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Barely a year ago, the term play-to-earn was basically unheard of. By the end of 2021, this new category in gaming had turned heads worldwide, with over $4 billion in investment poured into the space and more than 1.4 million unique active wallets interacting with game dapps dail

Las volátiles y a veces extraordinariamente elevadas tarifas de Ethereum han sido un importante tema de conversación. Los críticos suelen citar las tarifas de la red como un defecto fatal que la hace inutilizable, abriendo la puerta a que un "asesino de ETH"

This period is a “macro moment” for financial markets.Cryptocurrencies have entered another correction cycle, with the price of bitcoin and ether down about 35% from their November highs.

A growing number of people believe Bitcoin could soon replace gold as a safe haven against a depreciating dollar.  This, of course, is just speculation, but it is curious to see the exuberance of people regarding Bitcoin. Aside from the fact that there are a multitude o

2021 was the year for NFTs. Here are some of the ways that NFTs will impact the art world — and the world in general — going forward.

Thursday was the first day of the “official” ETHDenver conference, complete with an opening ceremony. That doesn’t feel terribly meaningful because the pre-conference #BUIDLweek has been going full steam ahead for days, and there will be post-conference stuff go

It’s striking how wide the cultural gulf has become between NFTs’ many vociferous supporters and an equally loud contingent of NFT critics.To the former, NFTs are about freedom – a ticket to a brighter Web 3 future in which creatives and users liberate themselve

The rise of play-to-earn gaming throughout 2021 presented metaverse-based income-earning opportunities for millions of people all around the world. But it was the rise of the scholarship model that ensured those jobs were accessible by those who needed them most.First popularized

At least in theory, gamers should be an easy demographic for NFT adoption. They’ll proudly display digital game libraries worth thousands of dollars and covet abstract objects like “perfect runs” of their favorite role-playing games. The first time I ever saw th

Crypto mania seems to be in full swing in many parts of the world, including a significant portion of the United States.

Who or what will control the metaverse? And, what exactly is the metaverse anyway? We caught up with with Ong, who will appear at Crypto State by CoinDesk, our virtual community event tour, when it stops in Southeast Asia on Feb. 24. The discussion will explore the metaverse and

Ethereum’s volatile and sometimes extraordinarily high gas fees has been a major topic of conversation. Critics often cite the network’s fees as a fatal flaw that makes it unusable, opening the door for an “ETH killer” to dethrone it as the primary smart c

Yesterday, Berkshire Hathaway, the temple of 20th century industrial capitalism, led by “the Oracle of Omaha” himself, Warren Buffett, invested in the largest “neobank” in Latin America. Brazil’s Nubank has some (very) indirect exposure to cryptocurr

Bitcoin has been advertised as a viable way for getting funds to the truck convoy protestors in Ottawa when fiat-based tools like GoFundMe don't work. But it has proven to be a less-than ideal way to fund the trucker convoy. And that's a good thing for Canadian democratic society

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been around for some time now, growing stronger every day. And especially since 2020, it has contributed significantly to the blockchain-cryptocurrency sector’s boom and $2.87 trillion market capitalization.

People sometimes ask me for a single reason why I think bitcoin is an attractive investment. It’s simple: Bitcoin is the hardest monetary asset ever created.By “hardest” I mean “hardest to create more of” – it’s the monetary asset in whic

What is the metaverse exactly and how should brands think about adapting to it?We asked Wan Wei, head of Ecosystem at Multiverse Labs, a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem based in Singapore that supports early-stage technology companies. She will appear at Cryp

While typical stock market investors are white men, 44% of bitcoin and crypto investors are non-white. Similarly, studies have shown Black and Latino Americans now outpace white Americans in bitcoin and cryptocurrency investing.But too many are writing off this emerging trend as

Last week, inflation data for the month of January was reported for the United States: The U.S. dollar lost 7.5% of its purchasing power compared to one year earlier, the biggest drop in 40 years. While this is not a good situation for the U.S. economy, one might have predicted t