Author: Jeremy Ryan

On Tuesday, the French National Assembly passed the so-called Sorare law, introducing the first dedicated regulatory framework for video games tapping NFTs and crypto-powered monetization schemes. It was voted as part of the broader Digital Space Regulation Law–or SREN–in the French National Assembly, involving 561 members who cast their votes. Among them, 437 members voted for its adoption, while 77 members voted against it. France Moves Ahead With Tighter Crypto Rules for New Entrants Referred to as the “Jonum regime,” which stands for games with monetizable digital objects, the text seeks to balance fostering innovation among French startups and ensuring…

Over the past few days, the crypto platform Rarible has been the subject of serious accusations regarding certain NFT auctions. The Non-Fungible Token market has been going through a difficult period for months now, and this could lead to operators in the sector looking for other borderline sources of revenue. Crypto news: allegations against NFT marketplace Rarible Manipulation Rarible’s response Rarible’s crypto and NFT ecosystem The NFT market Crypto news: allegations against NFT marketplace Rarible The specific problem concerns certain auctions run by Unstoppable Domains on Rarible. A few days ago, an analysis by Match Systems was published on the…

The Halloween events are starting to arrive. And in a special event called Pumpkin Hunt, Boss Fighters players have a chance to earn two, new, Halloween themed skins. The task is pretty easy. Just play the game and destroy the pumpkins you see in-game! Beginning on Friday, October 20th, Boss Fighters players will have a chance to play and earn special Halloween themed skins simply by destroying pumpkins you see in-game! Two skins are up for grabs, one a Boss skin, and the other a skin for the Striker weapon. In order to qualify, players must destroy at least 30…

Bitpanda introduces multi-chain network support to facilitate users in moving selected crypto assets across multiple blockchains, including the Polygon Network and the BNB Smart Chain. Multi-network support benefits a user with the provision of further workability options with regards to the shifting of crypto assets. The user is also able to select amongst various networks, keeping in mind his particular requirements, and it comes at a lower price. Bitpanda is furthering the backing of crypto assets on Tether (USDT), where the deposits are made through the Polygon network and the BNB Smart Chain. Along with that is the USD Coin…

Korean crypto services firm Team Blackbird, which runs the blockchain data and analytics platform CryptoQuant, said it introduced a crypto wallet in partnership with SK Telecom (SKT), the biggest mobile phone company in South Korea by users. Users of the T wallet product will gain access to a blockchain-based application on their phones that lets them store tokens and access CryptoQuant’s on-chain analysis tools – which may help aid their market activities, Team Blackbird CEO Ki Young Joo said in a message to CoinDesk on Wednesday. Jong Seung Kim, SKT’s Web3 business team leader, said the wallet could help contribute…

According to a source inside The Block, Microsoft former global head of Web3 business development and AI, Vassilis Tziokas, has joined the Matter Labs team to strengthen the zkSync Era ecosystem. Tziokas, who has experience of his own at Microsoft, says he wants to unlock the “holy grail” of Web3 with the help of Ethereum’s scalability solution. zkSync has opened its doors to the veteran tech giant, and is ready to move on to the next step in its roadmap, which is to decentralize its sequencers as much as possible. In the meantime, the rollup is recording excellent numbers in…

The ApeCoin DAO, following the approval of Ape Improvement Proposal (AIP) 209, has announced its partnership with Forj, an NFT platform under the umbrella of Animoca Brands. This collaboration aims to introduce an NFT accelerator program, designed to bolster projects that focus on augmenting the functionality and worth of the ApeCoin.Community-Driven Ape AcceleratorThe Ape Accelerator program, described as a community-driven Web3 initiative, is set to be funded by the ApeCoin DAO. This program serves as a gateway for promising projects to showcase their business propositions to the expansive ApeCoin community, which boasts a membership of over 200,000 individuals. By fostering…

Social media platform Reddit plans to pull the plug on its blockchain-based reward service Community Points. “The regulatory environment has added to scalability limitations. Though the moderators and communities that supported Community Points have been incredible partners, as it’s evolved, the product is no longer set up to scale,” Reddit wrote in a message reviewed by The Block. “Moving away from Points allows us to invest in products that provide value to more Redditors,” it added. “We’ve also launched, or are actively investing in, several products that accomplish what the Community Points program was aimed at.” Reddit will sunset Community…

Cutting-edge artist Refik Anadol’s latest digital art collection dubbed “Winds of Yawanawa” may be the one lone bright spot in an otherwise dim NFT market. The project, a collection of “data paintings,” has generated $3.9 million (2,493 ether) in sales over the past week, according to OpenSea data. The eruption of interest in Winds of Yawanawa, a collaboration between the Brazilian indigenous community Yawanawa and Anadol, comes amid a broader NFT market downturn that has seen trading volumes plummet by more than 90% since a bull run bolstered by excitement for mostly low-resolution picture-for-profile NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht…

Apple versus Android. Windows versus UNIX. They’re examples of classic tech rivalries that in many ways, Mert Mumtaz says, resemble the blockchain clash between the integrated ecosystem of Solana and the modular world of Ethereum. And in any free market tech rivalry Mumtaz can recall from the past, the leader didn’t retain total market superiority in the long term. “I have never seen a piece of technology that has been 95% of the market — and people are betting on it to keep growing in the next five to ten years, in terms of relative market share.” “Even Windows didn’t…