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Arbitrum Goes Big With Web3 Gaming Showcase at WebX Asia

Arbitrum Foundation brought Web3 gaming to this year’s WebX in Tokyo, Asia’s leading Web3 conference, with a programme including panel discussions, playable demos and evening soirées. On the show floor, hundreds of attendees stopped by the Arbitrum Foundation and ApeChain booth for the opportunity to get hands-on with playable key titles including onchain RPG Tarochi, memecoin racing title Kitty Kart Racing, and GameFi battler Gensokishi. Image: Arbitrum Also showcased were titles such as Aavego...

Bitcoin Hits Lowest Price in a Month Following Weak US Jobs Report

Bitcoin's price nosedived to below $54,000 per coin Friday after U.S. jobs data showed that hiring fell short of forecasts.  The largest digital asset by market cap is now trading hands for $53,829, CoinGecko shows, marking Bitcoin's lowest price recorded since August 5. It's down by almost 5% over the past 24 hours now, pushing its weekly dip to 8%. Markets reacted to data from the Labor Department showing that the economy added 142,000 jobs—lower than the expected mark of 160,000. While the un...

Telegram Game ‘Rocky Rabbit’ Opens Pre-Market Trading Ahead of Airdrop

Telegram-based tap-to-earn game Rocky Rabbit has launched pre-market trading for its upcoming RabBitcoin (RBTC) token through crypto exchange Bitget. This comes ahead of the token launch on The Open Network (TON) on September 23, with an airdrop likely to follow soon after. At the time of writing, Bitget traders have valued RBTC at $0.000005, although the token peaked at a value of $1. Bitget will also list the token for spot trading once it launches later this month. Pre-market trading lets cry...

SEC Is Coming After OpenSea—These Are the NFTs That Could Be in Trouble

When NFT marketplace OpenSea announced last week that it anticipates a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), bells of panic rang far and wide through the cryptosphere. The U.S. government was opening up a major new front in its war on crypto: It was finally coming for the heart of the NFT market.  But what does the development actually mean? Is every major NFT project now about to be labeled an illegal, unregistered security as some fear? Or might only particularly cash...

CZ Banned From 'Any Present or Future Involvement' In Managing Binance

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has a lifetime ban from “managing or operating” the centralized crypto exchange, according to current CEO Richard Teng. Teng revealed that Zhao would be barred from managing the platform for life in an interview with Axios, which revealed that it was a "key condition" of the plea agreement between Binance and U.S. authorities. This comes after reports initially suggested Zhao would only be banned for a number of years. “Under the terms of the agreement, CZ is p...

TON Foundation Pumps $24 Million into Fueling DeFi on Telegram-Linked Network

The organization that supports The Open Network, Telegram’s blockchain of choice, announced on Friday that it has contributed another $24 million worth of Toncoin (TON) to its DeFi incentive program, bringing the program’s total value to over $75 million to date. The TON Foundation originally created the program in April to encourage users to engage with decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on TON—a network that has become prominently known for popular crypto-backed games on Telegram and co...

Bitcoin Price Flirts With $55,000 As ETFs See Seventh Day of Outflows

Bitcoin tumbled to lows of just over $55,000 Friday morning, with experts warning of a potential further decline to $50,000, as Bitcoin ETFs hit a seven-day streak of outflows. The price of Bitcoin slipped to lows of $55,363, before recovering to trade at its current price of $56,125, down 1% on the day, per data from CoinGecko—reflecting broader market jitters and diminishing risk appetite among investors. Market analysts pointed to a confluence of factors, including sustained ETF outflows, br...