Gaming startup GameOn has a new deal with LaLiga North America to develop NFT-based fantasy games for the Spanish soccer league’s United States and Canadian fanbase. Fans will be able to buy packs of LaLiga players as NFTs and build fantasy lineups that earn points
Amid widespread international expansion from crypto companies, Canadian Bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin announced a commercial foray into Costa Rica this week. The company became the first Bitcoin enterprise to tap into SINPE Movil, the country’s primary payment provider, offering a Bitcoin on-and-off-ramp. Aided by a
Nintendo livestreamed its latest Nintendo Direct announcement event Thursday, revealing a large roster of new upcoming titles, downloadable add-on content, and remakes for the Switch console. While numerous games were either announced or shown with fresh trailers, here are the six biggest takeaways from the
In a historic chamber where laws are usually the focal point, Mexican lawmakers earlier this week found themselves delving into the realm of the extraterrestrial. A presentation on Tuesday in the Mexican Congress has ignited fervent discussions both in the legislative halls and the virtual
Another two executives associated with Binance US are reportedly leaving the company, following ex-CEO Brian Shroder out the door. The latest departures include legal head Krishna Juvvadi and Chief Risk Officer Sidney Majalya, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cites sources familiar with the
Hong Kong’s top financial watchdog, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a warning against crypto exchange JPEX. According to a report in South China Morning Post, the SFC claims the platform showcases “suspicious features” and doesn’t have the necessary licensing to legally operate
Bitcoin (BTC) netted a modest 2% boost on Thursday following the European Central Bank (ECB) signaled that its tenth consecutive hike to its main interest rate may be the last. “Based on its current assessment, the Governing Council considers that the key ECB interest rates
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s father, Joseph Bankman, played a role in meetings where marketing materials were developed for FTT—the cryptocurrency that played a pivotal role in the exchange’s collapse when it buckled last November, Bloomberg reported. Bankman, a professor at Stanford Law School, was also
The Lightning Network is a faster and cheaper form of Bitcoin, but using it without a custodian can be a nightmare, requiring businesses accepting Lightning payments to know much more about the inner workings of Lightning “liquidity” than they’d like. In super simple terms, businesses
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has taken to Twitter to urge DeFi projects to “establish precedent” by going to court with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In a post on the social media platform, now known as X, Armstrong argued that the regulator, “should not be