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Gaming and metaverse DAO giant Merit Circle voted to burn all remaining tokens left in the Community Incentives wallet as a way to reduce the total supply. The project has been carrying out monthly token burns but decided in favor of bulk destruction. A proposal to burn 200 million MC tokens saw an overwhelming number of votes supporting the motion. Out of 232 votes, only three were against the idea. Following the creation of the Community Incentives wallet, 294 million...

German financial multinational Deutsche Bank says it is “well on track to meet 2022 goals” following a sound Q3 2022 outing.Deutsche Bank recently posted its Q3 2022 financial report, which logged its ninth consecutive quarter of profit. For the third quarter, the Frankfurt-based German banking giant comfortably beat the projected estimates of analysts. Deutsche Bank reported 1.115 billion euros ($1.11 billion) in net income for the period ended September 30th, compared to analysts’ estimate...

Barclays’ resilient performance in Q3 is a testament to the bank’s highly diversified business model and income streams despite notable economic headwinds that played out.British multinational banking giant Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) has posted a better-than-expected net income following the release of its performance report for the third quarter (Q3). Despite the currently harsh economic climate and the political instability in the United Kingdom, Barclays posted a net profit attributable to...

TON may be the highest gainer for today, having surged by over 17%, but it is not the only coin surging at the moment.It appears that the Telegram-based Toncoin (TON) cryptocurrency is riding on the waves of rival WhatsApp’s recent misfortune. This follows after the cryptocurrency started seeing gains following the earlier crash of WhatsApp messenger.  As of publication, Toncoin (TON) is up by over 17% in the last 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap data.It is noteworthy, however, that the impact of...

Ethereum (ETH) has emerged as the top performer in the top ten crypto-list gaining over 14% and moving past $1,500 for the first time since the Merge event.On Tuesday, October 25, the broader crypto market made a sharp rally surging past more than 5% and above the $1 trillion market cap. As of the press time, the broader cryptocurrency market is up 7% with a combined market cap of $995 billion.The world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) has also gained 7% and is currently trading at...

The fact that Adidas was bold enough to cut its ties with Ye is considered a positive deterrent and a strong message, particularly to superstars who exhibit racist tendencies.German multinational clothing, shoes, and accessories brand Adidas AG (ETR: ADS) has ended its corporate partnership with Ye, also known as Kanye West, over the rapper’s anti-semitic rhetoric. The cutting of ties has been devastating for Ye as Forbes noted that the deal halt has cost him his billionaire status.“Adidas...

An internal document has shown that the number of active users on Twitter is continuously reducing and could affect revenue.According to information obtained by Reuters, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is in a bit of a bind as it is struggling to retain its most active users. The number of most active users, or “heavy tweeters” is declining, a major challenge for the social media platform.Reuters says internal Twitter research shows that heavy tweeters post more than 90% of all tweets even though they...

Microsoft provided weak guidance on its next fiscal quarter primarily due to its lagging cloud business Azure.Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) declined 7% in Tuesday’s extended trading after the company projected weak quarterly guidance. On its latest earnings call, the tech giant reported that its fiscal first quarter had cloud revenue coming in lower than expected. However, Microsoft beat analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines.For instance, the tech giant reported a revenue...

The new NFT custody platform from Seba Bank is designed to let users securely store their NFTs without having to deal with managing their own private keys.Seba Bank has launched its first NFT service, an institutional-grade, certified, and independently audited hot and cold storage custody product for blue-chip NFTs.The new service will now enable the Swiss bank’s retail and institutional clients to store tokens of Ethereum-based NFT collections including Bored Apes and CryptoPunks in the...

A phishing scammer who goes by the name – Monkey Drainer – has reportedly stolen 700 ETH worth over $1 million, as per on-chain sleuth ‘ZachXBT.’ The two largest victims – 0x02a and 0x626 – collectively lost $370k after signing transactions on malicious phishing sites operated by the perpetrator. One of the victims, 0x02a, reportedly lost 1 Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, 1 CloneX, 36,000 USDC, and 12 other non-fungible tokens (NFT) totaling around $150,000. The other...