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As Friend.tech launches its version 2, hype builds among the community for its new points system and FRIEND token airdrop.

As Pope Francis prepares to address AI at the G7 summit, a virtual priest loses his collar.

Love role-playing games? RPG fans have been spoiled over the last year with huge sequels and clever originals. Here are 11 must-play games.

The Notcoin launch is only days away, while Immutable is giving out rewards and Charles Hoskinson’s studio released a game—not on Cardano.

As new Runes tokens dominated crypto, a proactive suit from Consensys against the SEC fostered a wartime mood among industry leaders.

After a crypto exchange collapses, a group of Redditors set out to recover their funds from the CEO—by whatever means necessary.

Bonk, Pepe, and Floki are among the biggest gainers of the past seven days.

Twenty leading AI developers—including OpenAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Google—pledge to help the US Department of Homeland Security protect critical infrastructure.

The NOT token is dropping in a matter of days, Notcoin’s co-creator told Decrypt’s GG. Here’s what to expect from the claim process.

Competition in the AI space has started to shift from building the largest models to the smallest, most capable tools.

Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs is restructuring with an aim to get back to its smaller, scrappier early days.

Reaching out to combat potential fraud, from one layer-2 to another.

The top senator wants to help the Justice Department and Homeland Security clamp down on the use of cryptocurrency in child exploitation.

Nearly $218 million exited the formerly red-hot investment vehicles in the wake of a weak U.S. economic report.

The heads of crypto industry titans like Coinbase and Uniswap are rallying behind Consensys in its fight to get the SEC to concede Ethereum is not a security.

MAVIA surged in price soon after its February launch, but has plunged since. Now the Heroes of Mavia team is shaking up its plans.

The Web3 Foundation backs decentralized storage project StorageHub, while Polkadot founder Gavin Wood launches a new podcast.

More of FTX’s Solana tokens have gone to Pantera Capital, as the bankrupt exchange’s estate liquidates its $2.6 billion SOL holdings.

Announcing the new powers, the UK government singled out privacy coins as “not conducive to the public good.”

Solana Saga Chapter 2 pre-orders could have their price offset by new MEW and MANEKI airdrops.

Immutable zkEVM allies MetalCore and Pixelmon are teaming up, with the mech shooter set to add MON token rewards for completing quests.

A decade after an early attempt to support Bitcoin payments, the company sees a stablecoin-powered future.

At a launch party for the collection in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, the artist broke down her latest art experiment, “Four Core Texts,” with Decrypt’s Sander Lutz.

Ethereum users can earn IMX rewards for playing games, using exchanges, trading NFTs, and more on Immutable zkEVM.

Affordability, user-friendly design, and impressive capabilities help the latest AI gadget hop ahead of its scant competition.

Participants in the OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund can now swap shares directly.

Ethereum giant Consensys filed a preemptive suit against the SEC, revealing that it received a Wells Notice over MetaMask.

The bill would also require state pension funds to consider investing in Bitcoin spot ETFs.

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge showed personal expenditures grew 3.7% in the first quarter.

The “DECENTRALIZED” airdrop of Bitcoin Runes tokens is nearing. The CyberKongz team shared exclusive details with Decrypt.