Cryptocurrency

When trying to regain access to your Kraken account, you may be asked to jump on a video call with a support agent to prove you are actually who you say you are. Last month, the centralized exchange said it caught someone wearing a Halloween-style rubber mask attempting to fool the worker on the other […]

A portrait of computer science pioneer Alan Turing by humanoid robot artist Ai-Da sold for $1.08 million at Sotheby’s, marking another milestone in AI art’s rapid market ascent. The sale price exceeded pre-auction estimates building on momentum from previous AI art breakthroughs. The price nearly 10-X’d earlier predictions, which assumed that the piece wouldn’t top

Ethereum has struggled to gain much momentum in recent months while Bitcoin has soared, breaking its all-time price record multiple times in early November—including once more on Friday afternoon. However, the second-largest crypto by market cap finally managed to breach the $3,000 threshold early Saturday for the first time since August 2, peaking out at

Global digital asset leader HashKey Capital and Web3 news outlet Decrypt are proud to announce the launch of Layer East Media, an alliance of the most influential Web3 media outlets across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the largest in the region currently. Layer East Media’s council is made up of members from leading blockchain media across

Standard Chartered issued an extraordinarily rosy note on Friday regarding the crypto industry’s near-term prospects, estimating that the digital assets market is poised to balloon nearly four times over to a market capitalization of $10 trillion by the end of 2026.  “We expect the coming two-year period to see similar price gains for digital assets

South Korean game developer Delabs Games announced plans to bring the popular role-playing game franchise Ragnarok to Telegram in Q1 2025, following a pivot by the company to embrace the messaging platform’s burgeoning crypto gaming scene. The Seoul-based company’s adaptation of the classic Ragnarok IP will focus on maze exploration gameplay while incorporating new social

Roblox-style metaverse game Nifty Island concluded its play-to-airdrop campaign last week. Over the nine-month push, the game attracted more than 140,000 unique active wallets—but now it’s preparing for the ISLAND token launch and airdrop. Nifty Island entered open beta at the start of the year as a voxel-style sandbox title, letting players create and share

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, now handles more Bitcoin than gold for its flagship iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs). To put it more precisely: The Wall Street giant’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) has now surpassed its iShares Gold ETF (IAU) in terms of net assets—a remarkable feat given the fact that the former product

Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.)—an Ethereum meme coin inspired by Elon Musk’s proposed U.S. government office of the same name—has doubled in price, outpacing the billionaire’s beloved Dogecoin (DOGE) amid its own hot streak. The D.O.G.E. token surged roughly 75% to $0.163 in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. By comparison‌, Dogecoin’s price is

Now that Donald Trump is set to become the next president of the United States, a strategic Bitcoin reserve is in the cards. The idea was teased by Trump and several other U.S. politicians in July and early August, but lost steam following a Bitcoin price crash. One of those prominent voices is that of