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The Year In Fighting Game Competition
28.12.2020
2020 sucked. You know it, I know it. It was amid this chaotic year that the fighting game community found itself pushed out of the arcades, hotels, and convention centers to which competitors had grown accustomed and into the unpredictable world of online play. Early on, organizers were unsure...
Charting Asia’s Dominant FinTech Frontier
28.12.2020
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa
That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
28.12.2020
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battler for monetary hegemony has only just begun
The Rise of the Bitcoin Class
28.12.2020
How a VC working in China finally convinced her Dad to buy into Bitcoin. The winning argument: Protection against government seizure
Peter Tieryas’ Top 5 Games Of 2020
27.12.2020
I can’t believe the year is almost over. 2020 has felt interminable. Between work, taking care of my kid, a new book release, various writing assignments, and all that life has thrown at me, my free time has been really limited. I usually only get a chance to play games after my kid falls asleep...
DLT Regulation in 2020: Backwards or Sideways?
27.12.2020
Regulators are no longer standing on the sidelines of distributed ledger innovation, says Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services
Proof-of-Stake Was Bigger Than Eth 2.0 in 2020
27.12.2020
Four of the top nine crypto assets by market cap are on a path to proof-of-stake, says the CEO of Staked
Crypto’s Choice: Join the Financial System or Fight It
27.12.2020
The crypto industry faces a momentous choice. Does it integrate with the existing financial system's rules? Or does it choose to fight for its anti-status quo principles?
Three Market Trends Fueled Enterprise DLT Adoption in 2020
26.12.2020
Hedera Hashgraph's CEO says integrating novel technologies with existing enterprise systems will drive adoption in the years ahead
Now Is the Time for Enterprises to Look at ETH 2.0
26.12.2020
Staking on Ethereum 2.0 is a business opportunity for early adopters in 2021
Building the Next Wave of Web 3.0
26.12.2020
Building an internet we can trust requires trustless protocols
Ari's Top 10 Games Of 2020
25.12.2020
The past year has been one endless, pitch-black night with a single burning, incandescent star: video games. I mean, can you imagine what 2020 would’ve been like without video games? I, for one, cannot. Better yet, it’s not like the annual release calendar was a dry spell, either. From tip to tail...
Cyberpunk 2077: The Kotaku Review
24.12.2020
It’s been two weeks since Cyberpunk 2077 officially released. In my initial impressions, I wrote that I was ready for everyone—developer CD Projekt Red, the studio’s PR people, fans—to stop talking about the game and just let me play it. I’ve been playing steadily since before launch, but weeks...
The Global Challenge of Regulating Virtual Assets
24.12.2020
Moving through the high-level confusion of an emergent field of digital assets during a pandemic presented unique challanges
John Walker’s Top 10 Games Of 2020
24.12.2020
The eternally burning tire fire that is 2020 hasn’t exactly been a laugh riot. And yet, as I reflect on what have been some of the most gruelling times I can remember, it’s interesting how much video games have played a part in getting me through. As pure colorful distraction, or even daily...
Crypto’s Big Rupture Is Coming in 2021
24.12.2020
Crypto is about to split in two. On the one side: KYC-compliant digital currencies. On the other: money "Legos" self-organized in DAO structures
Here Comes the Open Lending Era
24.12.2020
Open lending grew from a fringe use-case to a burgeoning engine powering the next phase of the digital economy
The Fictional Characters, TV Shows, and Movies We Lost in 2020
23.12.2020
It was a rough year for all of us in the real world, but those fictional universes we spend so much time in didn’t get off scot-free. A lot of television shows ended their runs this year, and a lot of our favorite characters from sci-fi, fantasy, and horror took their final bows as well. Here...
Ian Walker’s Top 10 Games Of 2020
23.12.2020
This is the first time I’m doing one of these…well, professionally, at least. I was hired at Kotaku right before the world went to shit, and despite a tumultuous year, I’m still here. I broke news. I reviewed the PlayStation 5. I wrote about a digital dog’s butt.Read more
Camila Russo on Building The Defiant and the Future of DeFi
23.12.2020
The Defiant is required reading about DeFi these days. How did "one more Bloomberg journalist" become a successful media entrepreneur and influencer?