• Aug 09, 2024

Atari Revives Its Classic ‘Breakout’ Game on Ethereum Layer-2 Base

Legendary game publisher Atari is back with its next augmented version of a classic video game, this time bringing the 1976 classic Breakout to Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base. As a part of Base’s “OnChain Summer,” players can compete against others for a top spot on the Atari Breakout leaderboard. The players with the highest scores will have a chance to win weekly prizes, including a retro 2600+ game console, gift cards, and more. ? OᑎᑕᕼᗩIᑎ ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ ? The Onchain Arcade is back with...

  • Aug 09, 2024

This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Ends in the Red, but Some Alts Survive a Crazy Week

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. When people talk about crypto’s volatile nature, they’re referring to weeks like this.  Bitcoin was at one point trading for below $50,000 per coin on Monday after a jobs report sparked fears that the U.S. economy was headed in the wrong direction. And a phenomenon dubbed the “carry trade”—a well-known trick where traders around the world use a different currency to buy risk assets denominated in dollars—seemed to be coming undone when the Japanese y...