Both games incorporate Web3 innovations such as self-balancing tokenomics and dynamic guild warfare systems, giving top guilds the power to influence in-game resources and rewards. In an announcement during the ongoing Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), which started on September 4, Planetarium Labs, a leading Web3 gaming company, has unveiled two innovative blockchain games that promise to redefine the gaming experience for players. The first game, Verse8, is an open-source, decentralized...
Read More »US Treasury and IRS Propose Cryptocurrency Reporting Rules for Brokers
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that “limits on third party information reporting to the IRS is an important factor contributing to the tax gap, which is the difference between taxes legally owed and taxes actually paid”. The United States Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have jointly released a proposed set of cryptocurrency regulations requiring brokers to report gains and losses incurred during the sale of cryptocurrency...
Read More »Taiwan to Ban All Offshore Exchanges on Failure of Compliance
The Taiwanese government is planning to release guiding principles by the month end, in order to boost information disclosure for crypto exchanges. Taiwan is preparing to introduce some sweeping regulatory changes while restricting offshore exchanges from operating in the country without any proper compliance in place. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of Taiwan has formulated ten guiding principles for virtual asset service providers to establish their own self-regulatory...
Read More »D3 Raises $5M to Drive Web3 Adoption through Digital Domains
D3 Global, an emerging domain name company, closed a $5 million seed funding round led by Shima Capital. D3 aims to transform domain names into the foundational layer of the internet and bridge Web2 and Web3 with secure digital identities. On September 5th, the emerging domain name company D3 Global announced the successful closure of a $5 million seed funding round. This round was led by Shima Capital, along with several other financing companies and funds such as Maelstrom by Arthur...
Read More »Five Under-the-Radar DeFi Projects You Should Be Watching
Read about five under-the-radar protocols that are expected to change the onchain game. DeFi continues to defy expectations while refusing to be written off. In 2023 the decentralized finance sector has spawned new use cases while entering new ecosystems and chains. The sort of primitives that emerged in the early 2020s, for lending, borrowing, trading, and yield generation, have undergone a makeover. The “swap token A for token B through a single liquidity pool” model popularized by...
Read More »Coinbase to Launch Crypto Lending Service for Institutional Clients
In addition to the failed Lend program, Coinbase has attempted other lending services in the past. Coinbase has announced that it is working on a crypto lending service for institutional clients in the United States. A September 1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that the company has already raised $57 million to go towards the project. The service would help fill the hole left in the market after the implosion of major crypto lenders like Genesis and...
Read More »MetaMask Unveils New Feature Allowing Users to Sell ETH for Fiat
MetaMask introduces the “fiat-off-ramp” feature on the platform by allowing users to convert their ETH holdings to fiat currency. On Tuesday, September 5, the popular cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask announced that it had launched a new feature that would allow users to sell ETH for fiat currency. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on September 5, MetaMask announced that users with crypto wallets connected to the Portfolio decentralized application could now convert their Ether (ETH)...
Read More »Coinbase Ups Its Debt Repurchase Bond Buyback Program to $180M
Coinbase has decided to increase the buyback cap to a substantial $180 million thereby leading to a notable surge in investor participation. On Tuesday, September 5, the world’s leading crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it is topping its debt buyback from $150 million previously, to now at $180 million. Thus, Coinbase is willing to buy back a larger number of its outstanding Notes than it unveiled previously. As per the announcement made on September 5, Coinbase has allocated $180...
Read More »Sorare Launches 3D Football Player Cards with Augmented Reality
With the introduction of the Sorare App’s AR functionality, fans can now take their virtual football experience beyond the screen and into their everyday lives. Web3 fantasy sports platform Sorare has announced the launch of its 3D digital football player cards with built-in Augmented Reality (AR) features. This bold move aims to revolutionize the way fans interact with their favorite football players and take fantasy sports to a whole new level. Sorare Unveils a New Era of Fantasy Sports...
Read More »Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures VC Firm Leads GenTwo $15M Funding Round
Point72 Ventures, through the funding round, will help GenTwo extend its offerings and also expand its international business. Securitization specialist fintech GenTwo has raised $15 million in a recently concluded Series A funding round. The round was led by venture capital firm Point72 Ventures, founded by billionaire hedge fund manager and investor Steven Cohen. The billionaire owns a baseball team – the New York Mets. GenTwo has a PRO platform that helps investors securitize and trade...
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