X, formerly Twitter, has made another step toward becoming an “everything app” after Elon Musk tested out video game streaming on the platform. In a 50-minute-long stream on Oct. 6, Musk streamed himself playing the popular online action role-playing game Diablo 4. Stream Test 3 https://t.co/1ih0ZAY2tS — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2023 As things kicked off, Musk outlined that…
Cutbacks at Yuga Labs Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs has announced a restructuring that has seen several roles “eliminated across the company.” The exact number of layoffs hasn’t been specified, however, in an Oct. 6 blog post shared via X ( formerly Twitter), Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre suggested the firm had taken on too many projects that…
Luxury real estate, political donations, investments, and magazine covers. A year ago, that was the life of Sam Bankman-Fried, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thane Rehn remarked during the opening statements of the world’s most famous crypto trial. “All of it was built on lies,” Rehn continued, claiming that the co-founder of Alameda Research and FTX “lied to the world” to get…
With Bitcoin’s highly anticipated “halving” event only 6 months away, Canada-based Bitcoin mining firm Iris Energy has announced another major expansion to its computer fleet. On Friday, the company confirmed that its total hashrate has increased by 25% from 5.6 exahashes per second (EH/s) to 7.0 EH/s, by adding 7,000 of Bitmain’s newest S21 miners to its fleet. The addition…
London’s Saatchi Gallery is one of the world’s most iconic contemporary art showcases, having played host to the likes of Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst. Now it’s opening its doors to NFT art, with a collection of digital artworks, “Long Live London,” appearing in the gallery as part of the Focus Art Fair. Although it’s not the gallery’s first brush…
The price of Avalanche (AVAX) has surged following an increase in interest in a new social app built on its blockchain. AVAX at the time of writing was trading for $10.70, a 8.3% 24-hour increase, according to CoinGecko data. This makes the asset one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the past day. And in the past week, it’s also a…
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. In this week’s newsletter, September became the biggest month of crypto exploits in DeFi, with over $300 million in losses, and the popular DeFi lending protocol Yield announced its permanent closure by…
You’ve probably heard of Starfield, but have you heard of Redfall? Both are Microsoft-owned games that were released this year—but while Starfield saw over one million concurrent players last month, Redfall has fallen very, very flat. The vampire-themed first-person shooter game from Bethesda and Arkane Studios (Deathloop) dipped below 100 concurrent players on leading PC gaming platform Steam in June,…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is set to release on November 10, and given the series in question, it’s sure to be one of the most massive game releases of 2023. But you can get an early taste of the action starting right now thanks to the multiplayer beta test. Activision is set to launch an open beta for…
Solana (SOL) price experienced a 20% gain between Sept. 28 and Oct. 6, but is the rally a tandem move with Bitcoin (BTC) price or is it being driven by other factors. Prior to the price breakout, or perhaps, it’s recovery, SOL faced a turbulent period after a U.S. court approved the sale of $1.3 billion in SOL from the…
