongside the technology, is lacking.Sep 20, 2023Derek Andersen
Apple, Goldman Sachs drop plans for trading app: ReportInitial plans called for a 2022 rollout, but economic conditions caused the project to be reportedly shelved last year.Sep 20, 2023Ana Paula Pereira