Cryptocurrency

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—often referred to as North Korea—is reportedly responsible for 61% of crypto stolen this year, according to Chainalysis. “In 2023, North Korea-affiliated hackers stole approximately $660.50 million across 20 incidents; in 2024, this number increased to $1.34 billion stolen across 47 incidents—a 102.88% increase in value stolen,” reads a recent […]

Community Gaming announced Monday that its upcoming video game-centric prediction market Forkast will launch on Ethereum sidechain gaming network Ronin. The platform will allow users to stake tokens and earn rewards while making predictions about gaming, esports, Web3, and internet culture events. Forkast is one of the first consumer apps to be integrated into Ronin,

Newly unveiled The Grid is a Web3 structuring and verifying system, which could be the “map” data needed to make the blockchain world more accessible than ever before. After working on this for seven years, The Grid is coming into the limelight as a meta standard that can help data platforms connect to the blockchain

Crypto exchange Gate.io’s native token GateToken (GT) hit an all-time high of $14.01 in December, per data from CoinGecko, amid surging user numbers for the platform and the release of its December reserve report. Amid a wider slump in the crypto market, GateToken has retreated from its all-time high to a current value of $13.07,

The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to

Bo Hines, a former Republican nominee for the House of Representatives, has been named by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets. Per a Truth Social post from Trump, Hines will oversee a “new advisory group composed of luminaries from the crypto industry” and work

Bitcoin Miner is one of the most compelling mobile games we’ve played that pays out actual Bitcoin along the way. Unlike BTC-infused riffs on solitaire, sudoku, and other classic games, it does so in a colorful, recursive game about mining fake cryptocurrency. It’s a slam dunk for crypto enthusiasts, even though—as with all of these

Good news for AI developers and hobbyists: Nvidia just made it a lot cheaper to build AI-powered robots, drones, smart cameras and other gadgets that need a brain. The company’s new Jetson Orin Nano Super, announced Tuesday and available now, packs more processing muscle than its predecessor while costing half as much at $249. The

Two California men have been charged with orchestrating a series of NFT rug pulls that totaled more than $22 million bilked from buyers, the U.S. Department of Justice said in an indictment unsealed on Friday. The DOJ said the case is the largest NFT scheme it’s ever prosecuted. Gabriel Hay of Beverly Hills, and Gavin

It’s been a rough few days for crypto prices after several weeks of upward strides, with Dogecoin losing nearly a quarter of its value over the past seven days as the recently surging Bitcoin and XRP mark their own substantial—but less severe—declines. Dogecoin, the original meme coin and still largest by market cap, is down