Blockchain

South Korea’s Wemade partners with Singapore’s Whampoa Digital to create a $100M fund to accelerate blockchain gaming, despite Korea’s anti-crypto gaming stance.

The Epic Games Store now allows blockchain video games previously banned for Adults Only ratings purely due to their blockchain features, marking a major policy shift.

Lufthansa’s Miles & More partners with blockchain-based Qiibee marketplace to offer small businesses simple integration into the loyalty program, providing members with more redemption options.

China has introduced a new blockchain platform, RealDID, to verify the real-name identities of all 1.4 billion citizens, raising privacy concerns.

The Ordinals NFT craze is clogging up networks and causing record gas fees across multiple blockchains including Bitcoin and Ethereum-based chains.

Blockchain lending platforms offer lower average rates than traditional loans, but decentralized lending engagement remains under 1% of the broader private credit market and carries risks.

Web3 attribution platform Spindl is integrating with AppsFlyer to combine Web2 and Web3 data and improve analytics for blockchain games.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment into Farcana, a UAE blockchain gaming startup, to support the beta launch and Bitcoin integration of Farcana’s flagship multiplayer arena shooter game.

Bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain has appointed former CBOE Digital CEO Thomas Chippas as its new chief executive as the company aims to turn around its fortunes.