Line launches NFT marketplace on its platform DOSI 

Japanese messaging app Line's non-fungible token (NFT) unit LineNext said Tuesday that it has launched a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace on the NFT platform DOSI. The C2C trading service allows users to buy and sell NFTs globally, excluding Japan.  The announcement comes nearly a year

Last day to save with early-bird passes to TC Sessions: Crypto

We're less than two weeks away from kicking off TC Sessions: Crypto in Magic City on November 17. Yep, that's Miami's official nickname. Who knew? But listen up, crypto fans, because the bit of magic we call our early-bird special is about to perform a disappearing act in less than 24 h

Here's the rundown on the Binance and FTX fiasco

The largest crypto exchange by volume (Binance) and the third-largest crypto exchange by volume (FTX) faced off in recent days after Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao tweeted that his exchange would slowly withdraw billions of its holdings in FTX's native token, FTT, “due to recent revelati

US DOJ announces seizure of $3.36B in cryptocurrency

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced that law enforcement seized $3.36 billion of bitcoin from a man who “unlawfully obtained” more than 50,000 bitcoin from darkweb market Silk Road over a decade ago. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said th

Bitwise, Paradigm and Perkins Coie talk regs at TC Sessions: Crypto

Crypto entities ranging from major exchanges to small projects are on the road to stateside regulation. Whether it comes through the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, many actors in the space are looking for concrete future guidance on how to build comp

Ledger, Tezos and Chainalysis talk web3 security at TC Sessions: Crypto

The crypto ecosystem may be experiencing fewer hacks and alleged fraud incidents, but they're still occurring as bad actors take hundreds of millions of dollars from users in the space. According to Immunefi's Crypto Losses Q3 2022 report, crypto losses have declined for the past three quar

Coinbase and Polygon back new crypto advocacy group in India

Top crypto firms including Coinbase and Polygon are among the firms that have formed an industry body in India to promote dialogue between key stakeholders and drive awareness about web3, months after the largest local crypto advocacy group was disbanded. Members of the new industry body, named Bha

Web3 infrastructure startup Tenderly takes on Infura, Alchemy with new node offering

Web3 developer tooling startup Tenderly is getting into the node game with a new product it announced today called Web3 Gateway. The product will help web3 developers read, stream and analyze blockchain data, according to the company. The offering builds on the company’s observability stack,

Bitcoin miners struggle as energy prices rise and hash prices fall

Bitcoin prices have continued to hold near $20,000 this past week, but some miners are crumbling as spiking energy prices and historically low hash prices cut into profits. Even though bitcoin's price has been down for a while and has fallen about 56% year to date, the dominoes just began to fa

Connect with Hedera, Wilson Sonsini and MetaJuice at TC Sessions: Crypto

technewss has a long history of partnering with great companies that are not only subject-matter experts, but committed to supporting early-stage startups, too. While this is our first official conference dedicated to the space, TC Sessions: Crypto — November 17 in Miami — is no exception to o

Catch these rising startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Crypto

Even when a chill venture wind blows, you’ll find daring entrepreneurs forging ahead, and we're here to highlight the outstanding early-stage startups in the world of blockchain, cryptocurrency, DeFi, NFT and web3. You'll find them exhibiting at TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in M

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discusses staying on top of a turbulent NFT market at TC Sessions: Crypto

The NFT market is worth tens of billions of dollars and saw rapid growth throughout the crypto bull run. NFT exchange OpenSea, led by CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer, emerged as a clear market leader, earning a $13.3B valuation in January and controlling an estimated 90% of the overall NFT market.

Immutable onboarded more web3 games in Q3 than any other quarter, co-founder says

Earlier this year, Immutable, a web3 gaming firm with its own layer-2 chain, Immutable X, launched a whopping $500 million fund to boost gaming on its platform. Fast forward a few months and the company says things are going according to plan. “It has been super busy,” Robbie Ferguson, co-found

Crypto bear markets are a 'great time' to launch startups, industry execs say

There are other things to look at beyond crypto prices, the COO of Uniswap, Mary-Catherine Lader, said at technewss Disrupt last week. “Right?” She asked rhetorically. “Especially if you're building something and you're excited about the technology and its potential and not [viewing]