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Play-to-Earn 'GameFi' Apps Surpass DeFi in User Popularity DeFi is still where much of the money is, but gaming is catching up. The top five gaming dapps recently had a total balance of invested funds of more than...

Kardiachain is mentioned in Messari’s GameFi In the report about GameFi and its impact on gamers, Analyst Jerry Sun explained blockchain as a fundamental building block for GameFi. The success of GameFi depends on...

Prominent crypto investor Coatue, known for backing Chainalysis, invested $300 million in Niantic’s metaverse project. Niantic, the developer of the popular augmented reality (AR) mobile game Pokemon Go, is...

Mastercard launches crypto-linked cards across Asia-Pacific Mastercard announced on Tuesday that it will launch crypto-linked payment cards across the Asia-Pacific region. The crypto-linked payment cards will be...

Several layer-1 blockchains see price surge, the beginning of altcoin season Since Bitcoin retreated from its ATH last week, several altcoins are taking off. This week, Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency,...

Macro-environment Why crypto is a lot different today than in 2017 The biggest change in the crypto landscape is that many protocols have evolved from R&D phase startups into cash flow generating businesses. The...

Macro-environment BTC future ETF and BTC hit new ATH at above $66,000 The BTC future ETF fund saw about $1 billion of trading volume on its first trading day, indicating the demand of traditional investors to invest...

Macro-environment of the crypto market SEC Approves Bitcoin ETF The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) greenlighted bitcoin futures ETFs after the Friday meeting. The first Bitcoin Strategy ETF by ProShares is...

Macro-environment of the crypto market BTC price over $55,000 making BTC market cap to be $1 trillion. Someone bought up $1.6B worth of BTC via market orders in just 5 minutes (on Oct 6). Maybe risk investors tried...

Macro-environment of the crypto market The U.S macro-environment seems to be bright for cryptocurrencies.  U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he does not intend to ban cryptocurrencies, but said...

Macro-environment of the crypto market How Evergrande affected stock and crypto markets Evergrande expanded aggressively to become one of China's biggest real estate developers by borrowing more than $300 billion. Last...

Macro-environment of the crypto market MicroStrategy MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 5,050 bitcoins for approximately $242.9 million in cash at an average price of $48,099 per Bitcoin. As of 9/12/2021, it...