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In 2014, Hearthstone’s release set a new standard for digital trading card games. The bar may have been raised once again. Skyweaver is a genre-defining digital TCG experience.That’s what I stated back in 2022 on the release of Skyweaver’s open beta. After a stellar 2023, developers Horizon Blockchain Games...
In the latest display of NFTs hitting the mainstream, popular livestreamer Kai Cenat showed off a Pudgy Penguins plush to tens of thousands of his fans live on Twitch.This caps off a big year for the blue-chip NFT collection, following the debut of these plush toys in Walmart...
Despite banning NFTs within popular sandbox title Minecraft in July 2022, developers Mojang and publishers Microsoft have given the green light to an integration from Worldcoin, a biometric cryptocurrency project headed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.The integration allows owners of Minecraft servers to restrict access only to players...
Following the introduction of their Polygon-based loyalty programme in December 2022, Starbucks Korea have announced that they will start issuing NFTs on Polygon in January 2024, as part of their drive to incentivise customers to use reusable cups.Customers can accumulate “eco-stamps” by purchasing eligible drinks, which can be...
Animated series Bitcoin & Friends have announced that their debut episode will air on YouTube on January 3rd, 18 GMT.Each episode will feature an array of hidden seed phrases, which beady-eyed viewers can use to gain access to prize wallets holding NFT prizes totalling $150,000 USD.Check out our...
Final Fantasy developers Square Enix have officially launched their first NFT project Symbiogenesis, with Chapter 1 of the six-part “narrative-unlocked NFT entertainment” series now available on PC, iOS and Android.This follows the initial release of what will become a total of 10,000 character NFTs on November 27, with the...
Taki Games, a prominent Polygon-based mobile gaming network, has joined forces with Web3 tokenisation platform Smart Layer to distribute a mini-game entitled ‘Pac Cat’ – based on the latter’s derivative NFT collection Smart Cats – via their Bored Button app in January 2024.The flagship app of the Taki Games...
In response to a security breach last week that resulted in the theft of $600,000 of user assets, hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger have pledged to remove Blind Signing – where transactions are displayed in code, rather than plain language – by June 2024.In a statement, Ledger also announced its...
Popular hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger have advised users not to connect to dApps for the next 24 hours after pushing an urgent fix to rectify a compromised version of their Ledger Connect Kit library.This library – which is used by the likes MetaMask, Coinbase, Lido and others to connect...
FIFA, the international governing body for association football, have announced an NFT drop will be held on their FIFA+ Collect platform on December 15th, featuring 100 collectibles on Algorand that will offer holders the chance of securing tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final.This will be supplemented by...
