Farcaster, the decentralized social media protocol, has seen incredible growth in recent weeks since the launch of a new feature called Frames. Frames let users embed interactive apps in their casts (the Farcaster version of “tweets”). The apps can conduct functions on-chain and off, right there within Farcaster, and people have been using them in all kinds of creative ways.…
Bitcoin’s 2024 has gotten off to a rocky start—despite the approval of several long-awaited exchange-traded funds that were supposed to bolster its institutional legitimacy. But things are looking up, with Bitcoin back above $45,000 per coin. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is now priced at $45,395, according to CoinGecko data, having jumped nearly 4% in the past day and by…
The Orb is coming to esports. Community Gaming, a crypto-powered esports tournament platform, announced today that it has teamed up with Worldcoin contributor Tools for Humanity to integrate World ID within its infrastructure. That means that tournament creators will optionally be able to require players to verify their identity before taking part in competitions. Worldcoin is a blockchain-based digital identity…
Anticipated first-person shooter Shrapnel launched is now available in early access via the Epic Games Store, and starting today at 4pm ET, the game will launch its servers for the first time for anyone who purchased one of the Extraction Pack access keys (which start at $20). We posted our Shrapnel preview today after playing during an exclusive session last…
Digital artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann, famous for his characteristic lack of subtlety in his digital work, minced no words in a scathing review of Apple’s new Vision Pro headset, disparaging the device as “a shitty product with zero market fit.” “[It] solves no actual real world problems and does not move the ball forward on spatial computing in a meaningful…
Bitcoin-adjacent stocks surged on Thursday as the leading digital currency reclaimed $45,000—erasing its losses following several Bitcoin spot ETF approvals last month. MicroStrategy (MSTR), the public software firm that holds 190,000 BTC, is up 12% on the day to $569 per share. Meanwhile, crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is up 7.7% at $131, more than recovering from its dip earlier this…
Google dropped a bombshell along with its rebranding of Bard to Gemini: unveiling its premium tier, Gemini Advanced. The move, which Sundar Pichai defined as “the next step in the Gemini era,” is the latest in Google’s sprawling AI ambitions, placing them squarely in the ring with heavyweights like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus. While the core technology remains unchanged, the shift…
Proto-danksharding is nearly upon us. After successfully performing a suite of test runs, Ethereum’s core developers announced Thursday that they plan to deploy the network’s landmark Dencun upgrade on or around March 13—finally ushering in a set of tools that could dramatically increase the speed and affordability of Ethereum transactions. Proto-danksharding, known by the bureaucratic shorthand EIP-4844, is the marquee…
One of the most anticipated blockchain games is finally here in early access: first-person extraction shooter Shrapnel touched down in the Epic Games Store last week. It’s a compact sliver of gameplay from the unfinished Avalanche-based shooter, but one that already shows immense promise as a game poised to compete with the heavyweights of the online shooter genre. Neon Machine…
Gameplay footage from the STX1 early access gameplay demo of Shrapnel, a first-person shooter built on Avalanche. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/SryOJzgn/shrapnel-stx1-early-access-gameplay
