• Sep 10, 2024

‘Deadrop’ Game Studio Confirms Layoffs After Booting Dr. Disrespect

Midnight Society, the game studio behind shooter game Deadrop, has confirmed that “significant” layoffs took place after staff started to post about the move on social media. The layoffs come just three months after the company announced that it was “terminating” its relationship with Dr. Disrespect, a popular video game streamer and one of the studio’s co-founders, amid allegations that he inappropriately chatted with a minor. Dr. Disrespect previously confirmed the allegations, but has since b...

• Sep 10, 2024

Degens Lose Again After Betting That Trump and Harris Would Debate Bitcoin and Crypto

While viewers and commentators might debate who won last night's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Polymarket bettors hoping that they would reference Bitcoin under the national spotlight were undoubtedly losers. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency went unmentioned during Tuesday’s high-stakes matchup between the Republican and Democratic nominees, souring bets on crypto prediction market platform Polymarket in the process. Traders wagered approximately $217,000 and $502,000, re...

• Sep 10, 2024

PancakeSwap Launches Telegram Prediction Bot for Forecasting BNB Prices

Decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap has introduced a new Telegram bot that allows users to make price predictions for BNB, the native token of the BNB Chain. The bot, launched on September 11, brings PancakeSwap's existing prediction market functionality to the popular messaging platform. This follows PancakeSwap launching its prediction market in June. At the time, Pancakeswap's pseudonymous product manager Chef Gyoza told Decrypt that the team thought it had an edge over the competition b...

• Sep 10, 2024

Bitcoin and Ethereum Waver as US Inflation Slows to 2.5% in August

The price of Bitcoin was slightly down Wednesday after a widely watched inflation gauge showed that U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in the 12 months through August. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.5% on an annual basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Wednesday. Economists expected the index, which tracks price changes across a basket of goods and services, to increase 2.6% year over year. On a monthly basis, inflation rose 0.2% in August, matching July’s increas...

• Sep 10, 2024

Donald Trump Rant About Immigrants 'Eating the Pets' Didn't Do Much for Related Meme Coins

The anti-immigrant dog and cat eating false claims Donald Trump referenced during last night’s presidential debate has been circulating in the trenches of Pump.fun for a couple of days. Despite this, meme coins referencing the disproven claim flopped during the debate. Interestingly, most of them saw their peak hours before the Republican nominee brought it up. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs—the people that came in—they’re eating the cats,” Trump said during a debate with Vice Presiden...

• Sep 10, 2024

WhoMadeWho, Da Capo to Headline Token2049 Closing Event After2049

After2049, the closing event for the Token2049 conference in Singapore, has revealed the headline acts for its show on Friday, September 20. Award-winning trio WhoMadeWho, known for their appearances at Burning Man, Sonar, and Roskilde, will make their Singapore debut, joined by South African DJ and producer Da Capo, and Hong Kong artists Leon, Milam, and Mo-Shi. 2 weeks to go: AFTER 2049 presents WhoMadeWho & Da Capo - 20 Sep 2024 The most iconic Singapore Pre-Formula 1 GP party, #AFTER2049, r...

• Sep 10, 2024

Bitcoin Sinks After Trump and Harris Leave Crypto Out of Presidential Debate

Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a modest decline on Wednesday, dropping approximately 1.5% to trade at $56,500. The slip comes after the highly anticipated U.S. presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made no mention of cryptocurrency regulation. The debate, which covered a wide range of topics from abortion rights to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, left crypto enthusiasts and investors yearning for clarity on the candidates' stances regarding digita...

• Sep 10, 2024

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris, Cites 'Swifties for Trump' AI Deepfakes

Singer Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris in the U.S. Presidential election race, citing AI-generated deepfake images of her shared by Donald Trump as being behind her decision. In a post on Instagram, Swift wrote that, "Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site," adding that the incident, "really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation." "It brought me to the conclusion that I need...

• Sep 10, 2024

Solo Bitcoin Miner Wins Big After Securing an Entire Block Reward

The emergence of new mining rigs may have created an opportune environment for solo miners, according to CryptoQuant.

• Sep 10, 2024

Second U.S. Firm tZero Said to Become Crypto Broker Dealer Under SEC Oversight

The company expects to launch wider crypto securities services next year, it said, joining controversial firm Prometheum as a potentially U.S.-compliant digital assets securit...