Gotta catch ‘em all—on the blockchain? Collectible card vaulting platform Courtyard is giving away hundreds of mystery card packs that contain tokenized Pokémon cards, the marketplace exclusively shared with Decrypt’s GG. Each digital pack will contain an NFT tied to one graded Pokémon card, which can then be traded if they please. Come November 21, card collectors will be able…
As the race between Ethereum layer-2 networks heats up, users are left with questions about each network’s unique nature, use cases and plan for attracting more users to Web3. In Episode 36 of Hashing It Out, Elisha Owusu Akyaw (GhCryptoGuy) discusses app-specific rollup protocols with Cartesi co-founders Colin Steil and Erick de Moura. The Cartesi team explains that they built…
Celsius Network, the failed crypto lending company, is on track to exit bankruptcy after a judge approved its customer repayment plan. The plan, presented to the bankruptcy court on Oct. 2, called for the establishment of a new entity with $450 million in seed funding. This is a developing story and will be updated as details emerge. Stay on top…
Taiwan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), has awarded the country’s first security token offering (STO) license to Cathay Securities. According to local news reports on Nov. 9, Cathay received regulatory approval for its “Sunshine Green Yield” STO bonds with a time to maturity of six years, initial annual interest of 3.5%, and an initial principal amount of 30…
Valve announced Thursday the upcoming release of a new OLED model of its Steam Deck handheld gaming device, along with price drops for the original LCD models. The Steam Deck OLED will feature a larger and more vibrant OLED display with HDR support, at 7.4 inches as opposed to the 7-inch LCD panel from the standard Steam Deck. Valve is…
Irina Dilkinska, the former head of legal and compliance at cryptocurrency OneCoin, pled guilty on Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering charges related to the multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme. Dilkinska admitted in Manhattan federal court to helping launder $110 million in illicit profits generated through OneCoin’s global multi-level marketing network. Despite her role overseeing legal and compliance, Dilkinska assisted…
There’s an eight day window between Nov. 9 and Nov. 17 where all 12 spot Bitcoin ETF filings could be approved by the SEC, according to Bloomberg ETF analysts J… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/bitcoin-etf-approval-window-sec-bloomberg-analysts
Want to rent someone’s gaming NFT like it was a Blockbuster movie—or rent out your own? Crypto startup LootRush shared exclusively with Decrypt’s GG that it is launching its NFT rental marketplace this Friday, allowing gamers to list their game NFTs for rent or borrow someone else’s for anywhere from a day to a year. While LootRush launched in May…
BlackRock has apparently registered an Ethereum trust in the state of Delaware, which is possibly a first step toward an Ether (ETH) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). BlackRock registered an analogical Bitcoin (BTC) trust in June, shortly before filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Bitcoin ETF. The entity has been registered by the state’s Division…
A team of academic researchers from the U.S. recently published a study exploring how the “gambler’s fallacy” affected cryptocurrency donations. Their findings indicate that organizations accepting crypto donations could benefit from timing the market. Essentially, the team’s work explores the idea that people generally misinterpret certain pattern signals when it comes to finance. Charities that understand the penchant for crypto…
