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Ubisoft’s latest NFT game, Champions Tactics, was branded “unplayable” during its opening weekend after a bug meant that just two players won every matchmaked game before they could be played. YouTuber and crypto gaming analyst Jauwn disclosed the apparent exploit on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. He claimed that the game had been unplayable since Friday and that an alleged malicious actor had found a way to become the only player that other gamers matched with. Two accounts, Schilleri11 and ...

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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), an important Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has announced that it will be "contributing over $23 million in additional funds to Fairshake and its affiliated PACs for the 2026 midterm election cycle." In the blog post announcing the move, the firm notes that it intends to support "legislators from both sides of the aisle who understand that crypto isn't red or blue but is critical in ensuring America remains the leader in technology." Federal Election Commission ...

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While many crypto influencers are busy celebrating the dawn of AI-led digital assets and AI-managed hedge funds, their more observant counterparts have noticed that many of the most mundane tasks earmarked to be carried out by AI bots actually require human intervention. Indeed, on Monday, crypto’s pre-eminent AI ‘bot’ -- which received unbridled praise from supposed luminaries like Arthur Hayes after it led the memecoin GOAT to an $800 million market capitalization -- couldn’t even launch a web...

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Coinbase and Binance's claims to offer zero-fee listings have been called into question by big-name players in the crypto industry who say both exchanges have charged tens of millions of dollars for listings. Late last week, Moonrock Capital CEO Simon Dedic wrote on X (formerly Twitter), about a “tier 1” crypto firm that he says, after a year of “due diligence,” was told to pay a sum equivalent to 15% of its token supply to list on Binance. Dedic said, "Imagine paying $50–$100 million just for a...

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Hamster Kombat, the tap-to-earn Telegram game that boasted a massive 300 million back in August, has reportedly shed 254 million players. The game's active monthly player count currently stands at almost 41 million and its token, which launched at a high of $0.009993 on September 26, has dropped by 76% to $0.002392 today. Earlier this year, Telegram’s CEO described Hamster Kombat as “the fastest-growing digital service in the world,” and claimed it’s part of a new era of mini apps that would bri...

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On Thursday, an Eastern District of New York courtroom filled with over 70 bystanders to hear Richard Heart’s lawyers argue his case for dismissing the SEC’s lawsuit against him and his crypto projects HEX, Pulsechain, and PulseX. At the outset, Heart’s lawyers contested jurisdiction, asking the judge to dismiss the lawsuit entirely because, in Heart’s view, the SEC lacks jurisdiction over him and the entities it is suing. In Heart's view, although he grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he li...

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Craig Wright argued that his high-level autism and Christmas schedule should prevent him from attending a December court session after he was accused of contempt of court in a legal application filed today by COPA. BitMEX Research covered the hearing where Bird and Bird filed its claim on behalf of the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA). The law firm argued that Wright has breached his injunction after he removed an online notice and launched his lawsuit against Square Up and BTC Core. On top of...

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