This year, OP Games, a Web 3 gaming arcade platform built on Near, changed how users buy, own and trade in-game assets. Unlike typical AAA games, which are produced by major publishers, and mobile games, which often sandbox digital assets on their platforms, OP Games is turning them into collectible non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which players can own outside of the OP Games platform. Source
Some of the money from El Salvador’s state-issued Chivo wallets is reportedly missing, according to many Salvadorans posting on social media. In a Dec. 16 Twitter thread started by user “the commissioner,” at least 50 Salvadorans have reported December losses totaling more than $96,000, following the setup of the Bitcoin (BTC) wallets by the government. Some of these transactions were for as little as $61, but others said they were missing thousands or more. 2- $3,921 pic.twitter.com/fvP8aLHQyP — El Comisionado (@_elcomisionado_) December 18, 2021 “There is a security flow on…
Another year has come and gone in the cryptocurrency industry, leaving behind an ocean of developments, drama, price swings and innovation — all moving at a breakneck pace that even Barry Allen would have a hard time keeping up with. Similar to previous years, Twitter has yet again served as a hotbed of crypto industry discussion in 2021. Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin (BTC) rode a price rollercoaster, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) sold for millions of dollars and Dogecoin (DOGE) reached illogical price highs — and that’s just the tip…
Bitcoin (BTC) regained its bullish strength after reclaiming $50,000 last week and continued to hold the psychological level as support on Dec. 27. Meanwhile, its rival for the top safe-haven spot, the U.S. dollar, also bounced off a critical price floor, hinting that it would continue rallying through into 2022. Triangle breakout The U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of top foreign currencies, has been trending towards the apex of a “symmetrical triangle” pattern on its daily chart. In doing so, the index has…
The digital currency cardano has jumped over 8% in value during the last 24 hours and 25% over the last seven days. The price move follows an update on Charles Hoskinson’s and IOHK’s plans for the Cardano network in 2022. Charles Hoskinson’s 2022 Cardano Outlook: ‘A Formal Open-Source Project Structure Is Going to Be Formed’ Cardano (ADA) supporters were pleased to get two updates from IOHK, the team behind the crypto project’s development. On December 24, the founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, spoke for 30 minutes in a new video…
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by Muneeb Ali. Muneeb is the co-founder of Stacks and CEO of Hiro. In this conversation, he discusses the programmable smart-contract future of Bitcoin as the base layer for the new internet. Find our guest on Twitter: @muneeb See also: Stacks Network’s STX Token Jumps 50% as Bitcoin Struggles Amid Seesawing Fed Rate-Hike Bets “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing…
press release PRESS RELEASE. GensoKishi Online, which intelligently integrates GameFi with the popular MMORPG Elemental Knights, today announced a partnership with TrustPad, who will help promote GensoKishi on its popular platform and publicise this opportunity to its broad range of investors. TrustPad is the first decentralized multi-chain fundraising platform which enables projects to raise capital whilst promising ease-of-access and safety to early stage investors. In an additional benefit of this partnership, GensoKishi will receive the full support from the DeFi Launchpad Association. GensoKishi, a game that derives from a series…
Luxury marketplace UNXD, which is built on the Polygon network, and Decentraland, a virtual reality platform built on the Ethereum blockchain, plan to offer a metaverse fashion week with catwalk shows, pop up shops and afterparties in March. The fashion program, Decentraland’s first, will take place March 24-27. The show will allow users to view fashion in a virtual environment and purchase outfits for their online avatars. In a Sunday tweet, Decentraland called for designers, brands and fashionistas to have their virtual collections ready to present in the metaverse. Interest…
While SJM includes a member of the board of directors of the Reserve Bank of India, Swaminathan Gurumurthy, among its co founders, observers say it’s unlikely to have much influence over government policy. Even though it is considered the economic arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a nationalist group that provides the ideological backing for the ruling party, the BJP, it influence over the RSS may be overestimated by some observers, political analysts said. CryptoX Portal
The Central Bank of Russia is currently reviewing various ways to prevent Russians from investing in cryptocurrency. One the options on the table is to block card payments to certain recipients such as crypto exchanges, a media report has unveiled. A recent meeting at the State Duma has indicated, however, that the authority’s hardline stance is not backed by other government institutions in Moscow. Russia’s Central Bank Considers Mechanisms to Limit Crypto Investments In talks with financial market participants, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has been discussing several approaches…