Pixels is undoubtedly the hottest game in crypto right now following last month’s token launch and airdrop, with the Ronin farming game pulling in hundreds of thousands of daily users. Given that success, why then is the gameplay “completely changing” in the coming months? It’s all to do with next week’s initial introduction of in-game guilds, a social finance (SocialFi)…
Month: March 2024
Interview: How SocialFi Will Transform Crypto Farming Game ‘Pixels’
Interview: How SocialFi Will Transform Crypto Farming Game ‘Pixels’ Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski joins Decrypt’s Andrew Hayward to discuss how the Ronin-based farming game will be transformed through the addition of guilds and changes to resource generation. They also discuss his ultimate vision for Pixels and his team. Note: This interview was recorded shortly before the PIXEL token launch. Source:…
Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Single-Handedly Offsets Grayscale’s $600M Outflow — IBIT Now Holds 161K BTC
Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), single-handedly offset Grayscale’s bitcoin ETF outflow of $600 million on Thursday. Blackrock’s bitcoin ETF has broken both its trading volume and inflow records this week. The fund’s crypto holdings have risen to 161K bitcoins. Blackrock Continues to See Massive Inflows Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/blackrocks-bitcoin-etf-single-handedly-offsets-grayscales-600m-outflow-ibit-now-holds-161k-btc/
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for Abandoning Founding Mission
Elon Musk, who helped found OpenAI, has accused the company and its leaders of breaching contractual agreements. The owner of Tesla and X (Twitter) claims that the company has abandoned its original mission to develop AI for the “benefit of humanity, not profit.” The lawsuit that Musk filed late on Thursday, claims that Greg Brockman, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, pitched…
Bitcoin Is Back—How Long Will This Bull Run Last?
Bitcoin continues to soar, and has flitted just 11% away from touching its all-time high of $69,044. It certainly feels like a bull run—but how long will that feeling last? To be sure, crypto Twitter has opinions. This cycle will be shorter than previously, the chattering class opines, but experts are torn. The biggest digital coin by market cap is…
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC’s Bullish Rise Continues Amidst Market Optimism
Over the past hour, as bitcoin’s value swings from $62,150 to $62,545 on March 1, 2024, the cryptocurrency market is experiencing a pronounced upward trend. With a trading volume of $55.41 billion over 24 hours and a market cap touching $1.21 trillion, bitcoin’s dominance in the market is clear. Technical indicators, including oscillators and moving […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-technical-analysis-btcs-bullish-rise-continues-amidst-market-optimism/
Study: Institutions More Bullish on Ethereum in H2 of 2023 — BTC and ETH Holdings Surge to 80%
Between July 2023 and January 2024, the concentration of bitcoin and ethereum in institutional digital asset portfolios increased from 50% to 80%, the latest Bybit user asset allocation report has shown. During this period, institutions appeared to be more bullish on ethereum than bitcoin, a sentiment that contrasted with that of retail investors. Stablecoins and […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/study-institutions-more-bullish-on-ethereum-in-h2-of-2023-btc-and-eth-holdings-surge-to-80/
LBank Labs Invests in QED: Unleashing Bitcoin’s Full Potential with Zero-Knowledge Proofs
PRESS RELEASE. LBank Labs has achieved a new milestone by participating in the $3 million funding round for QED. This innovative venture is poised to revolutionize the Bitcoin ecosystem with its groundbreaking zk-Native blockchain protocol. The funding round, spearheaded by Arrington Capital, saw contributions from renowned venture capital firms such as Starkware, Draper Dragon, Blockchain […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/clone-pr-socials-premiumlbank-labs-invests-in-qed-unleashing-bitcoins-full-potential-with-zero-knowledge-proofs/
SEC Faces Mounting Pressure from Lawmakers to Back Off Crypto Industry
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces a growing number of calls to curtail its oversight of the crypto industry—and they’re coming from inside and outside the House. The U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted on Thursday to appeal Staff Accounting Bill 121, which has since March 2022 been used to stop banks from acting as custodians of digital…
Solana Meme Dogwifhat Up 4% on Robinhood Europe Listing
Dog-themed meme coin Dogwifhat (WIF) has jumped by 4% in the past day, after it was quietly listed on Robinhood’s European crypto trading platform. The Solana-based WIF is the top performer among CoinGecko’s oddly-specific “dog-themed coins” category over the past week, up a massive 224.5% rise in the last seven days. It’s part of a canine coin surge over the…