LimeWire’s retro music downloading game revives the look of its platform from the early 2000s and offers players the chance to win crypto. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/limewire-s-new-game-simulates-music-pirating-nostalgia-and-pays-in-crypto
A new game aimed at reviving the nostalgia of pirating music with the added bonus of crypto rewards has been launched by the former peer-to-peer file-sharing platform turned nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace LimeWire. On April 13, the historic music-downloading platform, wildly popular in the early 2000s was revived and turned to Web3 in the form of a retro music-downloading game…
The G7 countries are discussing more crypto regulation and ways to help developing nations introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “As a priority of this year, the G7 will consider how best to help developing countries introduce CBDC consistent with appropriate standards, including the G7 public policy principle for retail CBDC,” said Japan’s Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs.…
Pussy Riot is setting up shop in the metaverse. On Wednesday, during NFT NYC, online virtual social networking site IMVU and Pussy Riot founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova announced the launch of a Web3 community space called Utopia. Founded in 2004, IMVU is a 3-D virtual world and social network platform where users can create personalized avatars, explore various virtual destinations,…
It is now possible to install and run a “ChatGPT-like” personal artificial intelligence (AI) on a home computer even without an internet connection and Elon Musk has warned AI development has brought us closer to a technological point of no return. Brian Roemmele, the founder of the technology blog Multiplex, wrote a detailed guide on how to install the personal…
The Ethereum network’s just completed Shanghai upgrade represents a glowing exit sign for some centralized entities. The update, which went live on Wednesday at 6:27 p.m. EST, made it possible for validators who secured the network with more than 18 million ETH to initiate withdrawals. Those withdrawals fall into two main categories: partial withdrawals, which allow validators to collect their…
Cryptocurrency regulation tests aiming to help shape crypto laws in Zambia that simulate the real-world use of crypto are on track to finish by June. In an April 12 Reuters interview, Zambia’s innovation, science and technology minister, Felix Mutati, said the purpose of conducting the tests was to help the government “see what would happen in the real world,” to…
The BRICS nations are focusing on increasing their international roles and “enhancing coordination on key multilateral platforms,” Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs reportedly revealed after a meeting with BRICS ambassadors. He stressed “the need for joint efforts to counter destructive actions aimed at destroying the established security architecture.” BRICS Seeks Expand Global Influence Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov,…
The adage “buy the rumor, sell the news” often passes for sound fiscal advice. Not today. In the minutes following the successful implementation of Ethereum’s historic Shanghai upgrade, which Wednesday evening enabled the withdrawal of staked ETH by the network’s participants, the price of ETH remained largely unchanged, even ticking slightly upwards. ETH stayed steady in the minutes following the…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong owes me $100. That’s because he might not know how to use the Lightning Network, the instant payment solution built on top of Bitcoin. Armstrong, who’s been building in the Bitcoin (BTC) space since 2012, recently tweeted that he would pay people who provided the “best examples” of people using cryptocurrency in Africa. “If you’re using…
