“The Web3 interfaces cannot be on the foreground of the player’s initial experience,” says Azra Games CEO Mark Otero. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/03W3KZjM/azra-games-ceo-on-putting-fun-before-web3
Month: May 2023
Bitcoin limps into FOMC as flagging volume adds to BTC price hurdles
Bitcoin (BTC) hit daily lows at the May 3 Wall Street open as markets counted down the hours to the Federal Reserve interest rate decision. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Fed set to hike into banking crisis Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $28,152 on Bitstamp, down 2.2% from the day’s highs. The pair…
Global Law Enforcement Agencies Dismantle Darknet Marketplace Monopoly Market, Arrest 288 and Seize $53.4 Million – Bitcoin News
On May 2, 2023, Europol announced a collaborative effort between law enforcement agencies from the U.S., Europe, the U.K., and Brazil culminated in 288 arrests, along with the confiscation of 850 kg of illegal drugs, 117 firearms, and $53.4 million in cash and cryptocurrencies. This joint venture, named “Operation Spector,” successfully dismantled the darknet marketplace (DNM) Monopoly Market and confiscated…
AX1 Releases Research on Binance Key Project
press release PRESS RELEASE. AX1 company recently conducted research on the Trust Wallet, a popular cryptocurrency wallet that has gained a significant following in recent years. The research aimed to understand the level of security and trustworthiness of the wallet, and to identify any potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors. The findings of the research…
New York, Berlin Tied for Second Place as ‘Most Important Crypto Hub’: Survey
A new survey suggests one European capital is best poised to lure in even more of the industry. European crypto projects have named Lisbon as the world’s most important crypto hub, according to its biannual State of European Crypto Report 2023 published today by European crypto investment firm Greenfield. The report anonymously surveyed 68 heads of companies and protocols whose…
Will compromise on anonymous crypto appease US regulators, spur adoption?
Cryptocurrencies were designed to be anonymous or pseudonymous, so there is an inherent tension when protocols come up against jurisdictional authorities. In the United States, the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has jousted with regulators over the need to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, and even over adherence to economic sanctions regimes. Most recently, a…
Josie Bellini, NFT Creator – Cointelegraph Magazine
Who is Josie Bellini? Crypto artist Josie Bellini is most famously identified by her iconic Bitcoin gas mask from Filter. She has become one of the most prominent NFT artists, being featured at Christie’s and on just about every NFT marketplace platform available, including SuperRare, ASync Art and Nifty Gateway. Born and raised in Chicago, Bellini always had a passion…
Hollywood studios reject banning AI from writer’s rooms
Artificial intelligence (AI) brings yet another industry into a hot debate over its usage as Hollywood and the greater media industry faces petitions from the Writers Guild of America (WGA). WGA recently sent out a list of demands which included the regulation of AI usage on the minimum basic agreement (MBA) covered projects. It stated that AI should not be…
SUI mainnet goes live as token sees immediate action on Binance, OKX, others
Major cryptocurrency exchanges around the world are launching trading of the Sui (SUI) token amid the Sui Network’s mainnet launch on May 3. According to an official announcement by the Sui Foundation, the Sui mainnet went live at 12:00 pm UTC. Many global crypto trading platforms supported the Sui mainnet launch, enabling investors to buy and sell the new SUI…
Flare integrates blockchain API on Google Cloud Marketplace
Layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain platform Flare has integrated its API portal on Google Cloud Marketplace, on-boarding a number of significant blockchain APIs to the ecosystem. The integration of Google Cloud Marketplace will provide high-integrity blockchain data from Flares nodes and Connected Chain Nodes to a large pool of developers and users of the software products and services platform.…