The crypto gaming space has been gripped by Pixels in recent months, and Decrypt’s GG is no exception. We’ve covered the rising player counts since migrating to Ronin, interviewed the founder about its surge, and detailed this week’s long-awaited PIXEL token launch. But unlike a lot of gaming projects that enjoy their moment in the crypto spotlight, there’s an actual…
Cryptocurrency advocate John Deaton has formally announced his candidacy for the Senate in Massachusetts, setting his sights on unseating the current Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren from her position. “I’m excited for the opportunity to fight for change, and for the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate,” Deaton wrote on Tuesday. Deaton vs. Warren: […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/pro-crypto-lawyer-john-deaton-enters-senate-race-to-challenge-elizabeth-warren/
Metaverse technology startup Improbable is working on infrastructure that can support up to 40,000 players simultaneously occupying the same virtual space. “We’ve been building a technology which allows us to have up to about 40,000 people in the same virtual space at the same time,” Improbable’s Chief Product Officer Rob Whitehead said at the launch of the Metaverse Society’s “Scaling…
LockBit, described by law enforcement officials “as one of the world’s most prolific ransomware gangs,” has been dismantled in a coordinated campaign involving officials in the United States, United Kingdom, and half a dozen other countries, multiple agencies announced today. The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against two Russian men, Artur Sungatov and Ivan Kondratyev, for carrying out…
Microsoft has announced an expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in Spain, pledging an investment of $2.1 billion over the next two years. It’s the company’s largest investment in nearly four decades of presence in the southern European nation. The move is “a testament to our 37-year commitment to Spain, its security, and development and digital transformation…
On Tuesday, CME Group unveiled plans to introduce micro euro-denominated bitcoin and ether futures, set to debut on March 18, contingent on regulatory green lights. These euro-based offerings will mirror their U.S. dollar-based equivalents, each representing one-tenth of the respective cryptocurrency’s value. CME Group Announces Micro Euro-Denominated Bitcoin and Ether Futures Launch Following the 2021 […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/cme-group-to-launch-micro-euro-denominated-bitcoin-and-ether-futures-amid-rising-demand/
Gaming tokens have spiked in recent days, but not all of them have been able to sustain the upswing. Case in point: MAVIA, the recently launched token of mobile strategy game Heroes of Mavia, has plunged sharply over the last two days, even after setting a new all-time high price. MAVIA is down over 5% on the day to a…
Bitcoin ETFs have been a huge success so far this year, but a yawning gap between the biggest issuers and the rest could mean a smaller field next year, according to 21Shares President Ophelia Snyder. “I think you’ll be having three to five winners in this market maximum,” Snyder told Decrypt. Snyder said the last month since spot Bitcoin exchange-traded…
Bitcoin and Ethereum were mostly flat on Tuesday morning while the Solana price sagged by 5% compared to yesterday. Even while trading mostly flat, the price of Ethereum managed to very briefly inch past the $3,000 mark before falling back to $2,924.84 at the time of writing, according to CoinGecko data. It’s down 0.4% from yesterday but has gained 11%…
Months after FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on seven federal fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapsed exchange, the first photo of the disgraced crypto mogul in prison has reportedly emerged. Shared on Twitter (aka X) by Tiffany Fong, a content creator who befriended Bankman-Fried and interviewed him several times after his downfall, the…
