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Burning USDC and Minting DAI Prove to Be Popular On-Chain Activities Amid SVB Collapse
13.3.2023
Circle’s USDC stablecoin had nearly $3 billion in net redemptions since Friday, while the total supply of DAI increased by 1.2 billion tokens over the same time period
China’s Wechat Adds Support for Digital Yuan Payments
8.3.2023
Chinese social media platform Wechat has introduced support for the state-backed digital yuan in its popular payment app. Over a billion users will now ostensibly be able to take advantage of fast payments with the digital currency issued by the People’s Bank of China. Wechat Pay Follows Alipay...
Redditors Find Popular YouTuber Ludwig's Stolen Rare Car In 24 Hours
2.3.2023
When you work hard, you’re entitled to, in the immortal words of Parks and Rec, treat yo self. That’s what YouTuber Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren did in August 2022 when he imported a 1997 Subaru Sambar from Japan for roughly $7,000. It was his “dream car,” as he put it. A few days ago the prized mini...
Litecoin Price Prediction as New Report Suggests LTC is Top 4 Most Popular Crypto for Shopping – LTC to the Moon?
2.3.2023
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Popular Vtuber Pikamee Retires Following Hogwarts Legacy Controversy
2.3.2023
Earlier last month, Pikamee, a popular vtuber canceled her Hogwarts Legacy stream and went offline for three weeks, neither tweeting nor creating video content from February 8 through March 1. Yesterday, she announced she will retire from her vtubing career entirely. Angry fans have latched onto...
First Mover Americas: Betting Against Bitcoin Was Popular Move Last Week
27.2.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 27, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Reports Indicate USDT Is Being Used in Venezuela to Facilitate Settlements and to Avoid Sanctions
27.2.2023
Some companies in Venezuela are using the stablecoin tether as a way of sidestepping sanctions and settling payments with foreign customers and providers. Local reports indicate that, while the most popular use case for the stablecoin involves its purchase for devaluation shielding purposes,...
Plus: Sons Of The Forest: so big it broke Steam?
24.2.2023
Also: yes, Hogwarts is still extremely popular, folks
Arbitrum’s Daily Transaction Count Surpasses Ethereum for the First Time Ever
23.2.2023
According to statistics recorded this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, the layer two scaling project Arbitrum’s transaction count has surpassed Ethereum’s. On Wednesday, Arbitrum processed 1,090,510 transactions, compared to Ethereum’s 1,080,839 transfer count. L2 Scaling...
Luxor Technologies Acquires Ordinalhub to Provide Tools for Bitcoin-Based NFTs
22.2.2023
With Bitcoin-based digital collectibles becoming a popular trend, the full-stack bitcoin mining services company Luxor Technologies has acquired the platform Ordinalhub, a project that provides tools to buy, sell, and track Bitcoin-issued non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Luxor Plans to Address...
This Popular Hardware Wallet was Hacked by a Cybersecurity Firm – Should You Be Concerned?
13.2.2023
Crypto hardware wallet provider OneKey was hacked by cybersecurity startup Unciphered - in one second. The wallet manufacturer claims the vulnerability in its firmware that allowed the breach has been fixed.
On February 9, Unciphered posted a video on their YouTube channel, stating that they...
Ordinal Inscriptions Take the NFT World by Storm: Over 50,000 Added to the Bitcoin Blockchain in 2023
11.2.2023
As of Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, the Bitcoin blockchain had seen the addition of more than 50,000 Ordinal inscriptions as the trend has continued to increase daily. People are inscribing text, images, videos, audio, and software applications onto the blockchain, with some inscriptions fetching high...
Popular Rihanna Song Offered as NFT With Royalty Sharing Ahead of Super Bowl
10.2.2023
Music producer Deputy, who helped produce Rihanna's hit 2015 single "B**** Better Have My Money," is granting a portion of his streaming royalties to collectors through anotherblock
Marvel Snap's Most Popular Cards Are Now Less Powerful
9.2.2023
The Marvel Snap meta is shaking up a lot right now. First, the addition of M.O.D.O.K. likely means you’re seeing a ton more discard decks that take advantage of the card’s ability to destroy your entire hand. Before that, Marvel Snap’s intensely-hated Leader card, which copies your opponent’s...
Popular Elden Ring Ending Proves Players Are Thirsty For Ranni
7.2.2023
FromSoftware’s mammoth role-playing game Elden Ring features six different endings, all with their own proportions of esotericism. The Age of Fracture ending, for example, really only requires you to beat the game, while other endings like the Age of Duskborn or Blessing of Despair need you...
Twitch's Popular AI-Powered Seinfeld Show Gets Banned For Transphobia
6.2.2023
In an unfortunate turn of events, the AI Seinfeld show that’s been all over Twitch has been hit with the ban hammer for some terribly transphobic “jokes.”Read more
Dogecoin Price Prediction as Popular Crypto Trader Predicts 50% Move Up – Time to Buy?
5.2.2023
Dogecoin has been gaining popularity in the cryptocurrency space due to its low price and potential for massive gains. Recently, a popular crypto trader predicted that Dogecoin could move up by 50% in the near future. This has caused some investors to wonder if now is the time to buy Dogecoin...
Twitch’s Mega Popular AI Streamer Now Pulling In Thousands Of Viewers With Reaction Content
3.2.2023
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days, with technologies like ChatGPT and DALL-E encroaching on human artistic creativity and expression. Sometimes it yields interestingly absurdist results, such as that AI-generated Seinfeld-like show Nothing, Forever. Other times, it feigns humanity...
Popular Female Streamers Targeted In Deepfake Pornography Scandal
31.1.2023
Yesterday, Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing issued a tearful apology during his livestream after he accidentally revealed that he had deepfake pornography of popular female Twitch streamers open on his computer. The video of his apology—in which he claims to have clicked an ad on PornHub...
Popular Steam Game Raises Price After Seven Years Without A Sale
20.1.2023
Critically-acclaimed base-building hit Factorio is an odd duck. Since its 2016 Steam release, the game has never gone on sale. And now, the developer behind Factorio is changing the price of its popular game, but it ain’t getting a discount. Instead, the price is jumping up $5 next week. The devs...