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Aussie Entrepreneur Banks $267 Million After Selling Crypto Start-up ‘Wyre’
Well-known US e-commerce platform Bolt has bought the crypto payment service Wyre in a billion-dollar deal, with the Aussie start-up’s...
Tesla Powered Megapack Battery Uses 100% Solar Energy to Mine Bitcoin
Tesla, Block, and Blockstream are working together to build an open-source bitcoin mine that operates by only using renewable energy. The pr...
Qantas Launches NFTs Despite Environmental Pushback
Australian airline Qantas is one of the newest major ASX-listed companies to include a non-fungible token (NFT) offering. The offering, howe...
$3 Trillion Financial Services Giant HSBC Enters the Metaverse with Sandbox
One of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations – with assets worth US$2,958 billion as at December 31, ...
New Samsung Galaxy Smart Phones to Come with Theta-Based NFTs
To celebrate the launch of new flagship models Galaxy S22 smartphone and S8 tablet, tech giant Samsung will be dropping collectible non-fung...
GoFundMe Withholds Freedom Funds Highlighting the Importance of Crypto Donations
GoFundMe has withheld US$8 million in donations to the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser for Canadian truckers after police stated it was no lo...
Intel Set to Launch a More Energy-Efficient Crypto Mining Chip
Semiconductor giant Intel could be about to join the Bitcoin mining business with a new chip designed to make the process more efficient. In...
SEGA Backtracks on NFT Plans after Fan Backlash
SEGA has put its NFT plans on the backburner after copping considerable backlash from players across the globe, many of whom are calling it ...
Report Reveals NFT Gaming Generated $2.3 Billion in Q3 Alone
A report published by the blockchain game alliance (BGA) shows that non-fungible token (NFT) games generated billions in revenue in the thir...
Gamers Revolt Against Ubisoft’s Move Towards NFTs, Calling It ‘Exploitative’
Ubisoft has received a massive backlash from the gaming community after announcing plans to add non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to its platform w...
EOS Community Revolts and Blocks $250 Million Payments to Block.one
UK-based charity the EOS Network Foundation (ENF) has stopped payments to its parent company, Block.one, for allegedly not supporting the in...
Square Rebrands to ‘Block’ Amid Broader Push into Crypto
Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Square has rebranded as a symbol of its growth and continued movement into the blockchain industry...