Crypto Twitter was in classic form this week, with a cycle of minor controversies, dramatic u-turns, and splashy token launches culminating in Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announcing that he doesn’t want to be the face of the industry any longer. It all started last weekend when WEN, a Solana meme coin launched via decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator Jupiter, got off…
While the sports industry and the Olympics have worked hard to purge performance-enhancing drugs, a new organization backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel wants to let athletes dope. The Enhances Games is the creation of lawyer Dr. Aron D’Souza, known for leading Peter Thiel’s lawsuit against Gawker Media in 2013. “We want to end the oppression of science in sports…
Magic Eden recently launched a cross-chain rewards program that incentivizes the use of its popular NFT marketplace across Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon, along with opportunities tied to its new multi-chain wallet. Beyond its rewards program, Magic Eden also recently announced that it will open-source its minting and trading protocols in collaboration with a new Non-Fungible DAO. The DAO they’re…
In the latest episode of 5 Questions With SCENE, spend a few minutes exploring the mind of Gala Marija Vrbanic, founder and CEO of leading digital fashion house Tribute Brand. In early 2020—eons, in crypto years, before digital fashion rode metaverse hype to prominence in 2022—Zagreb-based Vrbanic and her colleagues founded Tribute Brand to create digital fashion infrastructure. Quickly, though,…
5 Questions With SCENE: Gala Marija Vrbanic Tribute Brand founder and CEO Gala Marija Vrbanic joins 5 Questions With SCENE to discuss not just fashion, but graffiti crimes, fishless aquariums, and the apparently emergent sport of wind chasing. Video shot and edited by Vincent Roazzi Jr. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/UcfnncpU/5-questions-with-scene-gala-marija-vrbanic
Earlier this week, The Solana Hunger Games took Twitter (aka X) by storm. Now a crypto-fueled version of the TV reality series “Survivor” has people scouring Brooklyn for secret codes, and competing in online arcade games to oust each other from their crypto island. Dylan Albruscato, former head of partnerships of the breakout mobile game show HQ Trivia, said he…
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Markets are ending the week strong after a rocky week of gains and losses. The price of Bitcoin is now $43,139, according to CoinGecko. That’s a seven-day rise of 3%. All eyes were on the biggest digital asset by market and what it would do before, during, and after the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday announcement…
The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get caught up on the…
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Markets are ending the week strong after a rocky week of gains and losses. The price of Bitcoin is now $43,139, according to CoinGecko. That’s a seven-day rise of 3%. All eyes were on the biggest digital asset by market and what it would do before, during, and after the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday announcement…
The Solana Hunger Games, created by game studio GG.zip, is a novel gaming concept that merges augmented reality (AR) with cryptocurrency elements, set to officially launch in Spring. In this guide, we’ll explore an overview of the game, its mechanics, and how it’s been received by Solana fans and the wider crypto community. Overview GG.zip’s launch of the Solana Hunger…
