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In brief SharpLink Gaming has bought even more Ethereum, adding $264.5 million in digital coins to its treasury. The Nasdaq-listed firm has pivoted its focus to accumulating ETH. Ethereum was trading above $3,630, down a few fractions of a percentage point over the past 24 hours. Ethereum treasury SharpLink Gaming bought $264.5 million in Ethereum…
In brief Google is launching Kaggle Gaming Arena with top AI models facing off in a live-streamed chess tournament. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others will compete in bracket-style matches judged by skill-based rankings. The tournament will test AI reasoning under pressure, with move logic and strategy revealed to the public. On Tuesday, Google will launch…
August is the month of “Remember that Franchise?” Aside from the annual Madden game, a lot of the games we’re looking forward to this month are returns to older franchises—one of which hasn’t seen a new entry in almost 15 years. There are a few remake/remaster-type games on this list, but our first entry, Mafia: The…
In brief Pseudonymous “SharpLink Whale” currently holds $3 million worth of ETH treasury company but no actual Ethereum. The trader told Decrypt he is willing to pay a premium on the asset for the company to custody and yield millions of dollars worth of Ethereum for him. However, he warns against copycat Ethereum treasury firms,…
In brief Vitalik.run is an endless roguelike runner with elements of Game Dev Tycoon, tracking Vitalik Buterin’s journey of creating and leading Ethereum. The developer called it educational in a “South Park way.” Players battle their way through creating the Ethereum whitepaper, the ICO craze, and avoiding World of Warcraft distractions. Despite being rooted in…
In brief Bitcoin whales holding 10-10,000 BTC accumulated 0.9% of the total supply over four months, including 30,000 BTC over the past 48 hours. Despite whale buying, large-scale profit-taking occurred with one whale offloading $9 billion worth of Bitcoin through Galaxy Digital. Whales are expanding beyond Bitcoin into Ethereum, Solana, and select memecoins while the…
In brief Newly formed company The Ether Machine has purchased 15,000 Ethereum (ETH) at a cost of $56.9 million, bringing its ETH holdings to $1.28 billion. This makes it one of the largest ETH treasuries, just behind Bitmine Immersion Tech and SharpLink Gaming and ahead of the Ethereum Foundation. Investors are increasingly looking to invest…
In brief Etherex, a new decentralized exchange on Linea, aims to fulfill the original promise of Ethereum DEX. The DEX is designed to be completely user-aligned, providing all trading fees and incentives back to locked token holders. It ultimately could attract capital from major ETH holders and institutions by offering “superior yield.” Newly launched crypto…
July 30, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that UNITE is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading UNITE trading is live as of July 30, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
In brief Steam and Itch.io removed a wide range of adult games, following Collective Shout issuing an open letter to payment processors about titles involving “rape, incest, and child sexual abuse-themed games.” Collective Shout told Decrypt that it had “discussed” also pressuring crypto payment processors to do the same and may revisit the issue in…
