Gaming
Adoption
Winning lottery 9x in a row easier than breaching Bitcoin’s security
Bitcoin has a better chance of returns within a year than winning the lottery.
Adoption
CryptoSlate, Crypto Briefing onboard Access Protocol ecosystem to leverage web3 paywall
Access Protocol offers flexibility to consumers and creators instead of locking them into annual or monthly contracts.
Politics
SBF reveals he donated to Republicans & Democrats as lobbying by crypto firms continues ahead of the midterms
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has revealed he supports bipartisan politicians who push the permissionless finance agenda
Adoption
Lebanon Locals are turning to Bitcoin, Tether amidst an economic crisis
As Lebanon's economy struggles and people lose trust in banks, they are relying on Bitcoin and Tether to store funds and make payments.
Web3
A look at similarities between the 2000 dot-com bubble & post-COVID-19 bubble
Rampant speculation and an influx of VC funding can be seen across both the dot-com bubble and post-COVID-19 bubble. Is crypto ready for a revolution similar to the early 2000s?
Bear Market
Research: US inflation breaking barriers in the 2020s; started faster than 70s, 80s trend
Gasoline, fuel oil, and energy prices are the primary causes of the current alarming inflation rate.
NFTs
Nexo-backed NFT technology provider, MetaQuants, launches real-time appraisal algorithm for NFTs
The alpha version of the new algorithm product is designed to aid NFT lending, market, overpricing, and market manipulation penalties
Bear Market
Bitcoin outperformed NASDAQ after Fed raised rates by 0.75%
In recent price action, Bitcoin has performed similarly to Gold and has even outperformed "safer" assets like NASDAQ.
Crime
Monkey Drainer steals 7 CryptoPunks, 20 Otherdeed NFTs
PeckshieldAlert and Zachxbt revealed that phishing scammer Monkey Drainer stole NFTs worth roughly 520 ETH, which is about $824,200.
Banking
Standard Chartered invests in JPMorgan blockchain platform
As a result of this development, Partior will be able to offer more than eight global currencies as part of its currency offerings
Web3
WalletConnect secures $12.5 million in an ecosystem funding round
The funding round lays the foundations for WalletConnect's development by establishing the WalletConnect Network.
NFTs
MetaMask onboards NFTBank to handle pricing solution for its new NFT portfolio platform
MetaMask intends to leverage the partnership to resolve NFT pricing complications issue using an advanced machine learning-based algorithm.
