The game was created in 2003 and has had over 180 million user signups since its inception. MapleStory, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by South Korean video game publisher Nexon with over 400,000 daily active users, will expand its gaming experience to the Avalanche blockchain. According to a March 11 announcement dubbed...Continue Reading

Dencun — the most-anticipated upgrade since the Merge — is set to ship in two days, promising to significantly reduce layer-2 transaction costs. Ethereum’s upcoming Dencun upgrade is set to ship in two days, on March 13, as one of the most-anticipated hard forks since the Merge. Why is there so much anticipation around the...Continue Reading

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority said it would not object to requests to create a market segment for crypto-backed ETNs. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced that it will start accepting applications for Bitcoin and Ether crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) in the second quarter of 2024. On March 11, the exchange confirmed that it would accept...Continue Reading

Elon Musk said he is making his AI chatbot Grok open-source as a challenge to OpenAI’s closed approach with ChatGPT. Elon Musk announced that he will open-source his artificial intelligence (AI) model Grok as a lawsuit against rival ChatGPT developer OpenAI gathers pace.  On March 11, Musk posted on X that this week the model...Continue Reading

Bitcoin broke a new high of $71,415, three days after Ether breached the $4,000 mark for the first time since 2021. Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $71,415 on March 11, after rising 2.62% in the 24 hours leading up to 08:05 am UTC. The world’s first cryptocurrency rallied over 10% during the past...Continue Reading

Fewer Bitcoins entering circulation post halving will be met with an increased demand from spot Bitcoin ETF issuers, which will lead to a “continuous, but volatile upward grind” in price, a mining analyst says. However, Bitcoin’s supply-demand dynamic will be even more favorable than previous halvings in 2012, 2016 and 2020 — thanks to the...Continue Reading

Bitcoin bulls waste no time attempting BTC price discovery after the highest weekly close in history. Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week with a wobble and fresh all-time highs as BTC price volatility stays firmly in charge. The largest cryptocurrency has sealed its highest-ever weekly close, but bulls continue to face stiff resistance when it...Continue Reading

Discover how to speculate on Bitcoin’s price movements without owning the asset itself via Bitcoin options. Bitcoin options contracts are a type of derivatives contract that allows investors to speculate on Bitcoin (BTC) price movements without owning Bitcoin itself. Bitcoin derivatives trading and investing in Bitcoin options are other routes that investors use to leverage...Continue Reading

DeFi protocol Unizen announced that it will issue an immediate refund to users who lost their funds to an exploit this weekend. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Unizen announced that it would reimburse its users who lost 750,000 or less “as soon as humanly possible” after the platform got compromised, losing about $2.1 million in user...Continue Reading

Institutions representing “trillions of dollars” in assets are expected to buy into spot Bitcoin ETFs by June this year, says Bitwise’s Matt Hougan. Institutions representing “trillions of dollars in assets” are preparing to buy into spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the end of June, said crypto-native asset manager Bitwise. In a March 9...Continue Reading