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Valve, Capcom & Bethesda Fined $9.5 Million For "Geo-Blocking" PC Games
21.1.2021
The EU have fined Valve and five publishers a total of €7.8 million (USD$9.5 million) over their practice of “geo-blocking” PC game sales on Steam, which basically means forcing users in a country (say, Germany) to only pay the German price for a game, instead of letting them buy a cheaper version...
Takaya Imamura, The Man Who Designed Tingle, Has Retired From Nintendo
20.1.2021
In his three decades at Nintendo, Takaya Imamura worked on some of the company’s most iconic games, including F-Zero, Star Fox, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. He also designed Tingle, and for that, we will be forever grateful. Read more
Takaya Imamura, The Man Who Designed Tingle, Has Retired From Nintendo
20.1.2021
In his three decades at Nintendo, Takaya Imamura worked on some of the company’s most iconic games, including F-Zero, Star Fox, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. He also designed Tingle, and for that, we will be forever grateful. Read more
Man Folds One Piece Of Paper For 50 Hours, Makes Samurai
19.1.2021
Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä took a single sheet of 68cm x 68cm wafer-thin Wenzhou paper and folded it for fifty hours. The result? A samurai papercraft that is around 20cm tall.Read more
Man Fined $270 For Breaking Lockdown To Play Pokémon Go
18.1.2021
Look, weren’t we only just warning people last week to be more careful playing this game in these strange and uncertain times?Read more
BTC crash, DOT crushes XRP, man risks losing $262M: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 10–16
16.1.2021
The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link!
Man Accidentally Threw Away Hard Drive With 7,500 Bitcoins, Offers City $72 Million to Search Landfill
15.1.2021
A man has accidentally thrown away a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins. He is now offering his city 25% of the value of the bitcoins stored in the hard drive for permission to search the city’s landfill site. His bitcoins are now worth almost $300 million at the current price. In Search...
Man Will Give 25% of Lost Bitcoin to COVID Relief if He Can Search Dump for USD 296M Haul
14.1.2021
British media outlets have once again become interested in the case of a Wales-based IT professional who said he threw out a hard drive containing around BTC 7,500 (USD 296m) and who wants to search a landfill for the device, pledging millions of dollars worth of reward to coronavirus charities...
Grammy winner Portugal. The Man launches fan token on Ethereum blockchain
14.1.2021
In a first for the blockchain world, the Grammy Award-winning band will use cryptocurrency tokens to distribute previously unreleased material
Latest Music Act to Launch a Social Token: Portugal. The Man
14.1.2021
The Grammy Award–winning band is turning to Rally to join the ranks of musicians launching fan engagement tokens
UK Man Offers Council $72M If He’s Allowed to Search Dump and Finds Discarded Bitcoin Trove
14.1.2021
A UK IT engineer who mistakenly threw away a hard drive with around £210 million ($288 million) of bitcoin on it is applying to the local government to search wasteland for the device. Read more: UK Treasury Calls for Feedback on Approach to Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Regulation
Man offers city $72M to dig up accidentally discarded Bitcoin fortune
14.1.2021
An IT engineer accidentally discarded his Bitcoin fortune over seven years ago while cleaning his house
Let Me Just Check Twitter Real Quick...
9.1.2021
This week on Snapshots we got some wonderful Assassin’s Creed images, a bit of Cyberpunk, some more Spider-Man, a creepy looking cat, and a cool bow and arrow shot from Red Dead Redemption II. Oh and more cool screenshots from other games too. Read more
Tesla’s crypto-friendly CEO is now the richest man in the world
7.1.2021
His last reported Bitcoin holdings were 0.25 BTC
Bitcoin Trader Robbed During an In-Person Transaction, Kicked Out of Car in Hong Kong
7.1.2021
An unnamed 37-year-old man was a victim of a theft from a gang of robbers who fled with 15 bitcoin (BTC), worth HKD 3 million ($387,000) in cash. They agreed to meet in person for a crypto exchange transaction. Six Non-Chinese Suspects Allegedly Involved in the Theft Per the South China Morning...
Look, The Spider-Signal!
2.1.2021
This week on Snapshots we start the new year with some great new screenshots! Welcome to 2021! Good news, folks are still taking cool screenshots in a bunch of games, including Spider-Man, Alan Wake, No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and more.Read more
Elon Musk Endorses Cryptocurrency for Martian Economy
31.12.2020
Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, widely believed to be the man taking humanity to Mars and building a permanent settlement there, tweeted his approval of the idea that Mars’ economy will run on cryptocurrency. Elon Musk Envisions Mars’ Economy Run on Cryptocurrency Elon Musk believes...
Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Doubts Bitcoin Can Be Cashed Out — Advises BTC Investor to Sell Now
28.12.2020
Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey has given advice about bitcoin to a man who made over $100,000 by investing just $1,500 in the cryptocurrency. Ramsey repeatedly expressed his doubt that bitcoin can be cashed out, calling the cryptocurrency “funny money.” He recommends selling bitcoin...
Mexico’s second richest man says Bitcoin is his “best investment ever”
26.12.2020
Ricardo Salinas Pliego breaks down his Bitcoin investment thesis
Localbitcoins Trader Facing up to 40 Years in Prison Over Bitcoin Fraud Schemes
24.12.2020
A trader on Localbitcoins and Paxful has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a couple of bitcoin scams. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the trader knowingly sold bitcoin to victims of fraudulent schemes. Bitcoin Trader Facing Jail Time The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...