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A rush of development is happening on Bitcoin without needing to fork the blockchain. Here are a handful of examples. 

Catch up on this week’s biggest crypto and NFT gaming news and find some weekend reads in our latest roundup.

Tap-to-earn games may be onboarding the masses, but need to level up to keep players engaged long-term, argues SKALE’s Andrew Saunders.

Crypto users also—once again—overestimated their mainstream relevance during a presidential debate as Trump and Harris skipped the subject.

Pump.fun allows anyone to create Solana tokens in a minute for completely free, spawning some of the biggest memes of 2024.

Learn how the design of the interactive literary character came to life.

You can earn more in-game coins in Rocky Rabbit via the new Battle mode, but it isn’t quite what you might expect from the name.

It was a quiet week for the crypto markets—until Friday.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sam Altman discussed the potential of AI and the need for trust and diversity in the industry.

Crypto majors bounce with stocks & gold after CPI. Kamala odds flip Trump after Presidential debate. SUI, FTM, ICP, TON lead gains in Alt L1s. Grayscale launches XRP trust, SUI to follow. FTX unstakes part of SOL position, large unlocks in Q1. 5 major announcements coming for SOL this month. SOL active addresses hits ATH … Read more

A Kraken spokesperson clarified to Decrypt that “regulatory changes” were not the reason for the change.

FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appealed his fraud conviction on Friday, arguing that he received an unfair trial.

Compete in the Doom Olympics by completing seven unique on-chain challenges on Base and Cartesi—for a chance to win a slice of $15,000.

Unlike OpenSea, Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu says his firm hasn’t received a Wells notice signaling impending legal action.

Telegram game Catizen will take a snapshot and tell players how many tokens they can claim, with a Binance rewards campaign underway too.

Bitcoin’s price rose as reports indicated that the Fed could begin lowering interest rates with a 50-basis-point cut.

Officials have reportedly stepped up attempts to advocate for the release of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan from Nigerian prison.

“Tether has many of the same issues that FTX and Celsius had before their collapse,” the watchdog wrote on its letter.

Michael Saylor’s software firm MicroStrategy now holds over $14 billion worth of Bitcoin after four years of buying up BTC.

Kraken accused the SEC of blocking efforts to register or cooperate, saying they were “stonewalled” by inconsistent rulings and guidance.

“The celebrity meta is official dead,” Bubblemaps CEO says after celeb pushed token fails to break $20,000 market cap.

“It doesn’t matter if I invested, or if you’re my friend; stage 1 or bust,” he said in a recent tweet. Here’s what that means.

“Traders should monitor medium-term reversal indicators such as RSI and Stochastics,” to catch signs of assets being oversold, said 10X Research.

The AI developer said it is “resetting the counter” for its product names as its latest set of models excel across its tests.

With backing from both parties, the legislation follows the intrduction of its counterpart in the U.S. Senate earlier this year.

Airdrop season on The Open Network is nearly here, and developers admit that demand could get the better of the Telegram-linked network.

Magic Eden’s grip on the NFT market has been cemented by a multi-chain approach under co-founder and CEO Jack Lu. Now the marketplace is pushing forward with a digital wallet that bridges Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana as it eyes other future expansions. Lu discusses Magic Eden’s evolution since its early days, along with valuable lessons … Read more

Adobe’s Firefly Video Model, set for release in beta later this year, introduces new generative AI capabilities to its Premiere Pro video suite.

Earn Alliance’s Telegram game Magic Muffins delivers a tap-based combat experience that’s tied to the platform’s upcoming ALLY token launch.

Legal and regulated U.S. prediction markets platform Kalshi has launched its first election pools after the court win over the CFTC.