The marketplace for Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shop game has gone live, allowing beta users to trade collectible NFTs with their peers. Dapper Labs, the team behind CryptoKitties, has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace allowing beta players of its NBA Top Shot game to trade their non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. The launch of Top Shot’s […]
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YouTube took down Jon Prosser’s channel with 262K subscribers after hackers used it to promote a free Bitcoin giveaway scam. Scammers have conned more YouTube viewers into sending them Bitcoin after hacking several more large verified accounts and posting ‘free giveaway’ videos. According to an Aug. 5 tweet posted by Jon Prosser, his Front Page […]
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Bitcoin price is gearing up for a second attempt at $12,000 and altcoins continue to rally higher. Bitcoin (BTC) price perked up on August 5, rallying from $11,090 to $11,784 before briefly retracing to the $11,650 area as the daily close approached. Currently the price trades near the $11,500 support after bulls were unable to […]
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Ethereum Classic has suffered its second 51% attack in a week after 4,000 blocks were reorganized earlier today. Ethereum Classic (ETC) has suffered a second 51% attack in less than one week, bringing the ongoing security of the network into question. On August 6, Etherchain.org tweeted that its affiliated mining pool Ethermine had disabled ETC […]
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ShareRing has launched an anonymous e-passport app with contact tracing in an effort to revive the $9 trillion global tourism industry. Enterprise-focused blockchain company ShareRing has launched a blockchain based contact tracing solution it will offer to 2.6 million hotel and activity providers that currently use one of the company’s services. The anonymous e-passport app […]
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Trevor Jones, the artist who composed Picasso’s Bull — an NFT that sold for a record $55,555 on NIfty — originally thought that NFTs were destined to fail. The Winklevoss-backed marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital art Nifty Gateway recorded its largest-valued NFT transaction to-date during an auction two weeks ago. On July 23, […]
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Travala.com now offers a total of 3 million accommodation options users can book with cryptocurrency. Online travel booking platform Travala.com has added one million new homes across 195 countries to its site with the release of a designated home bookings section called ‘Homes’. Holiday homes and apartments can be booked with over 30 different cryptocurrencies […]
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In advance of its August 8 release, Blockchain Heroes has airdropped fans an NFT trading card featuring a crossover character from Topps. Digital collectibles trading card series Blockchain Heroes launches this week, but won’t be purchasable with old school fiat or credit card payments. Instead trading card fans will only be able to buy packs […]
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Maker, Synthetic, Band Protocol, and Augur are the top DeFi platforms in terms of developer activity. Santiment research has revealed that the top DeFi platforms in July in terms of development activity include Maker, Synthetix, Band Protocol, and Augur. But it also revealed that some of the platforms that saw the biggest gains in price […]
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Crypto tribalism shifts up a gear, with Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back lashing out at Ethereum. Computer scientist and Blockstream CEO, Adam Back, has compared Ethereum and other high cap altcoins Ponzi-schemes in a Twitter tirade today: “Bitconnect, Charles Ponzi, Ethereum, Onecoin, Cardano, Ripple, Bernie Madoff, Stellar, Dan Larmer. All looking very similar grade to me.” […]
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