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Tag: Gaming and Metaverse
Neopets stung by major hack
Virtual pet owning game Neopets said that it was investigating a breach of customer data and recommended that users change their passwords. “Neopets recently became aware that customer data may ...
Animoca Brands snags top-level executives from McKinsey, Tencent and Accenture
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based blockchain software company, has appointed a handful of senior-level executives to the company, as it continues to expand its footprint in the web3 world. Alan Lau ...
Minecraft developer Mojang to restrict use of NFTs, blockchain tech with guideline update
Non-fungible token (NFT) integrations are “generally not something we will support or allow,” Minecraft developer Mojang Studios said Wednesday. The comments came in a blog post published...
Nearly 40% of NFT and GameFi M&A deals occurred in Q1 and Q2 of 2022
Companies operating in the non-fungible token market are seeing their presence in crypto deal-making increase, according to data compiled by The Block. Around 38% of merger and acquisitions among non...
Yuga Labs champions openness, collaborative development in Otherside litepaper
“It will eventually be replaced by a Codex that will continually evolve with Voyager input to share the most up-to-date information, announcements, and decisions that shape Otherside,” it ...
The Kingmaker of Generative Art
July 15, 2022, 2:02PM EDT • 12 min read Quick Take Art Blocks is a platform spearheading the evolution of generative art through NFTs Despite the inherent subjectivity of art, top sales for premium Ar...
Binance scales back investment in Axie Infinity developer’s post-hack fundraise
Binance has significantly reduced the size of its investment in Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis. In April, days after North Korean hackers stole $540 million in crypto from the sidechain that suppor...
NFT marketplace OpenSea lays off about 20% of its team
OpenSea became the latest crypto firm to announce layoffs, with CEO Devin Finzer revealing that roughly 20% of the team is being let go. In a statement posted to Twitter, CEO Devin Finzer wrote that &...
MoonPay bolsters team with hires from Cisco, Cash App and Coinbase
Crypto payments and non-fungible token (NFT) service provider MoonPay said on Thursday it has brought in a tranche of top executives, a move that goes against the grain of current crypto market hiring...