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Pudgy Penguins’ casual mobile game Pudgy Party is a great riff on the Fall Guys battle royale formula. Here’s why you should play it.

A fraud case of “unprecedented” scale goes to trial this month—and could test how UK authorities deal with crypto-related financial crime.

A new Pew Research survey reveals deepening anxiety about AI, with the majority of American respondents believing it will erode creativity and relationships.

A Tidal Financial Group application for the leveraged AltAlt Season Crypto ETF reflects issuers’ widening array of digital asset-focused offerings.

Arc is a new Layer-1 blockchain developed by USDC issuer Circle, designed specifically for stablecoin-native finance.

Publicly traded firm Caliber is leaning into Chainlink, picking it over popular treasury assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Here’s why.

The third wave of payments will occur on September 30.

The Milady community will get its own social media network, as the Remilia Corporation believes the modern internet is broken.

Crypto ETFs rush to market while Solana gets its first $1 billion treasury company in a week of major digital asset moves.

After years of speculation, Consensys CEO Joe Lubin says MetaMask’s token is coming “sooner than you would expect.” Prediction markets remain cautious.

Rex-Osprey has filed for a riskier ETF that grants investors leveraged exposure to its existing Dogecoin fund, DOJE, which debuted Thursday.

A 12-foot golden statue of Donald Trump clutching a Bitcoin appeared outside the Capitol alongside a Fed rate cut—funded by crypto investors, meant to provoke, and dividing opinion.

The social media company said it is taking the action against banned users who tried to bribe their way back onto the platform.

Rekt Brands reached a major milestone, selling its 1 millionth can of its Rekt Drinks sparkling water during its MoonPay collab drop.

Google’s DeepMind uncovered surprising solutions to the equations governing fluid dynamics, potentially accelerating vehicle design, improving weather forecasting, and forging a new path for scientific discovery.

A Coinbase employee acknowledged that the exchange’s new lending product won’t offer augmented rates forever.

While rising difficulty makes mining less cost-effective, miners could remain online—as long as Bitcoin’s price remains high.

Ethereum devs moved up the network’s next upgrade to be this year, with phased upgrades aimed at supporting rollups and lowering fees.

The WLFI token from Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is up following the passing of a proposal to buy back and burn the token.

The two funds surpassed expectations as investors were clearly queuing up to get exposure to altcoins.

An Oxford–Vela study finds that GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 beat Y Combinator and top VCs at predicting startup success.

Bitcoin could test $120K after Fed rate cut, but traders may need a week to digest the impact, with 92% expecting another cut in October.

AVAX & NEAR lead L1s, most alts fall. XRP, DOGE ETF debut, $50m day 1 combined volume. MetaMask token coming ‘very soon’. Michigan BTC bill moves forward after delay. Brera Holdings launches $300m SOL DAT. ETH Fusaka upgrade scheduled for December. Plasma TGE set for 25 September. Circle facing intense competition: JP Morgan. PYUSD expands … Read more

The crypto market is bouncing back as Aster leads spectacular gains, while Bitcoin, Cardano, and Near Protocol show mixed technical signals.

MetaMask is just one of several major protocols set to launch tokens in the near future. Is Airdrop SZN finally here?

Pump.fun’s native token led losses in the crypto trenches, as meme coins including Dogecoin, PEPE and BONK lost ground.

The central bank warned Canada risks falling behind without federal stablecoin regulation as domestic adoption accelerates.

ImmutableX has rallied after the Fed’s rate cut, with gaming partnerships, token rewards, and regulatory tailwinds lifting sentiment.

The bill marks its first movement in seven months, a sign of broader momentum for state-level Bitcoin adoption that “can’t be contained.”

The EU is planning further oversight that could reach crypto as part of broader efforts to revive momentum in the Bloc’s capital markets.