Author: Jeremy Ryan

Terrariums V1.1 went live July 15, 2026, less than four weeks after the land system replaced Homeland in June Evolved parts now add Atia’s Flame boosts scaled by rarity: Shiny Axie plus evolved Shiny part adds 10 Flame; Shiny Axie plus evolved Japanese part adds 8; Shiny Axie plus normal evolved part adds 4 Accessories contribute to Atia’s Flame for the first time, rewarding players who invested in their collection beyond Axies alone Fortune Slips now activate a 24-hour 10% Atia’s Flame buff on your plot; stackable by buying multiple at once Land item placement buffs are also part of…

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Adoption Surges Payment volume processed on crypto cards has climbed to a record $12.5 billion, up 140% year-to-date, according to data from paymentscan.xyz, first shared by The Kobeissi Letter. The figure is also 247% higher than levels recorded in October 2025. The surge is being driven by growing use of stablecoins as a payment rail and a broader push for cheaper, faster cross-border transactions, The Kobeissi Letter said. BREAKING: The total volume of payments processed on crypto cards has reached a record $12.5 billion, up +140% year-to-date.This also marks…

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes believes the AI investment mania will be a major positive catalyst for Bitcoin if it ends up crashing down.In an interview with CNBC at the Gamma Prime Investing Conference in Singapore, Hayes said that the excessive investments pouring into AI data centers are ripe for an oversupply. You Might Also Like Possible AI Crash Bullish for Bitcoin, Hayes Says Meme Coin Digest for October 7: Wave of Zcash Memes, Popular Copycats Crash The current investment mania in AI is a multitrillion-dollar case of capital misallocation, said Hayes. At the end of the day, all this…

Bitcoin fell about 1.5% to just above $84,200 as of Wednesday Asian morning hours as oil climbed on stepped-up Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, lifting Treasury yields and the dollar.DOGE led the losses among the majors, sliding 5% to about 9 cents. HYPE dropped nearly 4% to about $91, and ether lost 3.5% to about $2,610. XRP fell nearly 3% to about $1.46, while BNB, SOL, ZEC and TRX each slipped between 1% and 2.5%, according to CoinDesk data.Bitcoin traded near $86,600 on Tuesday before a sharp drop early Wednesday took it as low as about…

The design keeps the tokens in a shared smart contract, a program on Cardano that controls how they can be moved. Computers checking transactions enforce the chosen rules before accepting a transfer. It uses capabilities already available on Cardano and required no hard fork, a change to the network’s underlying rules.”The rules have to travel with the asset and be enforced every time it moves,” Frederik Gregaard, chief executive of the Cardano Foundation, said in a statement to CoinDesk.Issuers can select existing sets of rules or write their own, and update them as regulations change. The foundation named wallets Eternl…

tl;dr: zkAPI lets you pay for a metered API without being known. Deposit credits into an Ethereum vault once, then authorize bounded usage with zero-knowledge proofs instead of an identity. The provider sees the requests, and the payment layer sees the spend. Neither learns the link between them. The Open Anonymity Project built it with the Ethereum Foundation, and it runs on Ethereum Mainnet today. The problem Every AI API call today carries an identity. Your API key points to an account, the account to a payment method, and every prompt you send joins the record attached to both. The…

The team now cites stalled growth, thin trading markets, limited institutional activity and a small decentralized-finance market among its reasons for closing.“Even after losing 8 figures, we could have launched a token or pursued an ICO. Ultimately we decided against this,” Netz wrote on X.Netz added Igloo will now put its full focus on Pudgy Penguins, its digital collectibles and PENGU, the cryptocurrency associated with the brand. “We could no longer justify taking from the Pudgy Penguins business,” he wrote.The cost of keeping a blockchain runningAbstract reported more than 325 million transactions, $6 billion in decentralized-exchange trading and 4 million…

Massive XRP transfers to Binance could increase selling pressure, although inflows alone do not prove that investors are selling. XRP transfers to Binance have increased sharply, raising questions about possible selling pressure in the short term. According to CryptoQuant’s latest findings, around 1.6 billion tokens flowed into the exchange over the past 30 days. This is the highest 30-day inflow recorded since March. Inflows Rise, as Futures Stay Strong Large amounts of XRP moving to an exchange can be a warning sign. Traders often send tokens to exchanges when they plan to sell. However, the inflow alone does not confirm…

Introduction of Champions’ Inferno Sorare has rolled out its latest competition, Champions’ Inferno, featuring rewards as high as $5,000. This new edition includes two Hot Streak boards for Limited and Rare cards, significantly expanding gameplay options for managers. Changes to Card Usage A notable change in Champions’ Inferno is the increase in Classic card usage. Unlike typical season competitions that limit managers to one Classic card, this new format allows the inclusion of up to three Classic cards. This adjustment aims to revitalize Classic card collections, giving them a more prominent role in gameplay. Competition Structure and Timeline The competition…

Federal prosecutors are using a new Bitcoin Fog appeal to defend trying two counts against Roman Storm in New York. Their Oct. 5 letter asks Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject his venue challenge on the money-laundering and money-transmission conspiracy counts. Storm co-founded Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer that obscures transaction trails.The filing arrived as Treasury moved to withdraw a broad mixer-reporting proposal. The continuing case turns on prosecutors’ allegation that Storm knowingly participated in criminal activity, while the policy changes recognize lawful privacy and limit particular charging decisions. Whether his software work crossed that criminal boundary remains disputed.Storm, posting…