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Following accusations of censorship, Steam users are now contacting Visa directly – but Visa’s response has not been particularly well received. Steam is now called Steam for good reason, as the gaming platform is currently in turmoil. After several adult games were banned just under two weeks ago, users are up in arms. Now gamers are complaining to those responsible – and the response is sobering. What happened? On July 17, things got heated on Steam: numerous games disappeared from the store because they did not comply with the guidelines of some credit card companies. Visa, Mastercard, and other payment…
Abu Dhabi-headquartered bitcoin miner Phoenix Group, listed on the ADX, reported strong financial and operational results for Q2 2025, highlighting the formalization of a digital asset treasury valued at over $150 million, making it the first ADX-listed company to do so. The treasury primarily consists of 514 BTC and over 630,000 SOL. The company generated […]
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Billionaire Mike Novogratz, the chief executive officer of Galaxy Digital, has just changed his profile picture to a Nakamigos non-fungible token image. In response to this bullish move, the Nakamigos NFT collection has seen its trading sales volume and floor price pump to new heights. In less than 24 hours, the Nakamigos NFT trading sales volume has soared by +1,000% from the past day. Novogratz Changes His X Avatar To A Nakamigos NFT Earlier this morning, Mike Novogratz updated his X profile picture to an image similar…
Bitcoin rebounded from a “flash crash” on July 30, trading above $118,900 before dropping to below $118,700. The crash followed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates, causing BTC to plummet from around $118,600 to a low of $115,784. Flash Crash Triggers Significant Liquidations Bitcoin ( BTC) recovered from a late July 30 […]
Born out of ETHGlobal, Livestakes is an emerging platform that lets users bet on hackathon winners. Will betting platforms grow to shape the future of Ethereum? Summary Livestakes promises a prediction market that lets traders bet on hackathon contestants while also using the bets to form a separate prize pool for the winner. Prediction markets like Livestakes could potentially influence the future of Ethereum by placing more power in the hands of the community. On the ETHGlobal 2025 stage in early July, the project was first introduced to the public as a betting platform that can “make hackathon winners make…
Shopify Rebellion has officially exited the Dota 2 scene, and the owner of the organization cited the team’s poor performance as the chief reason why. Shopify Rebellion made waves when it first entered the Dota world in 2022 with an absolutely stacked roster featuring Artour “Arteezy” Babaev and Andreas “Cr1t-” Nielsen. However, after three years of attempts with plenty of roster changes and no trophies, the organization has abruptly exited the scene on July 30, 2025. In the official statement, co-founder and former Starcraft 2 pro Dario Wünsch cited the team’s lack of success as the core reason for the…
The White House has officially recognized Chainlink (LINK) as an essential component of the digital asset ecosystem. This acknowledgment comes from the recently published Digital Asset Report, which emphasizes the importance of decentralized oracles in the functioning of stablecoins and tokenized assets. Chainlink’s Importance In DeFi Market expert Quinten Francois highlighted this recognition on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), stating, “WHITE HOUSE JUST MENTIONED CHAINLINK.” The report underscores how oracles act as a bridge connecting external data sources to blockchain networks, enabling smart contracts to execute agreements based on real-world events and prices. Related Reading This functionality is crucial…
Decentralized application activity on the Ethereum blockchain could be on track to match or surpass last year despite growing competition from “faster and cheaper” alternatives, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.Peak adoption on Ethereum was in 2021, coinciding with the height of the last bull run, and was also the year with the “highest number of unique wallets and the most transactions on Ethereum,” DappRadar analyst Sara Gherghelas said in the report published on Wednesday. Activity cooled off after, but 2023 and 2024 saw consistent levels of engagement through renewed interest in non-fungible tokens (NFT), layer 2 ecosystems, and experimental DeFi…
Update (July 31, 7:47 am UTC): This article has been corrected to reflect that the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve was not omitted from the report. US President Donald Trump’s crypto liaison has confirmed that the administration is still keen on a strategic Bitcoin reserve, despite only briefly being mentioned in a recently published crypto policy report. “We do believe in accumulation,” said Robert “Bo” Hines, the executive director of the US President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said in an interview on Crypto in America on Wednesday, when asked about the US strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve.“We have it, it’s been…
After upsets, shock eliminations, and pure Counter-Strike passion, the Group Stage has come to a close, and the IEM Cologne Playoffs are on the horizon. Here’s who has qualified, who has excelled, and who has been shown the door: IEM Cologne Playoffs: Qualified teams Six teams begin their Playoffs journey on Friday, August 1st: Team Vitality Team Spirit The MongolZ MOUZ FURIA Natus Vincere (NAVI) Team Vitality and Team Spirit finished at the top of their respective groups, rewarding them with automatic semifinal qualification. MOUZ, FURIA, The MongolZ, and NAVI will play in the Quarterfinals at the IEM Cologne Playoffs.…