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Chainway Labs’ ZK-rollup project Citrea secured initial funding to bring the solution to market, which could allow for NFTs and blockchain games on Bitcoin.

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Crypto infrastructure startup Conduit says users can now launch their very own layer 3 with “only a few clicks.”

Crypto infrastructure startup Conduit says users can now launch their very own layer 3 with “only a few clicks.”

Pizza Ninjas brings an N64 emulator to the Bitcoin blockchain after success with the SNES—with better compression, to boot.

Originally planned for Immutable X, the webcomic-based Kaidro game will instead launch on Ronin, home of Pixels and Axie Infinity.

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Google to fix the Gemini model that’s been generating pics of “diverse” Nazis, but open source AI models are the only real solution: AI Eye.

Tether did not make a specific comment on whether it plans to drop support for Tron after rival Circle dumped the network over safety concerns.

AI-related stocks and tokens also saw significant price jumps, fueled by the chipmaker's good news.

Gauntlet co-founder John Morrow said his team "found it difficult to navigate the inconsistent guidelines and unwritten objectives" of Aave's "largest stakeholders."

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Solano said he wants to prioritize the utility of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and recreate a space for the “magic and crazy shit” that first made it popular.

Building upon its $200 million seed round, the firm has raised $150 million for its first venture fund.

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Rising blockchain game Nifty Island has launched a new in-game quest that will let players earn Legendary Palm NFTs—and juice their airdrops.

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Digital Currency Group (DCG) is objecting to the settlement between the New York attorney general and Genesis – the failed crypto lender that was among DCG's array of digital assets businesses.

Reddit and Twitter users highlighted ChatGPT’s “nonsensical” behavior Tuesday as OpenAI worked to resolve the issue.

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One week after Oasys hit a new all-time high price, it has added another notable gaming firm to join its growing stable.

Bitcoin price can reach as high as $150,000 this year fueled by ETFs, halving and Fed rate cuts, Fundstrat's Tom Lee said.

The upcoming halving is designed to reduce the rate of new Bitcoin available on the market. It's just one of many reasons to be bullish, ETF issuers say.

Google's Gemma is one day old and is already trending on AI leaderboards and beating Meta’s models across the most popular benchmarks.

Lawyers Marc Mukasey and Torrey Young will represent the former FTX CEO through his sentencing on March 28, while Christian Everdell and Mark Cohen are withdrawing.

Despite keen interest from U.S. Senate Democrats such as Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to deal with the illicit movement of funds in crypto, there's no immediate action planned in the committee that would need to get it rolling, according to two sources familiar with the plans.

The parent company of a yet-to-launch crypto exchange teamed up with the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas in hopes of heading off securities trading charges.

It could be part of a long-time realignment separating compliant and gray-market crypto, says Daniel Kuhn.

Sam Bankman-Fried replaced his former lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdale, as he’s headed into sentencing negotiations.

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A second line of Pudgy Penguins NFT toys will launch in an expanded pact with Walmart that includes over 50% more stores.

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Collectible firm Panini announced the launch of World Wrestling Entertainment’s digital Donruss Elite card set on its blockchain.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in a campaign email she's "not afraid" of running against a pro-crypto opponent.

Ladan Stewart was one of the attorneys of record in the SEC’s enforcement action against Ripple but withdrew from the case in January.

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Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch.