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The exploiter minted over 115 duovigintillion USDC deposit receipts but then redeemed only $2.4 million worth.
Photo: panchof / Kotaku (Getty Images)An alleged vintage gaming trafficking ring was recently busted up in Italy. Authorities say 12,000 counterfeit copies of the Atari 2600, SNES, and Sega Genesis, collectively housing millions of pirated games, have been seized and will be destroyed. Now, 12,000 fewer people will be subjected to running Super Mario Bros. on an emulator. Imagine the horror.The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023 “Around 12,000 consoles on which more than 47 million pirated video games were illegally stored were seized, for an estimated value of more than €47.5 million (US$52.5 million),” Alessandro Langella, head of…
The startup building Pipe Network, Permissionless Labs, is focusing on one of the unseen but ubiquitous pieces of the modern internet. Many websites cannot afford to let their content lag as it zips long distances from hosting server to end-user. So they rely on networks of relay servers that can be called upon by the end-users to which they’re geographically close.
Screenshot: Ubisoft / KotakuA core mechanic in Star Wars Outlaws revolves around working for and partnering with the various crime syndicates that control this portion of the galaxy. You’ll encounter four you can work with: Pyke Syndicate, Ashiga Clan, Crimson Dawn, and Hutt Cartel. They all offer different jobs and unique rewards, and some of them affect the main story of the game. But you can’t make all of them happy. Someone’s bound to get hurt in the crossfire!Here’s an in-depth look at the game’s main factions, their rewards, which you should side with early on, and more!The factions of…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, will be released from prison on Sept. 29. Zhao, 47, was sentenced to four months in prison for violations of U.S. anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations. He is currently being held at a low-security federal prison in San Pedro, California. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Zhao is set to be released from U.S. custody on September 29. Source: Federal Bureau of Prisons Zhao’s legal troubles Zhao’s legal troubles began in November 2023 when he and Binance (BNB) pleaded guilty several charges related to the company’s operations. These included…
Photo: Girts Ragelis (Getty Images)Sony has chosen the chip manufacturer for the PlayStation 6 and it’s AMD, according to a new report by Reuters. Concerns around backwards compatibility with the PS5 were apparently one of the factors in the decision-making process. The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023Reuters reports (via VGC) that an intense bidding process for the PS6 contract was underway in 2022, with AMD eventually beating out competitors like Intel and Broadcom. One of the issues at play was apparently the profit margin that Intel wanted on each unit sold. Another thing that seemingly helped put AMD…
Binance will start sending tokens on Sept. 16, while KuCoin will start delivering their token donations on Sept. 18.
It’s becoming a pretty set pattern at this point: Nintendo has a first-party big-name Switch title due out in a couple of weeks, then news breaks that copies of the game have already leaked online. It’s happened yet again with September 26’s The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom—a ROM of the game apparently first showing up Friday, and now Nintendo is fighting fires as unofficial footage of the game springs up all over the internet.Tears Of The Kingdom’s Newspaper Questline And The State Of Hyrulean Journalism2023 saw disastrous leaks for Nintendo, including Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super…
Bitcoin sank below $59,000 having spent much of the weekend above the $60,000 mark. BTC traded around $58,550 in the European morning, a drop of 2.4% over 24 hours at the start of a week in which traders worldwide expect the Federal Reserve to make its first interest-rate cut in more than four years. The broader digital asset market as measured by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) is 3.6% lower. Crypto markets were buoyed by favorable U.S. economic data on Friday, which sparked a short-term rally. Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows of over $263 million, their highest since July 22, while…
Crypto exchange Tokenize Xchange secured funding from Animoca Brands to launch its own blockchain network dubbed “Titan Chain.” Southeast Asia’s cryptocurrency exchange Tokenize Xchange — also known as Tokenize — has secured a major boost for its Titan Chain blockchain network through a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company. In a Sept. 16 press release, Animoca Brands, known for its ventures in blockchain gaming and web3 space, announced that it would invest in Tokenize’s native token, TKX, and provide market-making services aimed at improving liquidity and trading efficiency for TKX and…
