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Several ‘Satoshi era’ bitcoin have been active in the past few years. In July 2023, a wallet dormant for 11 years transferred $30 million worth of the asset to other wallets, while in August, another wallet transferred 1,005 BTC to a new address.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission granted approval for Nasdaq to list and trade options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. Per the details shared in the official filing on Sept. 20, the SEC’s approval comes after a lengthy review process that started on Jan. 9, 2024. That was when Nasdaq initially filed the proposal to trade options on exchange-traded products. Nasdaq consistently followed up on its proposal with multiple amendments, which began on Jan 11. Over the following months, the exchange submitted additional amendments and information regarding IBIT and other Bitcoin-based (BTC) ETPs. SEC’s approval involved multiple stages of review…
Illustration: Kotaku / Vicky LetaIn This StoryWelcome to the weekend, puzzlers! There’s a rugged Connections waiting for you today—each group has one word that, when taken with the one word from another group, could easily form its own group. But they don’t, so you’d be wrong. (Like we were, darn it.) Maybe you’ll need some wake-me-up background music to get you ready—something nice and gentle like the Helldivers 2 soundtrack, maybe? Go spread democracy!Here for you while you listen are your daily sweet 16 words, back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections brainbuster from The New…
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem highlighted the potential risks AI poses to inflation and financial stability in the short term.
Image: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios / SegaAt the beginning of the year, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launched a hell of an opening salvo. The latest installment in the long-running Like a Dragon/Yakuza series is comically full of things to do. On one hand, it’s a turn-based RPG epic, splitting its narrative between two larger-than-life protagonists in entirely different settings complete with their own villains, party members, and side stories. On the other hand, it is more game than anybody could possibly need, housing several side activities, minigames, and at least two-full sized games within itself. If you’re a person…
“Memecoins are experiencing a surge largely due to the anticipation of increased liquidity following the Federal Reserve’s recent 0.5% interest rate cut,” Alex Andryunin, founder of Gotbit Hedge Fund, known for backing memecoinds, said in a message to CoinDesk. “Market expectations for lower rates have converged, and with the prospect of more liquidity entering the financial system, investors are adopting a bullish sentiment.”
Image: MossmouthEfforts to preserve, spotlight, and celebrate important games of the past have been gaining steam in recent years. Consider, for instance, Digital Eclipse’s Atari 50, a compilation of games from across that company’s history that provides wonderful context in the form of interviews and archival materials, illuminating their colossal impact on gaming. Now, we have another such compilation: UF0 50, a collection of 50 games from UFO Soft, the business-software-maker-turned-game-developer that, across the 1980s, was responsible for dozens of gems which simultaneously reflected the larger gaming trends of the time, while also innovating and pushing the medium forward in…
Cryptocurrencies held steady on Saturday as the recent momentum among risky assets waned. Bitcoin (BTC) retreated to $63,000 from this week’s high of $64,000 while the total market cap of all coins remained at $2.2 trillion. Other risk assets wavered, with the Dow Jones rising by 27 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices falling by 0.25% and 0.29%, respectively. As we wrote on Friday, this price action was likely because of the triple-witching event, where options worth over $5.1 trillion expired. Loom Network led gains as open interest rose Loom Network (LOOM), recently delisted from Binance, was…
Image: Nintendo / Kotaku, Pocketpair, EA / Lucasfilm / Kotaku, Firewalk Studios / Sony, The Pokémon Company / Pocketpair / Kotaku, Pathea Games / Nintendo / Kotaku, Kotaku / Capcom, EA, Photo: panchof / Kotaku (Getty Images), Girts Ragelis (Getty Images)Rumors surrounding Nintendo’s successor to its wildly successful Switch hybrid console continue heating up, with this week bringing us images that allegedly leak the appearance of the Switch 2. In other Nintendo news, the Mario maker, along with The Pokémon Company, are suing Palworld developer Pocketpair on the grounds of patent infringement. This move comes months after TPC announced that…
XRP scammers hacked the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube account, and although it was recovered, it lost its subscriber base.
