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FTX Sponsors Play-to-Earn ‘Scholars’ in Ethereum Game Axie Infinity

Ethereum-based video game Axie Infinity has rapidly become the most popular crypto game around, and its play-to-earn model is enabling some players—especially those from developing countries—a chance [...]

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5 August 2021 13:01

London Hard Fork on Ethereum Now Live

Join us Thursday, August 5th at 10AM PT on Twitter Spaces for a discussion on the upcoming EIP-1559 deployment with Decrypt’s Jeff Benson, Ethereum 2.0 core engineer [...]

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5 August 2021 12:35

Coinbase Acquires Crypto Connector Zabo for Undisclosed Amount

Coinbase has acquired the three-year-old crypto startup, Zabo, which specializes in connecting users with various crypto protocols through a few lines of code. The service is akin [...]

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5 August 2021 10:41

DeFi Tokens Overtake Ethereum’s Rise as Network Hard Fork Looms

Join us Thursday, August 5th at 10AM PT on Twitter Spaces for a discussion on the upcoming EIP-1559 deployment with Decrypt’s Jeff Benson, Ethereum 2.0 core engineer [...]

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5 August 2021 10:00

Ethereum Hard Fork Is Just Hours Away. Here’s What Could Go Wrong

On Thursday, the Ethereum network is getting an upgrade as five Ethereum Improvement Proposals get incorporated into the blockchain’s code. The most-talked about change is EIP-1559. That [...]

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5 August 2021 01:05

Chris Cornell’s Last Photoshoot to Be Auctioned as NFTs on Ethereum

Previously unseen photographs of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell are being auctioned as NFTs. The photos come courtesy of a company called Cryptograph, which uses Ethereum and [...]

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4 August 2021 22:30

Black Astronaut ‘Aku’ Becomes First NFT Artwork to Travel to Space

Artist Micah Johnson, a former Major League Baseball player, created the character Aku as a response to hearing his four-year-nephew ask his mother: “Can astronauts be Black?” [...]

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4 August 2021 22:16

Uruguay, Colombia Make Advances to Regulate Bitcoin Market

Uruguay is joining the recent wave of political initiatives to regulate the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry in Latin America, just as Colombia makes moves of its own [...]

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4 August 2021 21:58

Ethereum Price Spikes on Eve of EIP-1559 Network Upgrade

Most crypto markets are in the green today, led by Ethereum. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has jumped over 8% in the last 24 hours. The [...]

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4 August 2021 19:36

Senators Move to Exempt Bitcoin Miners From Tax Provision in Infrastructure Bill

A bipartisan amendment would de-fang a cryptocurrency provision attached to a $1 trillion infrastructure bill being debated in the U.S. Senate. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cynthia Lummis [...]

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4 August 2021 18:51

Eminem, Coinbase Back Ethereum NFT Platform MakersPlace in $30M Raise

MakersPlace, a marketplace for crypto collectible artwork sold as NFTs, is the latest such NFT destination to raise significant new funding following this spring’s market boom. Today, [...]

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4 August 2021 16:20

What We’ve Learned About SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s Stance on Crypto

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler talked crypto twice yesterday, once during an exclusive interview with CNBC, and again at an address before the Aspen Security Forum.  Ever since [...]

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4 August 2021 16:10

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