Cryptocurrency
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Thailand’s crypto UBI Thailand has a national airdrop in the works under which every citizen 16 years and older receives 10,000 baht ($285). According to local news reports on Aug. 30, Thailand’s ruling Pheu Thai party will consult the Bank of…
Grand Theft Auto owner enters Web3 via mobile gaming arm Fun fact: mobile gaming giant Zynga is owned by Take-Two Interactive, the same company that also owns Rockstar Games, which is behind ultra-popular video game series like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and NBA 2K. Now Zynga is making its Web3 debut with a…
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Dogecoin (DOGE) price is up roughly 5% in the last 24 hours, mirroring trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrency market. Grayscale news pumps Dogecoin Despite DOGE price being down 2.4% on Aug. 30, it’s still up 5% from yesterday’s lows, while the total crypto market capitalization has gained 4.5%. Related: Why is Bitcoin price up today?…
Crypto is a volatile place. Money can be as easily lost as made through the ups and downs of Bitcoin and the wider market, and there are massive decisions to make. Should you just hodl — invest and do nothing — or actively trade the market? How many coins should your portfolio hold? Self-custody or…
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Leila Ismailova began her professional career at the age of 15 as a broadcasting star in Belarus, the Russian-neighboring Eastern European country that plays home to 9.3 million citizens. She continued in the role for 10 years, she says, before reaching what she felt was a “professional ceiling” and beginning a journey that led to…
Top Stories This Week Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations United States officials pressed charges against the co-founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting…
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From sitting in his car crying before work every morning to becoming a successful digital artist, the story of Australian-based VR painter and sculptor Giant Swan is one of persistence, timing and pushing boundaries. In a world where a digital artist can now monetize their work through NFTs as opposed to cheap likes and comments on…
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. HashKey Hong Kong to commence retail trading Crypto exchange HashKey, the first licensed virtual asset provider in Hong Kong, will open its doors to residents for retail trading on Aug. 28. According to local news reports, investors will only be allowed…
Twitter polls and Reddit forums suggest that around 70% of people find it difficult to be rude to ChatGPT, while around 16% are fine treating the chatbot like an AI slave.The overall feeling seems to be that if you treat an AI that behaves like a human badly, you’ll be more likely to fall into…
Earlier this year, Ordinals — a unique inscription on the smallest unit of a Bitcoin, called a Satoshi — emerged as a controversial new development. Dismissed by some as spam and embraced by others as a way to bring BRC-20 tokens and NFTs to Bitcoin, the technology stimulated a flurry of developments. Now there is…
Read More “Bitcoin ‘supercomputer’ and BTC DeFi coming soon – Cointelegraph Magazine” »
