OpenSea Goes Zero-Fee, Creator Royalties Optional
The leading marketplace’s policy shift stems from tension with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
Month: February 2023
Bitcoin price rally to $25K followed by total crypto market cap retest of the $1.13T resistance
This week’s bearish regulatory actions and rumors were not strong enough to suppress investors’ appetite for cryptocurrency.
Dexible aggregator hacked for $2M via ‘selfSwap’ function
The buggy function was intended to allow users to provide their own routing information, but the code did not limit routers to a preapproved list.
Arbitrum Native Decentralized Exchange Camelot Growing Massively in February
The price of GRAIL, the native token for Camelot, has soared 520% since Feb. 1, per CoinGecko.
Ford can’t afford to miss on quality in the EV revolution
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge With the F-150 Lightning under a stop production and shipment order, Ford is facing a familiar problem. A decade of expensive recalls and new-car issues leaves the Blue Oval in a tough spot as it builds its EV lineup. Continue reading…
Crypto Biz: Celsius, FTX feel investors’ wrath as lawsuits multiply
Celsius creditors have filed a proposal to sue Alex Mashinsky, while creditors of FTX are turning their attention to the exchange’s venture backers.
Twitch now lets streamers tag channels in stream titles
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch will now let streamers tag other channels in their stream titles, according to a Friday tweet from Twitch’s support account. It’s a small feature, but one that could be a really useful way for streamers to direct fans to interesting channels — and importantly, it’s a user-controlled tool. … Read more
SEC’s staking crackdown has uncertain consequences for DeFi: Finance Redefined
The DeFi market’s total value locked surpassed $50 billion for the first time in six months thanks to the bullish burst in the crypto market over the past week.
Former CFTC Chairman: SEC Was ‘Absolutely Right’ to Sue Terraform Labs, Do Kwon
Timothy Massad, now a research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, says the government was right in issuing the complaint, adding that while stablecoins present risks, they also open the door to opportunities.
Fortnite now has a Bandcamp radio station
All 11 of the featured tunes are streamer-friendly if you wanted to vibe out with an audience on Twitch. | Image: Epic Games Eleven months after Epic Games acquired Bandcamp, it’s getting its first major integration into Fortnite. Fortnite’s new “Radio Underground” station is a collection of songs curated by Bandcamp editors that you can … Read more
Tile Anti-Theft Mode makes its trackers ‘invisible,’ with a $1 million fine for misuse
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Tile says a new anti-theft feature, rolling out starting today, makes its Bluetooth trackers invisible to anti-stalking detection like the Scan and Secure feature in the app. By disabling detection abilities, it could be more effective in recovering something very important: like a briefcase containing a million dollars … Read more
Microsoft looks to tame Bing chatbot
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Crypto Stories: How Altcoin Daily built a platform for millions of crypto enthusiasts
A cartoon version of the Arnold brothers recounts how they went from struggling to break into the film industry in L.A. to building Altcoin Daily, a platform with millions of crypto enthusiasts.
Former FTX Executive Nishad Singh Planning to Plead Guilty to Fraud: Bloomberg
Singh, the former engineering director for the collapsed crypto exchange, was a member of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle.
M3gan’s unrated cut is coming to Peacock
M3gan, the doll. | Image: Universal The theatrical version of Universal’s M3gan was already a delightfully deranged romp as is, but Peacock’s just called dibs on an unrated cut that might just make you want to check the movie out again just to see how much wilder it could be. Universal announced today that both … Read more
Amazon is the latest company to bring staff back to the office three days a week
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon employees will be expected to work from the office at least three days per week starting May 1st, according to an email CEO Andy Jassy sent to staff posted on the company’s blog. Previously, it was up to individual teams to decide their in-office policies. Jassy says … Read more
Bank of Russia to Pilot CBDC in April
Digital ruble payments will be launched for retail purchases and peer-to-peer transactions, a central bank official said.
CZ denies report Binance is considering major breakup with US business partners
The Binance CEO contradicted a Bloomberg source concerning reducing the company’s activities after increasing pressure from U.S. regulators.