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Following first word of a crossover back in July, the popular manga and anime series “Attack on Titan” has expanded into Ethereum metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox with a new game called Attack on Titan: Invasion. Attack on Titan: Invasion lets players become soldiers defending the Trost District against Titan attacks, working alongside characters like Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert from the source material. Players must complete training and successfully resist multiple invasion cycles to reach the final quest with Eren. Playable on Windows and Mac, The Sandbox’s latest addition challenges participants to protect humanity by defeating waves…

Cipher Mining Inc., a bitcoin mining company listed on Nasdaq, has announced the acquisition of a 250-acre site in West Texas. Cipher Mining Secures Strategic Site for Bitcoin Mining Expansion According to Cipher Mining’s (Nasdaq: CIFR) announcement, the new facility, known as the Stingray site, will add 100 megawatts (MW) of front-of-the-meter capacity to its data center operations, furthering its strategic growth in industrial-scale bitcoin (BTC) mining. The transaction, according to the press release, includes a $4.1 million cash payment and a $1.5 per megawatt-hour variable fee for the initial five years of the site’s operation. With necessary regulatory approvals…

The ecosystem of Bitcoin is still expanding, and new applications are being developed to enhance scalability and efficiency. Of all these, Layer 2 (L2) has been adopted to carry out transactions more quickly and at a lower cost. 📈 Top 10 Bitcoin L2s by $BTC locked pic.twitter.com/z2B5AVLBMP — Satoshi Club (@esatoshiclub) October 18, 2024 Merlin Leads the Way At the top of the list is Merlin, with 9303 BTC locked. This places it as a market leader in the L2 space, indicating its user trust. Merlin’s growth underscores the need for better scaling solutions in the Bitcoin network, offering faster…

Billy Markus, known on social media as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, who created Dogecoin in collaboration with Jackson Palmer in December 2013, continues to issue posts supporting Elon Musk and his ventures. This time, Markus tweeted, showing support and encouragement of Musk’s recent appointment as the head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, which the tech mogul and influencer prefers to refer to as D.O.G.E. – an acronym that resembles the name of Dogecoin (DOGE). “Go Doge go”: Shibetoshi Nakamoto Markus stated without beating about the bush and leaving his playful and ironic manner of tweeting aside: “” really hope doge…

Smart altcoin trader boby1337.eth has made headlines by accumulating 8.16 million $EIGEN tokens, valued at $22 million. This acquisition occurred over the past three days. Interestingly, this investment comes despite a 15% drop in the price of $EIGEN, according to on-chain analytics provider Spot On Chain. Smart trader boby1337.eth accumulated 8.16M $EIGEN ($22M) over the past three days, despite a 15% drop in EIGEN’s price.He acquired these tokens through 4 transactions from Binance and staked them all to EigenLayer. The latest withdrawal occurred just 2 hours ago.Follow… pic.twitter.com/p2xICTSDr8 — Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) October 28, 2024 boby1337.eth Stakes $EIGEN Tokens…

Telegram game and engagement platform Major will launch its token and begin airdropping MAJOR to players Thursday while Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving, and now on-chain claims are open for eligible players. Players who met the criteria to be eligible for the MAJOR token, which will launch on The Open Network (TON), can now connect a TON wallet ahead of the token generation event at 12pm UTC on Thursday. Major previously let players select a centralized exchange to claim to, including OKX and Bitget, as well as selecting to have the airdrop go directly to the Wallet app on Telegram. Today’s…

Northern Data AG, a software company in Frankfurt, Germany, is nearing an agreement to sell its crypto mining operations as per the latest Bloomberg report. This move comes as the company looks to capitalize on November’s Bitcoin rally. Northern Data’s Chief Financial Officer, Elliot Jordan, noted that the company has hired bankers, invited bidders to come forward, and is now fielding proposals. “It’s ongoing is probably the best way to describe it — advanced in terms of offers coming in from a number of different parties,” Jordan stated during a presentation at the Deutsches Eigenkapitalforum on Wednesday. Northern Data To…

If Bitcoin surpasses $69,000, the cumulative short order liquidation intensity on mainstream centralized exchanges (CEX) could reach $101 million, according to Coinglass data. However, if Bitcoin falls below $68,000, the cumulative long order liquidation density on these exchanges could rise to $293 million. It is important to note that the liquidation table does not give the exact number or value of contracts to be liquidated. Instead, it shows the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to neighboring clusters and highlights the intensity of each potential price move. A higher liquidation bar indicates that the market is likely to react…

MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) bitcoin (BTC) treasury model is unparalleled and the company is expected to attract billions of dollars of investment into the world’s largest cryptocurrency, broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday. Bernstein raised its MicroStrategy price target to $600 from $290 while maintaining its outperform rating on the stock. Rival broker Canaccord raised its price target to $510 from $300 and reiterated its buy rating. The shares were trading over 6% higher at around $448 in early trading. Bernstein said it expects MicroStrategy to own 4% of the world’s bitcoin supply by 2033. It currently has 1.7%. The…

This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The decentralized AI training network Grass went live with its airdrop this morning, and the GRASS token distribution brought Solana wallets to heel. Grass’ creators claim to be carrying out one of the most widely-distributed airdrops in history, and the token has been heavily farmed because participating required no financial stake from users. The popular Solana wallet Phantom saw its backend go down six minutes after the GRASS airdrop went live, and Backpack CEO alluded to difficulty with the wallet stemming from the claim. Solflare CEO Vidor…