Before Building the Metaverse, Blockchain Needs an Operating System
Understanding what the metaverse is starts with understanding what the metaverse is not. The metaverse is not an enclosed environment...
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PayPal Lets Users Transfer Bitcoin and Ethereum to External Wallets
PayPal announced on Tuesday that crypto users can now move funds off its platform, a long-awaited feature that will make...
Justin Aversano’s Quantum Opens Physical NFT Gallery in LA to ‘Uplift Other Artists’
A new art installation co-founded by prominent NFT photographer Justin Aversano has opened its doors on the iconic Third Street...
Bored Apes Co-Founder Criticizes Discord After NFTs Worth 200 Ethereum Snatched in Exploit
A co-founder of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection yesterday lashed out at Discord after its server was...
Jilted Would-Be Coinbase Employees Vent Online After Jobs They Accepted Are Eliminated
Coinbase announced on Thursday it wasn’t just freezing hiring—the U.S.-based crypto exchange would be rescinding recently agreed-to offers with prospective...
Ice Cube: BIG3 Re-Launching Its Ethereum NFT Team Stakes to Make Them ‘Juicy Enough’
In brief The BIG3 pro basketball league, co-founded by rapper Ice Cube, is offering team ownership stakes via NFTs. The...
Crypto 401(k) Provider ForUsAll Sues US Department of Labor
ForUsAll, a 401(k) provider with over $1.7 billion in assets under management (AUM), has sued the U.S Labor Department (DOL)...
What is ERC-1155? Ethereum’s Flexible Token Standard
Everything that happens on Ethereum, at the most fundamental level, is represented by data. Whether you swap ETH for USDC...
Why ‘Hunger Games’ Producer Bryan Unkeless Is Making His Next Sci-Fi Project in Web3
On the planet Omega, speed is power, and whoever wins its racing competition rules the world. That’s the premise behind...
DeFi DIY: How to Stake Ethereum on Lido Finance
Welcome to DeFi D.I.Y., a new recurring feature where Decrypt's DeFi whiz walks you through how to use a specific...
JPMorgan sees higher BTC price potential, a16z unveils $4.5 billion crypto fund, and PayPal hints at more crypto and blockchain involvement: Hodler’s Digest, May 22-28
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
The View (and Vibes) From the VeeCon NFT Conference
In brief Gary Vaynerchuk held his first VeeCon NFT conference in Minneapolis last weekend. The event featured panels, celebrity interviews,...
Stepn ‘Move-to-Earn’ Cryptocurrencies Plummet After App Says It Will Block Users in China
Tokens underpinning the popular "move-to-earn" crypto app Stepn have plummeted following news that the game would be blocked for users...
Tether Enters Latin American Market with Mexican Peso-Backed Stablecoin
Tether has announced the launch of MXNT, a new type of a stablecoin backed by Mexico’s national currency, the peso....
Bitcoin Pioneer Charlie Shrem: ‘A Lot of People Predicted’ Terra Collapse
Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem was at the Cannes Film Festival this week to launch crypto film-financing project Defiine—and he had...
WeWork Founder Raises $70M for Carbon Credit Crypto Project, a16z Leads Round
In brief The GNT token, which can be redeemed for carbon, will run on the Celo blockchain. The project is...
Fed Finds Unbanked Americans Are Turning to Crypto at a Higher Rate
People who transact with cryptocurrencies were twice as likely to be unbanked as people who don’t use them at all,...
Do Kwon faces legal troubles in Korea, China remains a top contributor to Bitcoin mining, and Ethereum eyes ‘huge testing milestone’ ahead of merge: Hodler’s Digest, May 15-21
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
CZ Recommends Diversifying Investments Even Though He’s ‘All in’ Crypto and Bitcoin
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao took to Reddit earlier today to discuss a variety of topics, including investment advise that he...
Gary Vee Kicks Off VeeCon ‘Summer Camp’ to Show NFTs Are ‘More Than Just Collectibles’
In brief Gary Vaynerchuk is hosting the inaugural VeeCon NFT conference in Minneapolis this weekend. The event was built around...
New Tether Report Shows 17% Reduction in Commercial Paper
A week after its stablecoin briefly lost its 1:1 peg with the U.S. Dollar, Tether's Q1 2022 assurance report shows...
Aave Launches Decentralized, NFT-Based Twitter Rival on Polygon
In brief Aave has launched Lens Protocol, an NFT-based decentralized social media protocol that runs on Polygon. Lens Protocol can...
