Magic Eden Forms Web3 Games Collective With Leading Publishers, Communities
The NFT marketplace has teamed up with Yield Guild Games, Game7 and Fenix Games to bring Web3 games mainstream.
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Bitcoin From Defunct BTC-e on the Move Again: Report
Someone is trying to cash out bitcoin from an exchange that has been inactive since the U.S. shut it down in 2017.
You might want to get your Mondo posters while you still can
Francesco Francavilla’s Us poster. | Image: Francesco Francavilla / Mondo It wasn’t a good sign when Funko announced earlier this month its plans to straight up destroy somewhere between $30 and $36 million worth of its collectible vinyl figurines due to dwindling demand that’s tanked their value. But Funko’s recent decision to lay off about … Read more
Eversheds Sutherland Files for Property Rights Over FTX.com Customer Assets
Lawyers asked the court for an early stage summary judgment, to ring-fence FTX assets frozen in the accounts of non-U.S. customers.
Ford teases new ‘Millennium Falcon’-like electric truck, codenamed ‘Project T3’
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Ford provided an update Friday on the construction of its massive new EV manufacturing complex in western Tennessee, where it says it will build its next electric truck, codenamed “Project T3.” The so-called BlueOval City campus won’t come online until 2025, but when it does, Ford has said … Read more
Twitter Blue subscribers may be able to hide their blue checks
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Twitter may be working on a feature that lets you hide the blue checkmark you got by paying for its Blue subscription. A screen found by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi shows that the company is working on a control panel for verification settings, with one … Read more
Federal Reserve Says Custodia’s Crypto-Focused Business Model Is ‘Inconsistent’ With Approval
The Federal Reserve Board argued that Custodia Bank’s proposed business model was “inconsistent” with approval in an order explaining its denial of the Wyoming-based crypto bank’s application for membership.
Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi Given Go-Ahead for Sale of $4.7M of Mining Rigs
BlockFi filed for bankruptcy in the wake of FTX’s collapse.
Former SEC Branch Chief Explains Why U.S. Has Jurisdiction in Do Kwon Case
Lisa Braganca says the Terraform Labs founder and his team knowingly reached out to U.S. investors, despite being based in Singapore.
Regulatory Pressure Did Not Shut Down Privacy Tool, Aztec Founders Say
Despite U.S. efforts to sanction Tornado Cash and other crypto privacy tools, Aztec says it shut down its Ethereum zero-knowledge tools for “commercial” reasons.
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Matter Labs Has No Plans for zkSync Era Airdrop, But Crypto Twitter Is Speculating
Based on the precedent set by many crypto projects, including this week’s example with Arbitrum’s airdrop of its ARB token, the speculation over a possible zkSync airdrop isn’t totally unfounded.
Window AC units and air purifiers in the US are about to get more energy-efficient
An air conditioning unit is seen in a window seal during a heatwave on July 21st, 2022, in Houston, Texas. | Image: Brandon Bell/Getty Images Window air conditioners and portable air purifiers will need to get more efficient to comply with new federal standards in the US. The new rules are expected to cut consumer … Read more
Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin
The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money.
Everything you need to know for the Diablo IV open beta
Image: Blizzard Diablo IV is coming soon, and ahead of the full release, players can now access the open beta. You can check out all the important details on Blizzard’s website, but here’s a rundown of the most pertinent information. Diablo IV’s general open beta has just kicked off, and it runs through March 27th … Read more
Yellowjackets season 2 is more of an appetizer than a feast
Image: Showtime The gruesome mystery returns, but it’s lacking some of the punch that made the first season so potent. Continue reading…
Decentralized Media Via Web3: A Solution to Bias and Trust Issues in News?
Ashley Rindsberg – a speaker at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival – argues that the New York Times has a track-record of dangerous misreporting. Is “DeMe” the answer to what skews to the media?
How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips
Image: Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips and two other Linus Media Group YouTube channels have been restored after a major hack allowed a bad actor to do things like livestream crypto scam videos, change channel names, and even delete videos. In a new video, owner Linus Sebastian explains that the breach bypassed … Read more
The Linus Tech Tips YouTube hack is the latest in a line of crypto scam breaches
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Update March 24th, 12:24PM ET: Linus Tech Tips, TechLinked, and Techquickie have been restored, and owner Linus Sebastian has shared a video about what happened. Our original story follows. Popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked this morning, with the channel’s 15.3 million subscribers seeing videos for … Read more
U.S. Accounting Board Seeks Crypto Standards Requiring Firms to Report Price Shifts
U.S. accounting standards may be overhauled to specifically factor in crypto accounting, establishing a fair-value approach that would demand certain digital assets be measured at what they’d go for in the markets, according to a change proposed this week by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Do You Believe in (Bitcoin) Magic?
NFTs continued to grow beyond their humble Ethereum roots this week, with Magic Eden becoming the first major NFT marketplace to offer Bitcoin-based collectibles on its platform. Web3 gaming was also in the spotlight, as Sony filed a patent that could make NFTs transferable between different games and consoles. Meanwhile, blockchains Immutable and Polygon announced … Read more
A Three Arrows Capital Founder Talks About His New Crypto Bankruptcy Exchange
Less than a year after Three Arrows Capital imploded along with $2.5 billion of its clients’ money, the hedge fund’s founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies are back on the scene with what appears, to their credit, to be an impressive bankruptcy exchange, but is it too soon?
The PlayStation 5 with God of War Ragnarök is $50 off
It brings me much joy that we’re well beyond the limited availability of PS5s. May we never experience that Wild West of restocks again (at least not until the next thing). | Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Whoa, Nelly! We’ve got some hot deals in herre on this Friday. The Sony PlayStation 5 console … Read more