Blockchain gaming user activity dipped and funding slowed in April, but the overall ecosystem is healthier and maturing, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.User activity dropped 10% over April, with blockchain gaming reaching a 2025
coinkurier.de
Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked
Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Starknet has reached a decentralization milestone laid out by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and is now the largest zero-knowledge rollup-based network by total value locked.Starknet said in a press release
Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto
The Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has passed a bill allowing its small constituent island of Tinian to launch a stablecoin, overriding an earlier veto by the territory’s governor.The 20-member Northern Mariana Islands
Crypto’s lack of ‘frothy use case’ a good sign: WisdomTree exec
DOJ charges 12 more gamer-turned $263M Bitcoin robbers
Another 12 people have been charged for their involvement in a $263 million crypto crime spree that stole 4,100 Bitcoin from a Genesis creditor last August, along with a string of break-ins and money laundering. The 12 new names, included in
Grok 'white genocide' rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an “unauthorized modification” to the Grok chatbot’s response, causing it to generate responses mentioning political and racial tensions in South Africa. On May 16,
Coinbase drops 7% on customer breach, SEC probe into user numbers
Coinbase stock dipped after news broke of a cyberattack that exposed customer data and an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over misstated user numbers in 2021.The double whammy of bad news rattled investors as company stock
Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company
Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to add
AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI
Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in the latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data. The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake
Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim
US federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, but will drop a small part of their indictment after the Department of Justice rolled back its crypto enforcement last month.Jay Clayton, the acting