SpongeBob and Warhammer mobile game scores Polygon partnership Free-to-play mobile games publisher Tilting Point has entered a multiyear partnership with Polygon Studios to launch 10 Web3 games over the next two years. Polygon Studios and Tilting Point plan to help both native Web3 game developers scale their games alongside free-to-play developer partners, and studios who want to bridge from Web2 to…
In brief Longtime comic book creator Rob Liefeld has released Ethereum NFT artwork via MakersPlace. He discussed the benefits of—and controversy around—NFTs in an interview with Decrypt. Comics creator Rob Liefeld—who co-created Marvel characters like Deadpool and Cable in the early 1990s and then left to co-found Image Comics—has long been controversial in the industry. His rapid rise during that…
The battle to attract stablecoin liquidity has been a trending theme across the cryptocurrency landscape for the past year, especially as decentralized finance users have come to realize the hefty APY that can be earned on dollar-peg assets. While Curve Finance remains the undisputed leader in interest bearing stablecoin liquidity pools, several new entrants have begun to climb the ranks,…
Bluesky, a Twitter-backed project to “develop an open and decentralized standard for social media,” released its first bit of code on Wednesday. The code, known as Authenticated Data eXperiment (ADX), contains a software developer kit, as well as server implementation and basic commands for things one might do within a social network, including creating posts and liking others’ posts. It’s…
Bitcoin (BTC) lost almost $1,000 in the first hour of Wall Street trading on May 5 as a brief rally ended in disappointment. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Nasdaq drops 4% on post-Fed open Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it returned to $38,130 on Bitstamp almost 24 hours after reaching weekly highs of $40,050.…
Crypto mining company Argo Blockchain’s plans to open a data center in West Texas are likely nearing completion following an inauguration ceremony. In a Thursday announcement on Twitter, Argo said it expects to begin mining operations at its Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas starting next week. The announcement came more than a year after the mining firm purchased a…
Decentralized finance firm Qredo has received approval for registration as a Bitcoin (BTC) service provider in El Salvador. In a Wednesday announcement, Qredo said the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador accepted the crypto firm’s registration as a recognized Bitcoin service provider as laid out in the country’s Bitcoin Law. According to the registration website, Qredo was authorized to custody…
Global financial markets plunged into disarray on May 5 as the Dow Jones saw a 1,063 point drop and Bitcoin (BTC) price plummeted to $35,571 on Binance. The widespread weakness comes as traders have had more time to digest the recent half-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, the largest hike since 2000, which was done in an attempt…
After briefly mounting a recovery yesterday to nearly $40,000, Bitcoin has today since dropped by nearly 5%, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is now trading hands at right around $37,000. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, isn’t faring much better. ETH plummeted from just over $2,900 to $2,750 in just a few hours,…
On May 4, the product comparison platform finder․com published a ripple price prediction report that polls 36 fintech specialists. According to findings stemming from the participating panelists, ripple could jump to $2.55 per unit by December 2022. However, the prediction relies on Ripple Labs winning or settling its lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Finder’s Report Gives…
