Announcements

In less than a week, Animoca Brands has acquired two major video games publishers: Eden Games and Darewise Entertainment.

Financial services behemoth Fidelity is venturing into the world of digital assets by announcing new crypto and metaverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Ethereum challenger Terra (LUNA) continues to build up its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves as the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance adds support for its stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST).

The four-day event brought together developers, business leaders, policymakers and builders of the Bitcoin economy.

Platypus is launching their gamified interface in May 2022 under the name ‘Platopia.’ Within the Platopia realm, utility NFTs can be minted and traded to catalyze superior yield performance. Platypus is already leading the race with its novel AMM, genius algorithm and innovative concepts – and the launch of its GameFi will transform how users interact with decentralized exchanges.

Oasis.app, the platform enabling DeFi users to borrow and multiply their exposure to cryptocurrencies, as well as earn on their assets, has raised $6 million in funding during a Series A funding round led by Libertus Capital. Other investors, including Road Capital and high profile angels in the DeFi space also contributed to the funding round. The $6 million in funding was received in both cash and crypto.

Splinterlands, one of the most popular play-to-earn (P2E) games, has announced that it will be switching over to decentralized Splintershards (SPS) validator nodes. The mainnet launch of the SPS validator node software is expected to roll out during the third or fourth quarter of 2022.

Interviewed by Cointelegraph at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit on Wednesday, Helen Hai recalled the empowering support she received from Changpeng Zhao (CZ) when pitching the initial idea for what has become a multi-million-user platform.

Greenidge has refuted the claims that is pursuing legal action right now or “preventing anyone from sharing their position.”

The price of ETH has been on a bullish tear recently. After dropping to around $1,780 on July 21, it has since gained 147% to sit at around $4,400.