Author: CryptooTimes

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) now holds over $18 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) as inflows continue into the ETFs.  According to data provided by Farside Investors, spot BTC ETFs saw $216.4 million in inflows on Tuesday, recording their third day of consecutive inflows. The total amount of inflows currently stands at $15.2 billion. Data shows that the IBIT ETF saw $121 million in inflows on July 9 — helping the investment product surpass a total market cap of $18.04 billion. Interestingly, BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF witnessed only one day of net outflows on May 1, worth $36.9 million.  On the…

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Hours before the spot bitcoin ETFs were approved by the SEC in January, one of the listing exchanges, Cboe, added the funds to its “New Listings” page, saying that was “standard procedure” before the approval of a new ETF. If so, given that five of the potential ether ETFs will be listed on Cboe, we may well see a similar situation happening on the day that these ETFs receive approval.

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Yesterday, Apex Legends announced the free-to-play battle royale would be embracing shrinkflation, splitting seasonal battle passes in half while still charging players roughly the same amount for them. Today, some long-time fans are calling it the last straw after months of other issues, and threatening to never come backThe Sims 4’s Free Infant Update Can’t Compare To The Growing Together Expansion“We’ve seen the numbers, and things need to be more approachable and realistic for our global player community,” reads an Electronic Arts blog post explaining the changes. Instead of one 100-rank battle pass every three months for $10 of in-game…

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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. What’s a ‘gamer’? A G-Fuelled teen grinding battle royale victories? A cozy gamer enjoying an indie gem? A commuter playing Candy Crush Saga? The fact is, there’s no single definition. Most people play video games in some way, and they fall into a huge number of categories. Things have changed a whole lot since the original taxonomy of player types was created by Richard Bartle in 1996.  A few attempts have been made to classify web3 gamers…

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Developer The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep is a short, six-hour game that puts you up against the horrors of Lovecraftian nightmares and decaying fossil-fuel infrastructure. Now you can add a third to that list: achievement hunting.Read More: Still Wakes the Deep: The Kotaku ReviewBuy Still Wakes the Deep: Humble Bundle I’m exaggerating slightly. Most of the trophies in SWtD aren’t that big of a deal. If you know exactly what to do and when, you could unlock all 37 trophies/achievements in SWtD in about three and-a-half hours. It’s theoretically possible to do in a single run, but you’d need…

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