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Games and NFTs the Driving Force Behind Dapps During Q3, According to Dappradar
8.10.2021
Blockchain-based games and NFT trading were the driving force behind dapp adoption during Q3, according to defi insight platform Dappradar. In its Dapp Industry Report: Q3 2021 Overview, Dappradar states that the importance of these new activities in the crypto industry rose dramatically, making...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Continues to Rise: 37% More Difficult to Mine BTC Than 3 Months Ago, Difficulty Nears 20 Trillion
4.10.2021
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been climbing steadily over the last three months and rose more than 40% after the network’s hashpower was below 90 exahash per second (EH/s) on July 5. The trend has led to a consecutive run of five bitcoin mining difficulty accruals with another increase...
Top Finiko Crypto Pyramid Executive Arrested in Russia’s Tatarstan
9.9.2021
A high-ranking representative of Russia’s notorious Finiko Ponzi scheme has been arrested in Tatarstan. Ilgiz Shakirov, a businessman from Kazan, rose to the rank of vice president of the crypto pyramid which is believed to have defrauded millions of investors in the Russian Federation...
Dev Reveals Exploitative Nature of Most Game Contracts
17.8.2021
Receiving a publishing deal from an indie publisher can be a turning point for an independent developer. But when one-man team Jakefriend was approached with an offer to invest half a million Canadian dollars into his hand-drawn action-adventure game Scrabdackle, he discovered the contract’s terms...
Sonic Is A Doctor and Psychiatrist Now, Thanks To Sega
30.7.2021
Sega’s never-ending quest to put Sonic the Hedgehog in all the things continues today with a special 30th anniversary crossover event with Two Point Hospital, of all games. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose as medical practitioners? Can’t be that much worse than normal American healthcare.Read...
Here’s why DinoSwap’s (DINO) TVL rose above $330M a week after launch
27.7.2021
High yield opportunities and a steady resurgence in DeFi tokens helped push DinoSwap’s TVL above $330 million just one week after launch
Goodbye And TKTK
25.6.2021
After almost five and a half years, today’s my last day at Kotaku. A good number of you are now probably scrolling to the bottom of this post to remember what I do here, since my articles aren’t a daily feature of the site. My job, mostly, was to hide out in the background and help. It was a pretty...
Sentiment Against Elon Musk on Twitter Rose in May Post-Bitcoin-Criticism
3.6.2021
Elon Musk. It seems that Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin's argument that the markets would pay less attention to Tesla chief Elon Musk's Bitcoin (BTC)-related tweets got a continuation - with a sentiment tracking company finding less than 15% of May tweets about Musk being positive.
The...
Dissecting The Ridiculousness Of Resident Evil Village
3.6.2021
Resident Evil Village is all Kotaku’s staff has been talking about since it came out. Between the plot twist, hand gore, and Tall Lady Thirst, there was much to discuss, so staff editor Lisa Marie Segarra, weekend editor Zack Zweizen, and staff writer Ian Walker got together for a spoiler-heavy...
NBA Legend Paul Pierce and Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey to Join Joe Lubin of Consensys for a Virtue Poker Charity Tournament
28.5.2021
Virtue Poker revealed plans to organize a high-stakes 12-player celebrity poker tournament on its platform, live-streamed on Twitch, with the winner donating the event’s proceeds to their preferred charitable organization. Celebrity Charity Tournament Features NFTs & Giveaways Virtue...
Ethereum Classic Rose 220% This Week, but Why?
8.5.2021
Ethereum Classic, a seemingly forgotten cryptocurrency, reached the attention of many this week when its price skyrocketed out of the blue, but there might be some reasons behind it. Also, Bitcoin Cash and other Bitcoin-based forks enjoyed a healthy week in the green, alongside Dogecoin, whose...
Employer Wants Cryptocurrency Back From Employee After Price Soars 700%, Offers to Pay in US Dollars Instead
5.5.2021
A company paid an employee for his work done in cryptocurrency. However, after the price of the cryptocurrency skyrocketed 700%, the employer wants the coins back, offering to pay the employee in U.S. dollars instead. Employer Wants Crypto Back After It Rose 700% Marketwatch published a letter...
Employer paid worker in crypto, then demanded it back when price rose
3.5.2021
"I have worked with this person for many years, and he has a tendency to try to change the terms of payment after agreeing on a certain way of operating," said the contract worker
TimeCoin’s Off-Market Token Sale
24.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The Special Token Sale of TimeCoin (TMCN) was launched on February 15th, 2021, with a 93% discount on the token’s current market value. The token was launched on November 11th, 2020 on BitForex as an IEO, at an initial price of $0.7. After the launch, the price rose to $11,...
The number of Bitcoin ATMs in the US rose 177% over the past year
10.3.2021
Worldwide, close to 10,000 new Bitcoin ATMs have been installed since March 1, 2020
Blockchain-Backed NFT Market Value Grew 299% in 2020
18.2.2021
A report has unveiled figures that confirm the bullish run of non-fungible token markets over the last year. Two analytical firms behind the studies stated that the NFT industry grew by 299% in 2020. Total Number of Active Wallets Rose by 97% According to the NFT Report 2020, published...
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12.2.2021
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12.2.2021
Big Investors Stacked up Ether as Price Rose to Record High
25.1.2021
Strong hands backed ether's rally to record highs, on-chain data suggests
Purging Today’s Freedom Activists: Why Big Tech’s Censorship Isn’t Directed Solely at Trump Supporters
23.1.2021
There’s been a lot of unrest in the U.S. and just before the presidential election’s electoral vote, Big Tech took action and censored a great number of individuals and even competing social media platforms. Moreover, even after President Biden’s first few days in office, social...