On November 9, the two-time Grammy-nominated producer and DJ, Steve Aoki, announced a new partnership with the popular comic book artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The two plan to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace that leverages the Solana blockchain. The NFT marketplace will be called Odd Key and Aoki and McFarlane aim to launch the platform on November,…
Social media giant Twitter is expanding further into the crypto space by setting up a team to look into decentralized applications, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain. According to a Nov. 10 tweet, Interchain Foundation council member Tess Rinearson will be leading a team at the social media company aimed at cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and decentralized technology. Rinearson said her team would be working…
Many of FTX’s recent deals, acquisitions, and partnerships have been about playing catch up, according to founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Theres been some user growth, but we are really coming from behind on name recognition, Bankman-Fried said on Tuesday at the Decrypt and Yahoo Finance Crypto Goes Mainstream event. Weve been around for two and a half years. Thats…
Early adopters in the cryptocurrency market have once again been rewarded for their bravery and exploration after the popular Ethereum Name Service protocol, which issues nonfungible token that double as Ethereum addresses and web domains, distributed an airdrop for its new ENS DAO token. The resulting airdrop translated to an instant five-figure payday for many holders and there are those…
Team Liquid, the esports and gaming organization operating across major titles including League of Legends and Fortnite, has inked a four-year agreement with Coinbase. In a Nov. 10 announcement, Team Liquid said the partnership with the U.S.-based crypto exchange would be aimed at highlighting the crossover between gaming and crypto-curious audiences as well as creating new seemingly crypto-focused content. Coinbase…
Twitter has announced that it is launching a dedicated crypto team to explore decentralized apps. The new team, dubbed Twitter Cryptonot to be confused with everyday crypto Twitteris set to be led by Tess Rinearson, who has been tasked with setting the strategy for the future of crypto at (and on) Twitter, the company reportedly said, per the Financial Times.…
Cryptocurrency markets rose to record highs on Wednesday, as investors continued to pile into Bitcoin (BTC) and alternative coins against a backdrop of surging inflation in the United States. The cryptocurrency market capitalization an important barometer for the health of the digital asset class reached a high of $3.11 trillion, according to Coingecko. The asset class has grown by a…
154 days ago, a mystery bitcoin mining entity spent a string of 20 block rewards from 2010 that sat idle for well over a decade. Our newsdesk has been investigating this bitcoin whale’s actions since catching the entity in 2020. Now after the June 9th appearance, on November 10, the mystery whale returned once again to spend another 1,000 bitcoin…
The non-fungible token (NFT) boom of 2021 has swept digital artists like Beeple, Pplpleasr and FEWOCiOUS from obscurity to stardom, and seen the traditional art world grappling with how to present NFT artwork to its audience. Now, photo editing and design software manufacturer Pixlr is bringing its extensive expertise and its 500 million strong global community to bear, with plans…
Speaking at a COP26 press conference in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday, a panoply of experts from the tech-environmental sector spoke to global citizens across the world about improving coordination and support for climate action with blockchain technology. The GloCha United Citizens Organization for Action for Climate Empowerment has been launched at COP26 as a blockchain-based quasi-international organization located in Klagenfurt,…
