NFT.NYC: Games and tokenization are driving NFT industry maturation

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBitcoin pushes to clear $7,750 as key weekly close approachesIt’s a nail-biting…

While the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term socioeconomic effects are yet to be known, most economies are still dealing with the effects of the global financial crisis. Moreover, millions of households are under or unbanked, and there are additional obstacles faced by people, including slow wage growth, skyrocketing property costs and government debt as more and more…

Apple’s newly revealed mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro, has both turned tech-enthusiast heads and raised eyebrows after its unveiling at the WWDC on June 5. There was however, one glaring omission from the launch — a single mention of the word “metaverse.” Apple Vision Pro is everything we hoped for and then some. But…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw further losses on June 12 as thin weekend trading volumes fueled an ongoing sell-off.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewAnalyst likens risk asset 'pump' to 1929Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting lows of $27,150 on its sixth straight day of downside.With hours to go until the weekly close,…

Balaji Srinivasan has offered $1000 in Bitcoin to the first Twitter user who can get Vox’s technology news website Recode to retract a story about Silicon Valley’s ‘overreaction’ to COVID-19 in February.The former CTO of Coinbase made the offer on Twitter today. He specifically targeted Kara Swisher, the co-founder and editor-at-large of Recode.Srinivasan says he…

An Arbitrum-based algorithmic stablecoin project has fallen prey to a smart contract exploit, seeing $2 million stolen from users. 243 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTProspective users of an Arbitrum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) project have been left out of pocket following a $2 million exploit.Web3…

No industry, and no business, is a fan of economic uncertainty, and many financial experts consider the current global market to be precarious. While every business has to look at ways to shore up operations and cut costs in a down economy, the effort can be particularly challenging for Web3 companies, which are relatively young

SEC head Gary Gensler said that the authority spends only $325 million a year on tech, which is less than some industry players spend in two weeks. 1185 Total views 2 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to cooperate with Congress and other regulators to increase its oversight of cryptocurrency…