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In brief Football.fun is a new on-chain soccer platform that blends crypto trading with fantasy sports gameplay. The platform has grown by more than 10x in the last two weeks. Users can buy shares in their favorite soccer players from the world’s top pro leagues and profit on their success. The growing soccer talk among…
In brief Crypto gaming has experienced a growing trend of games and studios shutting down. Game creators are struggling to find funding to complete development, among other commonly cited issues. Once-promising blockchain games like Deadrop, Nyan Heroes, Ember Sword, and Pirate Nation top the list. While crypto gaming has long been seen as a key…
In brief SharpLink Gaming added around $250 million in Ethereum to its treasury last week. The firm now holds nearly 800,000 ETH valued around $3.6 billion. Myriad predictors are split as to whether or not the firm will reach its goal of 1 million ETH by mid-September. Gambling marketer turned Ethereum treasury company SharpLink Gaming…
In brief Sugar Match is a new mobile puzzle game akin to Candy Crush Saga, albeit with crypto features. The game is built around the CNDY token minted on Tezos layer-2 network, Etherlink. The mobile game is now available in Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Candy Crush Saga’s glossy, streamlined take on match-3…
In brief Pantera may launch “Solana Co.” to hold Solana tokens as a corporate treasury asset. The effort would begin with a $500 million raise, followed by $750 million in warrants. A single entity could end up holding more Solana than all current public treasuries combined. Pantera Capital is reportedly seeking to raise up to…
In brief Google Cloud exec Jack Buser warned that rising costs and stagnant play time have left studios with a broken business model. A recent Google Cloud study said nine of 10 developers now use AI tools somewhere in production. While critics fear job losses and backlash as AI reshapes game design, Buser said AI…
Just two days after finally breaking past its all-time high mark set all the way back in November 2021, Ethereum climbed to an even higher peak on Sunday.Ethereum rose as high as $4,945 on Sunday, per data from CoinGecko, while CoinMarketCap shows an even higher jump to $4,948. ETH remains close to both marks, currently…
In brief Ethereum hit a new all-time high on Friday, but Arthur Hayes thinks it is going much higher. The BitMEX founder upped his price prediction to $10,000-$20,000 this cycle. The prediction is fueled by his anticipation that Trump’s administration will adopt major quantitative easing. After setting a new all-time high price on Friday, Ethereum…
In brief Ex Populus, creator of the Xai gaming blockchain, is suing Elon Musk’s xAI for trademark infringement, and asking a court to block its use of the “xAI” name in gaming and blockchain. The company says Musk’s expansion of xAI into gaming caused confusion with media, users, and even X’s own AI chatbot Grok,…
In brief SharpLink Gaming unveiled $1.5 billion in potential stock buybacks. The company traded at a slight premium to its Ethereum holdings. SharpLink’s stock price surged more than 15% on Friday to $20.83. SharpLink Gaming can repurchase up to $1.5 billion worth of common stock under a newly authorized repurchase program, the Ethereum treasury firm…
