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Wall Street giants will only serve to “vacuum up” Bitcoin and store them in a “metaphorical vault," if too successful, the number of Bitcoin transactions would dry up, says the BitMEX co-founder.

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With toolkits already available for game devs to meld AI into NPCs, Animoca Brands’ co-founder thinks more intelligent nonplayer characters will start to show up in 2024.

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This year’s edition of Santa’s Naughty and Nice list features several crypto entrepreneurs who made headlines in 2023.

Social media and entertainment platform Socrates combines elements of GameFi and SocialFi. Here’s how to get started.

Billionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson shared with Decrypt's Jason Nelson why he began his longevity quest and how technology has shaped the endeavor. Johnson also discusses some of his controversial experiments.

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The dark sci-fi card game is in closed beta, but already offers stunning character art, deep strategy, and rewarding gameplay.

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As one dog-themed meme coin sets, another rises.

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Blockchain tech is more mainstream than ever. But on its path to mass adoption, has Web3 shed its idealist, revolutionary roots?

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Nathaniel Luz, Flincap’s co-founder and CMO, highlighted that following the ban’s removal, institutional exchanges should prepare for the Nigerian market.

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Bitcoin market gurus hold differing opinions of what will happen to the nearly $100 million in sell-side liquidity at $45,000.

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Currently, the Base network achieves a daily transaction speed (TPS) of 3.45, with over 6.97 million transactions completed in the last 30 days.

Michael Khekoian, an executive at Wallet Guard, told Cointelegraph that numerous fraudulent accounts have surfaced after ZachXBT deactivated his account.

Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer, Faryar Shirzad, states that the claims are simply wrong and misrepresents the exchange's intention to promoting progress in crypto regulatory matters.

Key industry figures in DeFi predict what trends will dominate the industry in 2024.

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Fatma Ozkul has been a lecturer at Marmara University in Istanbul since 2012, with an academic focus on accounting, finance, auditing, blockchain and digital assets.

Memecoin traders and airdrop farmers are bringing more attention to Solana.

Crypto exchange MEXC has been enforcing its terms of service to freeze funds and restrict accounts in response to "abnormal trading activities."

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Continuing its recent ascent, Solana pushed past the $100 mark Saturday to set a 20-month high, surpassing recent Bitcoin and Ethereum gains.

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despite the game's usually prickly stance on blockchain, Worldcoin's new Minecraft integration gets a pass.

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The ETH price has turned bullish, and the move is backed by an increase in DApp activity and protocol revenue.

Meme coins are still popular—but new ones are constantly springing up.

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Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to use the Polygon Bridge, which facilitates seamless asset transfers between Ethereum and Polygon.

Despite tight macroeconomic conditions and headwinds in the crypto industry, Bitcoin is up more than 160% in 2023, fueled by the excitement over ETF proposals.

The crypto industry experienced a significant number of security incidents in 2023 but is exploring new approaches to fight back against attackers and protect firms’ public images.

Gaming jobs dwindled in 2023 while more and more studios embraced generative AI tools—and gamers hate it. Here's what's on the horizon.

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Arbitrum's "layer-3" gaming network Xai, built on the Ethereum scaler, will airdrop its token before the end of the year.

According to Ripple’s legal chief, Stuart Alderoty’s post, in 2020, the SEC requested Ripple to acknowledge publicly that XRP was a security asset and allowed a brief window for crypto compliance.

The cNGN serves as a complement, not a substitute, for the eNaira. Unlike the eNaira, created by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with broader capabilities, the cNGN is overseen by a consortium involving Nigerian banks.

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The guidelines aim to set minimum standards and requirements for banking relationships and account openings for virtual asset service providers in Nigeria.

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The news follows OpenAI's Sam Altman declaring to his 2.5 million followers that 2023 is the "crazy year" when AI started being taken seriously.