Crypto Unicorns founder Aron Beireschmitt chats with NFT Steez about the key components blockchain-games need to build sustainable in-game play-and-earn economies. As the hype surrounding play-to-earn (P2E) games and platforms began to dwindle in early 2022, Web3 participants began to emphasize the need for games to be more “fun” and less finance-oriented. In the most...Continue Reading

Majority of the DeFi tokens traded in red with several registering double digit losses over the past week. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. This past week, Celsius’s financial troubles mounted further as a new...Continue Reading

The government agency had previously stated that deposits at non-bank entities, including crypto firms, are not covered by FDIC insurance. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued cease and desist letters to five companies for allegedly making false representations about deposit insurance related to cryptocurrencies. FDIC issued a Friday press release disclosing cease and...Continue Reading

Venture capital firms continue to pour billions into the crypto economy; this week saw the launch of two funds worth a combined $500 million. You’ve no doubt heard the expression, follow the money. Well, if you do that in the venture capital world, you’ll be led directly to crypto, blockchain and digital assets. After a...Continue Reading

Bitcoin and altcoins sold-off sharply on Friday, leading technical traders to forecast a possible drop to new yearly lows. Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins witnessed a sharp sell-off on Aug. 19, but there does not seem to be a specific trigger for the sudden drop. The sharp fall resulted in liquidations of more than...Continue Reading

An independent review from the accounting firm BDO reported that the stablecoin issuer’s total assets exceed its consolidated liabilities. An announcement from USDT issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed information from an independent attestation about the company’s previous quarter’s performance. The reviewer, top accounting firm BDO Italia, assessed Tether’s assets as of June 30, 2022.  Tether had...Continue Reading

Nonfungible tokens continue to captivate mainstream audiences around the world as Web3 technology grows at a rapid pace. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been part and parcel of the cryptocurrency space for the last couple of years. Still, their value and utility across several industries have driven their proliferation into mainstream consciousness. Cointelegraph’s director of video...Continue Reading

The Ethereum Merge to PoS is slated for the third week of September, eliminating PoW mining. Experts weigh in on how mining pools and miners would be impacted. The Ethereum blockchain is all set to make its highly anticipated transition from its current proof-of-work (PoW) mining consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS). The Merge date is officially...Continue Reading

The HUSD team explained that the depeg was caused as they closed market maker accounts in some regions to comply with regulations. After recovering the HUSD stablecoin’s dollar peg, crypto exchange Huobi explained what had caused the short-term liquidity problem and assured users that it had been resolved.  On Thursday, HUSD started to fall from...Continue Reading

Hiring in the crypto world can be difficult. Web3 companies are often disorganized and lack HR departments. Developers sometimes want to remain anonymous even to their potential employers. Some employees dont exist at all, while others are secretly juggling three other remote gigs. Then there are those who pretend to be employees but are really...Continue Reading