Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekAnalysts say Bitcoin’s bounce at $36K means ‘it’s time to start thinking about a bottom’Bitcoin … [Read more...] about Eth2 rebrands to Consensus Layer, Elon Musk fails to boost DOGE, YouTube gaming head switches to Polygon Studios: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 23-28
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YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt to resign and join Polygon Studios as CEO
On Tuesday, Ryan Wyatt, head of gaming at YouTube, announced he would be leaving the video-sharing platform in February. Partly due to his leadership, YouTube Gaming sees over 250 million daily logged users per day with hundreds of billions of watch time each year. Wyatt cited his passion for blockchain and Web3 development in explaining his resignation. He will soon join … [Read more...] about YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt to resign and join Polygon Studios as CEO
Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekNFT-focused Animoca Brands valued at $5B following $358M raiseNFT and virtual property-focused … [Read more...] about Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22
Indian Gaming Firm nCore Games Raises $10M for Web 3 Offerings: Report
nCore co-founder Vishal Gondal is however optimistic that Web 3 products can make inroads through additional incentives on offer. "Currently when you’re playing a game, the maximum upside for you was to become part of some community. Now while you’re playing the game, you also have the chance to own the value of the game,” he said to Tech Crunch. Source link … [Read more...] about Indian Gaming Firm nCore Games Raises $10M for Web 3 Offerings: Report
Mechanism Capital Launches $100M ‘Play-to-Earn’ Gaming Fund
“Right now it's called play-to-earn, but I think there’s a big push among industry participants to try to rebrand to play-and-earn,” Marc Weinstein, head of platforms at Mechanism Capital, told CoinDesk in an interview. “We want to back games that people want to play regardless of the crypto incentives.” Source link … [Read more...] about Mechanism Capital Launches $100M ‘Play-to-Earn’ Gaming Fund