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Another day, another exclusive benefit for Solana Saga phone buyers. This time, it’s an airdrop of Samoyedcoin (SAMO).

Instead of fighting against generative AI in games, SAG-AFTRA has signed an agreement with one company to moderate its use.

Bitcoin briefly hit a two-year high after apparent news of a spot ETF approval, but the price fell sharply after it was revealed to be false.

“The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler said on Tuesday afternoon.

European regulators are looking into whether Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in OpenAI has antitrust ramifications.

Telegram’s Notcoin clicker game looks like a gateway to free crypto. However, the meme coin isn’t real yet—but an airdrop could be coming.

With SEC approval widely anticipated tomorrow, Jan van Eck predicts trading will start Thursday for Bitcoin ETFs.

Analysts at K33 Research had previously said they expected the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF to trigger a “sell the news” event. Not anymore.

Arbitrum’s new “layer-3” gaming network Xai launches the XAI token, hitting a market cap above $154 million after the airdrop.

Authorized participants are needed to provide the liquidity in the ETF market, and their bona fides are very important to the SEC.

Brazil shines, Canada leads, and the U.S. teeters on the edge of history.

Prospective Bitcoin ETF issuers are reportedly set to file updated documents Tuesday, responding to a round of comments from the SEC Monday.

OpenAI says the New York Times cherry picked responses and manipulated prompts to make its chatbot “regurgitate” content.

SCB analysts join Bloomberg in predicting a six-figure Bitcoin price.

Potential Bitcoin ETF issuers may be playing chicken with one another, seeing who can sustain the lowest fees for longest.

With Bitcoin spot ETFs imminent, the financial firms are poised to inject millions into the new investment vehicle.

Ubisoft and Tencent are embracing generative AI. But will the new tech make games better?

Theories have abounded as to the mystery payer’s identity, with some more plausible than others.

Qualcomm product marketing manager Matthew Grossman tells Decrypt’s Kate Irwin why mobile esports is exploding in popularity around the world—and dispels some of the misconceptions around mobile gaming.

Leaping well beyond monkey JPEGs, Ninjalerts has inscribed a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator on a satoshi.

The SEC chair warned of risks in crypto investments, highlighting compliance issues and volatility as several Bitcoin ETFs await SEC approval.

Bitcoin has recovered the losses from last week’s flash crash, as firms made their final amendments to their spot Bitcoin ETF applications.

Bitcoin ETF hopefuls have filed a rush of amended S-1 forms as they race to meet the SEC’s final deadline Monday.

A Bloomberg Intelligence analyst puts the odds of a Bitcoin ETF being approved in January at 95%, as crunch time looms for the SEC’s decision.

The asset manager offloaded 2.25 million GBTC shares and purchased 4.32 million shares of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF.

PancakeSwap’s CAKE token jumped by 4% following the proposal, which would see its maximum supply reduced from 750 million to 450 million.

The former president has cashed out $2.4 million worth of ETH in the last three weeks, Arkham reports.

Even amid an avalanche of AI news, space exploration still managed to make headlines this year.

The top token handouts of the year netted users over $4.5 billion worth of free crypto. Here are 2023’s biggest crypto airdrops.

Crypto industry leaders remain optimistic about the future of blockchain gaming. Here’s what they expect in 2024.