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Web3 Gaming Studio Mythical Games Lays Off 10% of Its Employees
Earlier this week, three top executives departed the developer of play-to-earn video games.
CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system claims economist
Richard Werner discusses decentralization’s challenges and blockchain’s role in it in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph.
The execs behind the MoviePass debacle are now facing criminal charges
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth already settled with the FTC over fraudulent activity affecting MoviePass customers, but now the former heads of MoviePass and its parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), are facing criminal allegations of securities fraud and wire fraud. The Department of Justice announced the … Read more
Ledger, Tezos and Chainalysis talk web3 security at TC Sessions: Crypto
The crypto ecosystem may be experiencing fewer hacks and alleged fraud incidents, but they’re still occurring as bad actors take hundreds of millions of dollars from users in the space. According to Immunefi’s Crypto Losses Q3 2022 report, crypto losses have declined for the past three quarters in a row, but it’s not clear whether … Read more
It’s no surprise HBO canceled ‘Westworld’ after four seasons
In a series of cancellations, HBO has managed to disappoint many viewers as of late. Now, “Westworld” fans will be among them. The network announced today that it is canceling the sci-fi drama after four seasons. The show just aired its season four finale in August. HBO, in a prepared statement, said, “Over the past … Read more
OCC makes its staff available for fintech-related discussions
The announcement of one-on-one discussions with the OCC followed the department saying it planned to establish an Office of Financial Technology starting in 2023.
Is Bitcoin bullish or nah? Here is what is really going on with BTC price
Data suggests BTC is finally carving out a bottom, but is it time to buy?
Westworld is over
Image: HBO Westworld has been canceled. The Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan show about robots and apocalypses captivated and then confused audiences and finally seemed to have forgotten what it was about entirely by the time its fourth and final season aired earlier this year. So while it’s a bummer the show is gone, it’s … Read more
Westworld is over
Image: HBO Westworld has been canceled. The Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan show about robots and apocalypses captivated and then confused audiences and finally seemed to have forgotten what it was about entirely by the time its fourth and final season aired earlier this year. So while it’s a bummer the show is gone, it’s … Read more
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Market Wrap: Cryptos Rise in an Eventful Week; Bitcoin Hovers Over $21K, Ether Soars
A surprisingly robust jobs report and other signals spur investors’ return to riskier assets. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
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FX spot settlement in 10 seconds: NY Fed releases results of wholesale CBDC research
Project Cedar successfully used custom distributed ledger technology to settle hypothetical transactions quickly “from the perspective of the Federal Reserve.”
YouTube will soon roll out a ‘Go Live Together’ co-streaming feature to select creators
YouTube is gearing up to roll out a new feature that will allow select creators to invite a guest to go live with them, the company announced on its Creator Insider channel and in a blog post. At launch, creators will only be able to co-stream via a phone, as the feature won’t be available … Read more
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JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on a public blockchain: Finance Redefined
MakerDAO co-founder’s death opened a new pandora box of conspiracy theories, based on some of his recent tweets.
Huobi Exchange Users Furious After GALA Holdings Are Converted to ‘Meme Token’
The move came after a bug forced a bridging service to re-launch the wrapped version of GALA that trades on Binance Smart Chain, sparking widespread confusion.
Elon Musk just axed key Twitter teams like human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation
Elon Musk is wasting no time making extremely deep cuts at Twitter, calving off many teams doing essential work at the company in the process. News of layoffs swept the platform on Friday, showing that Twitter’s billionaire owner is painting in broad strokes when it comes to trimming down the team by half. The same … Read more
Retract Royalties, Reduce Revenue: NFT Creators Are Suffering and So Are Marketplaces
A growing list of marketplaces are seeing the impacts of platforms ceasing to require buyers to pay royalties on collections. Experts aren’t optimistic about what this means for the market.
Inflation is killing us; cryptocurrency alone cannot beat it
Traditional currencies are failing, and research has shown that cryptocurrencies may be susceptible to the same shortcomings.
Watch iFixit’s teardown of the ‘largely unfixable’ Meta Quest Pro
At this point, you might have a pretty good idea of what the inside of a smartphone is like, but how about a highly advanced VR headset? The experts at iFixit have posted their video teardown of Meta’s new Quest Pro, and while they conclude that it’s a “fascinating, if largely unfixable device,” it’s an … Read more