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In this article you will learn: Why most blockchain games fail How ambitious sales forecasts misjudge the actual market situation Why digital ownership alone is not a viable business model Why blockchain games have hardly any active players despite millions of…
The Swiss gaming regulator Gespa has filed a criminal complaint against FIFA's NFT platform. According to a statement published on October 17, suspicions have been confirmed that “unlicensed gambling services” are being operated “in connection with the blockchain-based platform FIFA Collect,”…
The NFT marketplace OpenSea has announced the long-awaited launch of its native token, SEA, for the first quarter of 2026. As OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer announced on X, half of the total token supply will be allocated to the community. This…
Japanese technology giant Sony is preparing to enter the crypto market. Through its subsidiary Sony Bank, the company has applied for a national banking license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), as Decrypt reports. This license would allow Sony to…
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has granted the Swiss crypto platform Cryptonow authorization as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This allows the company to offer regulated crypto services throughout the EU.…
A grassroots campaign is calling on the encrypted messaging app Signal to integrate private Bitcoin payments via the Cashu protocol. The goal is to subject money transactions to the same privacy standards that Signal already offers for messaging. For this purpose,…
France is targeting crypto companies. According to information obtained by Bloomberg, the French banking regulator ACPR is currently inspecting dozens of crypto exchanges, including Binance and Coinhouse, for possible violations of money laundering and terrorist financing regulations. The audits are intended…
PayPal is constantly in the headlines. Following yesterday's revelation that stablecoin issuer Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion worth of PYUSD, the payment service provider is also apparently experiencing a massive outage. According to various media outlets, around 40,000 users reported PayPal…
Ripple announces a partnership with South Africa's Absa Bank. The Johannesburg-based financial institution will use Ripple technology to custody digital assets. According to the announcement, the collaboration includes the provision of institutional custody infrastructure for tokenized assets, including cryptocurrencies. Absa, one…
Coinbase will list BNB. The company announced this today via its roadmap, which outlines future listings. This means BNB will soon be tradable on the largest crypto exchange in the US. So far, the native coin of the Binance Smart Chain…
The crypto exchange Backpack becomes the first trading platform to offer real, SEC-registered stocks natively on-chain. This is made possible through a collaboration with the financial technology company Superstate, which integrates its on-chain infrastructure “Opening Bell” into the exchange. The partnership…
Amundi, the largest European asset manager, plans to launch a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Note (ETN) in the first quarter of 2026. The product is intended to fully comply with the requirements of the European crypto regulation MiCA. Amundi aims to offer…