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2022-01-21 17:40:13 • There are now 1,179 blockchain games, 398 of which are active.

• The total number of active games has increased 92% in the last year.

• The number of daily unique wallets interacting with game-related smart contracts jumped to 1.3 million in 2021, a significant increase from 28,000 in 2020.

• VC firms have invested $4 billion towards the development of blockchain-based games and their infrastructure. 2022 is looking to be a huge year for crypto games.

More: Coindesk
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2022-01-21 14:14:06 New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that his first paycheck will be automatically converted into cryptocurrency, as previously promised. The salary will be converted to Ethereum and Bitcoin.

The mayor last year said he would take his first three paychecks in crypto and signaled his intention to make his city the "center of the cryptocurrency industry".

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2022-01-21 07:30:16 Opera has launched a web3 Crypto Browser that features a built-in crypto wallet, easy access to exchanges, support for decentralized apps, a secure clipboard that other apps can't view, and more.

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2022-01-20 16:00:06 • Google’s digital cards might soon enable users to hold bitcoin and spend fiat.

• The company has formed partnerships with Coinbase and BitPay to enable the functionality. It is still unclear when Google would start accepting bitcoin for transactions.

• Google is tiptoeing into Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as the company’s payments division struggles to gain significant market share in the payments industry and touts adding custody capabilities of such assets to its digital cards, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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2022-01-20 14:35:06 • Altos Labs is a biotech company that is developing technology that could revitalize cells and reverse disease, ultimately prolonging human life.

• It has raised $3 billion in capital from multiple investors, including Jeff Bezos.

• The Altos team consists of some of the biggest names in the life sciences. Altos is setting up sites in San Francisco, San Diego in the US and Cambridge in the UK.

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2022-01-20 07:40:05 A couple from India who met via Instagram will host their wedding reception digitally in Metaverse.

To be held in a Harry Potter-themed virtual venue, it'll have avatars of bride and groom dressed in traditional clothes while the guests will be given login details and can choose their avatars to enter it. 

They will also accept cryptocurrency as gifts.

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2022-01-19 15:36:06 • A quantum effect called superabsorption allows a collection of molecules to absorb light more efficiently than if each molecule were acting individually.

• Researchers have used this phenomenon to create a proof-of-concept quantum battery. The larger the battery was, the faster it charged, demonstrating superabsorption at work.

• Quantum battery research could result in fast-charging electric vehicles or energy storage systems that can deal with bursts of energy.

More: Science
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2022-01-19 08:42:20 EY has advised banks to adjust their regulatory perimeter in preparation for the upcoming releases of state-backed central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and private stablecoins.

EY's Global Regulatory Outlook for 2022 states: "If customers can keep their money with a central bank, they do not need a retail bank, and firms will see their interest rate margins contract precipitously."

Full report: EY
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2022-01-18 18:45:06 “Gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in entertainment across all platforms today and will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms,” Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, said in a statement.

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2022-01-18 14:45:09 Most NFT-collectibles projects follow a set strategy to launch their collections. They create a Discord community, enable primary minting on their websites, and promote secondary sales on OpenSea. The swing in prices can be classified into 5 phases:

1. Pre-sale (when the NFTs are first minted by the whitelisted members of the community at a low price)

2. Public Mint Release (when anyone can mint the NFTs at a set price higher than the Pre-sale price)

3. Discounted Minting and Sweeping (where primary minting price is discounted and OpenSea floor price rises)

4. NFT Reveal (where the art behind the NFTs is revealed and floor price fall drastically)

5. Sweeping the Floor (where the project community purchases all NFTs listed at the floor price, leading to a rise in the floor price)

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