Blockchain

Kickstarter's enthusiasm is palpable — and the platform believes "decentralization will result in innovation like we've never seen before, and that it's key to the future of crowdfunding."

The payments giant says digital assets have now achieved "almost universal awareness" — and 94% of adults now know about it.

Around the world, "Dogecoin" was the one of the most popular search terms in the News category this year — along with queries about GameStop stock and Ethereum's price.

Known as Digits, players will be able to get their hands on coveted in-game items, each complete with their own serial number. Gamers will then be able to buy and sell them freely.

And for now, new customers who are hoping to purchase energy to mine cryptocurrencies are being turned away.

The disruption infuriated the exchange's customers — who complained that several transactions had failed.

The government is set to prohibit "mining, generating, holding, selling or dealing" in digital currencies.

The congressional hearing is extremely unlikely to be a cozy affair — with the cryptocurrency executives set to face a barrage of confrontational questions.

Plus, a report reveals how to make a profit on NFTs, OpenSea's users are angry at its plans to launch on the stock market, and why metaverse tokens were hardest hit by the weekend's crash.

The case centered on Craig Wright, an Australian entrepreneur who has long claimed that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin.

"NFTs are far from a surefire investment" — but there are tactics that can boost a digital art collector's chances of making money.

Adidas is getting into the metaverse, a Banksy painting is being split into 10,000 NFTs, Bitcoin is being rolled out to hundreds of millions of Brazilians, and crypto donations have surged.

"Fractionalizing the work in 10,000 NFTs allows a much wider audience to be part of a collecting experience," the man behind the audacious project says.

The project's co-founder Jeff Zirlin warned that the crypto sector is going to face "more powerful enemies" as digital assets and the blockchain go mainstream.

The big rebrand came two days after the payment company's CEO sensationally announced he was leaving Twitter after 16 years.

DappRadar figures show The Sandbox has become the second most-traded NFT collection as Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks lose momentum and fall down the rankings.

Meta hopes the changes will allow more small businesses to grow their audiences and reach a greater cross-section of customers — something that could be instrumental to adoption.

Bitcoin has had a month to forget, but Ether is tantalizingly close to hitting record highs. Plus, another setback for Facebook — now known as meta — as its top crypto executive steps down.