The new installment of Ni No Kuni, an RPG franchise brought by independent gaming studio Level 5 and animated by Studio Ghibli, has launched with blockchain elements present. The game, which has been designed for mobile and PC platforms, introduces a token system that lets players use their earnings outside of the game, and will …
Monthly archives: May 2022
India’s Central Bank RBI to Adopt a ‘Graded Approach’ to Digital Currency Launch
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has proposed to adopt a “graded approach” to launching the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). The RBI also said it is exploring the pros and cons of introducing a digital rupee in India. RBI on the Upcoming Digital Rupee Launch The Reserve Bank of India …
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Elon Musk: We’re Approaching a Recession but It’s ‘Actually a Good Thing’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes the U.S. economy is approaching a recession but he explained why it is “actually a good thing.” Musk has estimated that the upcoming recession will last 12 to 18 months. Elon Musk Discusses U.S. Recession Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk shared his thoughts on the U.S. economy and the …
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Is there a secure future for cross-chain bridges?
The plane touches down and comes to a halt. Heading to passport control, one of the passengers stops at a vending machine to buy a bottle of soda — but the device is absolutely indifferent to all of their credit cards, cash, coins and everything else. All of that is part of a foreign economy …
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New Digital Collectible Card Game NFT Drop – Girls Robots Dragons
With web3 innovation on a massive surge, what better way to welcome a web3 game than now. Girls Robots Dragons bring to us a web3 fantasy game involving exciting storylines and attractive community rewards. Referred to as the “Lore Keepers”, GRD’s community members will compete against each other to earn rewards, and consequently forge ahead …
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LUNC – What to Expect for the LUNA 2.0 Price Post LUNA Airdrop
In an attempt to recover from the LUNA crash that happened a couple of weeks back, the co-founder of Terra Luna, Do Kwon, put forth a recovery plan by announcing the launch of Luna 2.0, on May 16. With the genesis block of this new blockchain, Terra plans to preserve its network & community, as …
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FACT0RN Blockchain: Integer Factorization as Proof-of-Work (PoW)
Tl;dr: This report updates on what FACT0RN Blockchain, a Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on to replace PoW hashing by work that is of interest to the private sector as well as to the academic community. Code for the FACT0RN Blockchain, which launched April 20, 2022, can be found here and …
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Ethereum Slips, What Are The Next Vital Trading Levels For The Coin?
Ethereum has slid on its charts again at the time of writing. Over the last week, the coin lost about 10% of its value. The bears have strengthened in the market because the buyers have left the market. Technical outlook of the coin remained bearish and selling pressure mounted. The coin would continue to remain …
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Ethereum Gas Fees Touch New Lows, What’s Ahead For Ethereum
Ethereum is one of the most widely-adopted cryptocurrency projects worldwide. Yet, it’s hated worldwide for its sky-high gas (transaction) fees. Users globally constantly complain about the coin’s terribly-high transaction prices on various social media platforms. Shockingly, Santiment, an on-chain and metrics platform, published on Twitter a report showing Ethereum’s transaction prices plummeting to their lowest. …
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Cardano Slides Below $0.50 Alarming A Danger Ahead
Cardano is among the cryptocurrencies with higher impacts due to significant price slides. Price volatility remains one of the substantial discouragement and threat of virtual currency. Their swing in price could go beyond ten times in a single minute. A positive price move is always a favorable trend for a token and its investors. However, …
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Cardano TVL Sheds $205 Million Since Hitting All-Time High
Cardano TVL has spiraled downward the past few days mainly because of the intensified crypto market correction and decline in investor interest. To date, the crypto has plunged to $120.86 million. With the rate it’s going, Cardano has chucked over $205 million in TVL since its all-time high of $326 million on March 24, 2022. …
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Dogecoin (DOGE) Briefly Pumps After Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Accept the Memecoin for Merch Payments
Billionaire and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk is once again publicizing his support for leading memecoin Dogecoin (DOGE). The 2021 TIME Magazine Person of the Year says his space transportation and aerospace manufacturing company, SpaceX, will soon accept DOGE as payment for select merchandise. “Tesla merch can be bought with Doge, soon SpaceX merch, too.” …
Bitcoin Price Prediction for Today, May 28: BTC Price Still Consolidating Around $29,000
The Bitcoin price prediction continues sideways movement currently at $28,966 after another significant rejection from $29,239. Bitcoin Prediction Statistics Data: Bitcoin price now – $28,966 Bitcoin market cap – $552.4 billion Bitcoin circulating supply – 19.0 million Bitcoin total supply – 19.0 million Bitcoin Coinmarketcap ranking – #1 BTC/USD Long-term Trend: Ranging (Daily Chart) Key …
Report: FTX CEO Says Crypto Exchange Is Ready to Spend Billions on Acquisition Deals
Billionaire and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the leading crypto asset exchange aims to make a number of acquisitions and could spend up to $2 billion on such efforts. The FTX chief executive officer highlighted in a recent interview that a fraction of the funds raised by the company were “explicitly viewed from a potential …
Crypto Miners Account for Over 2% of Electricity Consumption in Russia, Estimate Suggests
The share of crypto miners in Russia’s power consumption structure already exceeds 2%, according to a new government estimate. On this backdrop, the country’s industry ministry believes it’s time to bring the sector out of the shadows and regulate it. Crypto Miners Burn More Electricity Than Russian Farmers Miners extracting digital currencies account for more …