Russian Premier League soccer champion Zenit St. Petersburg is the latest high-profile club to enter the blockchain gaming world. Zenit St. Petersburg — the top soccer club in Russia’s Premier League — has signed on to the Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare platform. As of Oct. 15, Zenit players will be released as collectible […]
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More gamers around the world are moving into crypto. A high-profile gamer is joining SBI Holdings’ gaming arm, signing a contract to receive his salary in major cryptocurrency XRP. Kengo “Ken” Suzuki, a professional player of crossover action fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, or SSBU, has signed a contract with SBI e-Sports, the gaming […]
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The Mt. Gox trustee rehabilitation plan is purportedly coming in mid-December. The trustee of the now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has obtained another approval to extend the deadline for submitting a rehabilitation plan. Following a motion by Mt. Gox rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, the Tokyo District Court issued another order to extend the deadline […]
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Despite $4B worth of BTC and ETH being locked in DeFi over the past five months, the two top coins still account for less than half of the sector’s TVL The recent explosive growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) has seen the sector lock nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in less […]
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Algorand taps Europe as the second region for its blockchain accelerator program after Asia. The Algorand Foundation, the governance and research organization behind major blockchain platform Algorand, is launching a new accelerator program in Europe. Known as “Algorand Europe Accelerator,” the new program intends to support European developers and entrepreneurs looking to build applications on […]
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The CEO of Twitter and Square has urged Bitcoiners to join the fight to end the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria The CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, has urged his followers to donate Bitcoin to the #endSARS cause, which aims to end police brutality in Nigeria. Donate via #Bitcoin to help #EndSARS […]
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Multi-year Ether accumulation has been growing in 2020 but things may soon change with the launch of staking. More than half of Ethereum’s circulating supply has not moved in more than a year, with only 39.6% of Ether (ETH) changing hands over the past 12 months. According to Glassnode’s ‘hodlwaves,’ which offers a chronological breakdown […]
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This mythologized take on the cryptocurrency industry is part holy scripture, part gonzo journalism and 100% recommended. The first hint that Blockland – 21 Stories of Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency is perhaps not quite the same as the average book on the subject of crypto is splashed bold, right across its cover. Eschewing the usual […]
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A crypto mining botnet called Lemon Duck is spreading through Windows 10 computers, infecting users through fake Covid-19 emails. Since the end of August, cybersecurity researchers have identified increased activity on a crypto mining botnet called “Lemon Duck”. The botnet has been around since December 2018, however a big jump in activity over the past […]
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A billion ZIL have been staked in a few hours as Zilliqa embraces staking rewards, governance tokens, and a new DEX . The official launch of Zilliqa’s non-custodial staking platform on its mainnet has seen more than a billion tokens staked within a few hours. Zilliqa is a high-performance and secure blockchain platform for enterprises […]
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