Robinhood Crypto Revenue Fell 18% Sequentially to $31M in Q2

The online trading platform reported second-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday.

• 2023-08-03
• Robinhood Online trading platform crypto trading

Has the Bear Market Called Crypto's Bluff?

The Great Depression spurred the New Deal, which included both banking regulations and a basic poverty-reducing safety net. The Great Recession brought about far less after millions lost their homes, but Congress could at least pretend that it passed necessary financial reforms. Nathan Schneider is professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Media Enterprise Design Lab.

• 2023-08-03
• banking regulations crypto projects Metagovernance Project

Gaming Giant Bandai Namco Launches AI Virtual Pet NFT Game

Bandai Namco Research and partners have rolled out a virtual pet game, joining other publishers like Ubisoft and Sega on the Oasys blockchain.

• 2023-08-03
• Bandai Namco virtual pet game Oasys

Kenya becomes the first country to suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin A.I.-crypto scheme

Worldcoin wants governments as customers, but they may not be so keen.

• 2023-08-03
• Kenya A.I. universal basic income

Ether-Futures ETF Filings Return En Masse Amid Crypto Optimism

(Bloomberg) -- Exchange-traded fund issuers are once again venturing into crypto territory that regulators had recently steered them away from.Most Read from BloombergFitch’s US Credit Downgrade Sparks Criticism Along With UneaseMissing Goldman Sachs Analyst Confirmed Dead by New York PoliceS&P 500 Has Worst Day Since April After Big Rally: Markets WrapPoland Sends Troops to Belarus Border After Airspace BreachWhy the US Credit Rating Was Cut by Fitch and What It MeansVanEck, Roundhill and Volat

• 2023-08-03
• Bloomberg Bitcoin ETF US Securities and Exchange Commission

How to create a non-fungible token (NFT)

NFT curious? Here’s how to get started.

• 2023-08-03
• NFTs digital file format blockchain technology

MicroStrategy’s Saylor Expects to Retain Appeal Even If Bitcoin ETF Is Approved

(Bloomberg) -- MicroStrategy Inc.’s Michael Saylor says investors will continue to view his software firm as a Bitcoin proxy even if regulators approve the first US exchange-traded fund to directly hold the cryptocurrency. Most Read from BloombergFitch’s US Credit Downgrade Sparks Criticism Along With UneaseMissing Goldman Sachs Analyst Confirmed Dead by New York PoliceS&P 500 Has Worst Day Since April After Big Rally: Markets WrapPoland Sends Troops to Belarus Border After Airspace BreachWhy th

• 2023-08-03
• Michael Saylor Bloomberg MicroStrategy

GameStop to End Support of Its Crypto Wallet

Users are advised to ensure access to their Secret Passphrase by Oct. 1. Video game retailer GameStop says it will end support of its crypto wallet offering on Nov. 1, citing “regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.”The company, which posted notification of the move on its GameStop Wallet homepage, said it will remove its iOS and Chrome Extension wallets from the market and advised customers to access their Secret Passphrase, a security feature, by Oct. 1. Customers with access to the featur

• 2023-08-03
• GameStop crypto wallet digital currency

Bitcoin Ordinals profitability falls in July, but total inscriptions pile on

Revenue for NFT services on the Bitcoin network, or the aggregate value of marketplace fees and creator royalties, declined over July even as total Ordinals inscriptions crossed 20 million.

• 2023-08-02
• Ordinals Bitcoin network market capitalization

A New Bitcoin-Based Arcade Game Is Leaving a Mark on Gamers

A platform that went live last week looks to expand bitcoin usage by attracting players to win-to-earn games that run wholly on the Bitcoin blockchain.

• 2023-08-02
• Bitcoin City Bitcoin network