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Steam Dips Into Web3 With New Game Listings That Signal a Bold Experiment

Eddie Mitchell

Circle's USDC has reached a new milestone, surpassing $60 billion in circulation, as it expands globally

Blockchain

USDC Launches on XRPL as Stablecoins Enhance Ripple’s Payment Ecosystem

James Morales

Tencent Holdings Ltd. is exploring a potential $15 billion acquisition of South Korean game publisher Nexon.Tencent Holdings Ltd. is exploring a potential $15 billion acquisition of South Korean game publisher Nexon.

Technology

Tencent’s $15B Nexon Deal: Here’s What It Means For MapleStory’s Web3 Push

Kurt Robson

A long-awaited EVM sidechain for XRP Ledger that has been in development since 2021 is set to finally launch this quarter.

Blockchain

Ripple Will Finally Launch Delayed Ethereum-Compatible Sidechain This Quarter

James Morales

Web3 gaming announcements for June 11, 2025.

Blockchain

Web3 Gaming Updates: Axie Infinity Mystic Era, EVE Frontier Founders Access, Ragnarok Landverse Volumes Top 2M RON

Eddie Mitchell

Star Atlas, the ambitious space metaverse being built on the Solana blockchain, has teased its next central feature: random story encounters.

Technology

Star Atlas Teases ‘Random Story Encounters’ In Next Major Update, CEO Says Procedural Generation Needed To Populate Universe

Kurt Robson

A key highlight of the Infinity rebrand is PancakeSwap’s move to release its code under an open-source license.

Blockchain

PancakeSwap Adds Cross-Chain Swaps With ERC-7683, Following Uniswap’s Lead

James Morales

Bitcoin Core developers face a backlash after publishing an op-ed indicating their support for non-financial use cases.

Blockchain

Bitcoin Core Policy Update Sparks Outrage Among BTC Purists

James Morales

EVE Frontier, MapleStory N, and Soneium are making major moves.

Technology

Web3 Gaming Weekly: EVE Frontier Trailer, MapleStory N Activity Surges on Avalanche, Soneium Launches Incubator

Eddie Mitchell

Blockchain

Ripple Targets Japanese Fintech With Grants Amid Rising Stablecoin Demand

James Morales

Programmable money is most commonly associated with crypto and CBDCs, but emerging solutions imbue commercial bank money with programmability.

Technology

June 8, 2025 11:47 AM

Programmable Money Is Coming to Traditional Bank Accounts-No Crypto Needed

James Morales

Web3 gaming needs clear crypto regulations.

Technology

June 8, 2025 8:02 AM

Web3 Gaming Could Thrive Once Washington’s Pro-DeFi Push Becomes Law

Eddie Mitchell

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AI

In an interview with CCN, Ava Labs CEO Emin Gun Sirer discussed how coin-operated agents could bring vibecoding to blockchain.

Ava Labs CEO Thinks Coin-Operated Agents Will Bring Vibecoding to Blockchain

May 31, 2025 9:32 AM

James Morales

A curt response from Elon Musk has cast doubt on Pavel Durov's statement that Telegram will integrate xAI's Grok.

Telegram’s $300M xAI Deal in Question After Elon Musk Denies Signed Agreement

May 29, 2025 9:04 AM

James Morales

The gaming industry has faced significant layoffs in recent years.

2025 Gaming Layoffs Continue, But 79% of Developers Feel ‘Positive’ About AI’s Impact

May 21, 2025 11:15 AM

Kurt Robson

AI-Powered NPCs are Quietly Reshaping the Next Generation of Web3 Games

May 18, 2025 12:02 PM

Eddie Mitchell

Beeple believes AI functions pretty closely to how most humans do, and anyone who doesn’t believe the same is somewhat naive.

Beeple on AI Art: ‘Cultural Theft? No, I Think That’s Ridiculous’

May 13, 2025 12:09 PM

Kurt Robson

Fraser Edwards, Co-Founder and CEO of cheqd

‘AI Is Built Around the User’: Fraser Edwards on How To Repair the Broken Data Economy

May 8, 2025 9:09 AM

Kurt Robson

Microsoft is reportedly working to reduce its reliance on OpenAI by developing its own advanced AI models.

OpenAI Reduces Microsoft Revenue Share as Both Companies Expand AI Ecosystems

May 7, 2025 10:35 AM

Kurt Robson

AI startup Cursor reached a $9 billion valuation

FTX Dumped Cursor Stake for $200K — It’s Now Worth $500M After $9B Valuation

May 6, 2025 1:17 PM

Giuseppe Ciccomascolo

Microsoft will pull the plug on Skype on May 5, 2025, after multiple failed attempts to revive the video communication platform.

Zoom’s Rise Killed Skype, But AI Sealed Its Coffin

May 5, 2025 2:35 PM

Prashant Jha

Big Tech

Telegram launched a wide-reaching crackdown.

Telegram Shuts Down $27B Crypto Black Market Following Investigation

May 15, 2025 11:08 AM

Kurt Robson

On Monday, OpenAI stated that the organization would “continue to be overseen and controlled” by its nonprofit board.

OpenAI Reinforces Nonprofit Control Following Elon Musk’s $97B Takeover Attempt

May 6, 2025 9:47 AM

Kurt Robson

With new legal rulings in place, Epic's is launching a new webstores feature for game developers to rival Apple's in-app payment system.

Epic Games Launches Developer Webshops, Offers 0% Cut on First $1M Post Apple Ruling

May 2, 2025 2:48 PM

James Morales

Meta CFO Susan Li acknowledged that there was a decline in ad spending among Asian e-commerce retailers and Chinese game advertisers.

Meta Posts Strong Q1 Results, Plans More Investment Despite Dip in China Gaming Ads

May 2, 2025 9:30 AM

James Morales

Tesla experienced a significant global sales decline—its first annual drop in over a decade.

Tesla Chair Denies Report of CEO Search To Replace Elon Musk

May 1, 2025 10:36 AM

Kurt Robson

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has found that Apple failed to comply with a 2021 injunction and lied to cover it up.

Epic Games Wins Landmark Ruling, Judge Says Apple VP ‘Outright Lied’ Orders End to App Store Monopoly

May 1, 2025 10:03 AM

James Morales

Following a backlash from the White House, Amazon has said it considered listing import charges on certain products, but decided not to.

Amazon Denies Sitewide Tariff Display Plan, Says Trial Only Considered for Haul’s China Imports

April 30, 2025 2:38 PM

James Morales

Waymo and Toyota have agreed collaborate on autonomous driving technologies, with an emphasis on creating a "zero-accident society."

Waymo-Toyota Deal Distances Itself From Tesla’s Autopilot Controversies, ‘Committed to a Zero-Accident Society’

April 30, 2025 1:29 PM

James Morales

Intel’s $25B a Year Foundry Gamble May Finally be Paying Off

April 30, 2025 10:45 AM

James Morales

Blockchain

USDC Launches on XRPL as Stablecoins Enhance Ripple’s Payment Ecosystem

James Morales

Ripple Will Finally Launch Delayed Ethereum-Compatible Sidechain This Quarter

James Morales

Web3 Gaming Updates: Axie Infinity Mystic Era, EVE Frontier Founders Access, Ragnarok Landverse Volumes Top 2M RON

Eddie Mitchell

PancakeSwap Adds Cross-Chain Swaps With ERC-7683, Following Uniswap’s Lead

James Morales

Bitcoin Core Policy Update Sparks Outrage Among BTC Purists

James Morales

Ripple Targets Japanese Fintech With Grants Amid Rising Stablecoin Demand

James Morales

North Korean hackers' efforts to launder stolen crypto may account for the rising volume of cross-chain transactions on some bridges.

North Korean Cybercriminals May Be Inflating Cross-Chain Metrics

June 7, 2025 12:02 PM

James Morales

Circle Payment Network Gains Steam With Fourth Fintech Integration

June 2, 2025 12:54 PM

James Morales

The World Economic Forum highlighted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as a solution to blockchain fragmentation.

World Economic Forum Endorses Chainlink for Blockchain Interoperability

May 29, 2025 2:32 PM

James Morales

Security

The influential thinktank Labour Together has called for the U.K. government to introduce a mandatory digital identity scheme.

Support Grows for Mandatory UK Digital ID Scheme

June 6, 2025 12:15 PM

James Morales

Elon Musk announced the beta launch of XChat, however, security experts aren't convinced by his reference to "Bitcoin-style" encryption.

Elon Musk Launches Signal Rival XChat, But Experts Question ‘Bitcoin-Style’ Encryption

June 2, 2025 10:04 AM

James Morales

AK Informatica has tapped Cheqd for a new eSports digital ID solution it will use to verify player credentials across tournaments.

AK Informatica and Cheqd To Combat Cheating in eSports With Verifiable Player IDs

May 28, 2025 9:02 AM

James Morales

The attackers demanded $20 million in exchange for not releasing the stolen data, but Coinbase refused to comply.

Coinbase Faces DoJ Probe After $400M Breach, Hacker Taunts ZachXBT Amid Insider Leak Fallout

May 22, 2025 8:40 AM

Kurt Robson

As Authorities investigate widespread power outages that hit pain, Portugal and France, Portugal's grid operator has blamed the weather.

No Evidence of Cyberattack in EU Blackout, ‘Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon’ Identified by REN as Cause

April 29, 2025 9:38 AM

James Morales

Congress Accuses Chinese Telecoms of Enabling Cyber Attacks

April 24, 2025 11:58 AM

James Morales

After a difficult 2024, in the first quarter of 2025, Verizon reported a decline in consumer phone subscribers.

Verizon Subscriber Losses Follow Last Year’s $1M FCC Fine Over 911 Failures and Outages

April 23, 2025 1:20 PM

James Morales

The NSA flagged Signal's desktop risk weeks before the recent White House leak.

‘Total Chaos’ at Pentagon: Hegseth Shared Strike Details in New Signal Group, Sources Confirm

April 21, 2025 8:49 AM

Kurt Robson

Durov accused the French police of failing to follow the correct legal process.

Pavel Durov Defends Telegram Compliance, Claims French Police Ignored EU Law

April 18, 2025 12:17 PM

James Morales