Cryptocurrency

The head of South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), plans to meet with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to discuss spot Bitcoin ETFs. According to local publication Hankyung, FSS governor Lee Bok-Hyun presented a business plan for the year ahead on February 5, detailing plans to visit “advanced financial […]

In a significant political development, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, known for his pro-Bitcoin stance, has been re-elected as President of El Salvador according to exit polls. Since assuming office in 2019, Bukele has garnered attention for his policies aimed at reducing gang violence and embracing Bitcoin as legal tender—a pioneering and controversial move globally.

“The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create,” the new book co-authored by Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers, is making waves for its unique approach to demystifying NFTs and blockchain for a broad audience. Since its January 23 release, “The Everything Token” has garnered substantial support

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Crypto Twitter was in classic form this week, with a cycle of minor controversies, dramatic u-turns, and splashy token launches culminating in Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announcing that he doesn’t want to be the face of the industry any longer.  It all started last weekend when WEN, a Solana

While the sports industry and the Olympics have worked hard to purge performance-enhancing drugs, a new organization backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel wants to let athletes dope. The Enhances Games is the creation of lawyer Aron D’Souza, known for leading Peter Thiel’s lawsuit against Gawker Media in 2013. “We want to end the oppression

GameStop has given up on NFTs. Less than three years after first hinting at its interest in NFTs, GameStop has ditched its NFT marketplace. As announced in January, the platform is no longer functional for buying and selling assets as of February 2, though it is still viewable online. The game retailer, which began as

Magic Eden recently launched a cross-chain rewards program that incentivizes the use of its popular NFT marketplace across Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon, along with opportunities tied to its new multi-chain wallet. Beyond its rewards program, Magic Eden also recently announced that it will open-source its minting and trading protocols in collaboration with a new

5 Questions With SCENE: Gala Marija Vrbanic Tribute Brand founder and CEO Gala Marija Vrbanic joins 5 Questions With SCENE to discuss not just fashion, but graffiti crimes, fishless aquariums, and the apparently emergent sport of wind chasing. Video shot and edited by Vincent Roazzi Jr. Source link

Earlier this week, The Solana Hunger Games took Twitter (aka X) by storm. Now a crypto-fueled version of the TV reality series “Survivor” has people scouring Brooklyn for secret codes, and competing in online arcade games to oust each other from their crypto island. Dylan Albruscato, former head of partnerships of the breakout mobile game

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Markets are ending the week strong after a rocky week of gains and losses. The price of Bitcoin is now $43,139, according to CoinGecko. That’s a seven-day rise of 3%. All eyes were on the biggest digital asset by market and what it would do before, during, and after