Day: June 17, 2022

Things to Know About Axie Infinity

Saheed Salami

 Axie Infinity is a decentralized game and digital collectibles platform built on the Ethereum Blockchain. It allows players to breed, buy, sell, and train Axie creatures. The game revolves around trading and collecting digital creatures called Axies. Each creature has unique attributes such as size, color, markings, and more. These attributes are called “traits,” They can be passed down to offspring when two parents breed together. The offspring will then have traits from both parents (and possibly other traits inherited from other ancestors). Players can make money by selling their…

Coinbase is facing class action suits over unstable stablecoins GYEN, TerraUSD

Derek Andersen

A class-action suit was filed against Coinbase on Thursday claiming the trading platform was negligent in its listing of the TerraUSD stablecoin and alleging that it failed to disclose its financial relationship with Terraform Labs. This is the second class-action suit outstanding against Coinbase. A suit was filed last month in connection with the depegging of GYEN in November.  Thursday’s suit alleges Coinbase was negligent for failing to conduct due diligence of Terraform Labs before it listed TerraUSD and misrepresenting TerraUSD’s risk as an algorithmic stablecoin. The suit compares the…

Bitcoin and Stocks Drop; Analysts See Risk of Further Downside

Anthony B

●Bitcoin (BTC): $20550, −2.06% ●Ether (ETH): $1084, −2.16% ●S&P 500 daily close: 3,674.84, +0.22% ●Gold: $1840 per troy ounce, −0.31% ●Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 3.24% Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices. Author: Helene Braun, Bradley Keoun Source link

Kraken to Trail Binance in Hiring Over 500 Staffs Amid Crypto Meltdown

Godfrey Benjamin

Kraken exchange has made a very bold revelation that it does not intend to make any layoffs despite the growing concerns about the ongoing crypto-economic meltdown. As shared in a recent blog post, Kraken said a lot of its staff have been asking what the current market outlook means for the staff, a question that the exchange said its response to was that this downturn is not the first of its kind. Kraken explained that it believes so much in the potential of the digital currency ecosystem, and it has…