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'Nyan Heroes' Tops 100K Players on Epic Games, Reveals Solana NFT Rewards

Nyan Heroes, the Solana-based feline mech shooter, reported Friday that it has amassed over 100,000 players who have downloaded and played the game since its pre-alpha demo launched on the Epic Games Store on March 25. “The Nyan Heroes pre-alpha demo has been in full swing for 10 days, and we have been absolutely purring with all of the reception it has received,” developer 9 Lives Interactive said in a Medium post. With less than a week left until the end of the pre-alpha demo on April 9, Nyan Heroes announced plans Friday to offer leaderboard rewards for the top…

SHIB Community Ignites Epic Shibarium Integration Campaign

The Shiba Inu (SHIB) community has once again demonstrated its fervent passion for innovation and growth with the launch of an ambitious campaign to integrate Shibarium into Exodus Crypto Wallet. SHIB community mobilization What started as an informal request from a community member to the Exodus Crypto Wallet team has blossomed into a full-fledged campaign for integration across various platforms. The spark that ignited the Shibarium integration campaign came from a simple yet powerful plea from Chubibi (@Pika_Shib), a member of the Shiba Inu community. In a post directed at the Exodus Crypto Wallet team, Chubibi expressed the community's desire…

Wu-Tang Rapper Ghostface Killah Reveals Free Bitcoin Ordinals Mint

Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah revealed details Thursday about the highly anticipated mint of his Bitcoin Ordinals project, noting that the collection will drop on April 11, the legendary rapper wrote on Twitter. According to the tweet, the Ghostface Killah and Rare Scrilla collaborative drop will be free to mint aside from Bitcoin network inscription fees on the OrdinalsBot platform, and collectors will be limited to one inscription per wallet. Representatives for Ghostface Killah did not immediately respond to Decrypt’s request for comment. Last month, Ghostface Killah announced the collection created in partnership with OrdinalsBot, Nakamotos on BTC (aka NakaPepes), and…

Oscillators Neutral, Moving Averages Split on Future Direction

Bitcoin’s price on March 22, 2024, exhibits a fascinating landscape of market dynamics, oscillating between gains and losses across various time frames. Amidst a backdrop of neutral oscillators and a mixed sentiment in moving averages, bitcoin traders are navigating through a volatile environment. Bitcoin Oscillators, quintessential for identifying market momentum and potential reversal points, present a predominantly neutral stance on BTC’s current state. The relative strength index (RSI) stands at 51, hovering around the midline, suggesting a balance between buyers and sellers. Other key oscillators like the Stochastic and the commodity channel index (CCI) fortify this neutrality, signaling a period…

Flamingo Finance to bring the Ambassador Program back from hibernation

Flamingo Finance is relaunching its Ambassador Program this month using lessons learned from its previous iteration. Beginning in April, participants can undertake onboarding or promotional activities for the DeFi platform and earn monthly rewards from a pool of US $500 in GAS. The Ambassador Program was designed to incentivize Flamingo community members to create engaging and informational content to educate new users about DeFi in the Neo ecosystem. This can take the form of a well-thought-out response to a question in Discord or Reddit, an in-depth Twitter thread, a unique blog post, or any other creative way to disseminate information.…

Shytoshi Kusama Shows Mind-Blowing Change of Locations on X, SHIB Army Puzzled

The mysterious leader of Shiba Inu, known under the pseudonym Shytoshi Kusama to the crypto community, has again adjusted his location status on the X social media platform (known as Twitter in the past). This is the third change of location this week. Kusama is not the only one who is doing it; the lead developer of Shiba Inu, Kaal Dhairya’s, change of location status has also raised questions from the SHIB community. Shytoshi and Kaal changing locations fast According to Shytoshi Kusama’s official X page, over the past three days, he has changed three locations, traveling between three different…

Grindery unlocks one-click payments for 800m Telegram users

Grindery, backed by Binance Labs, aims to simplify digital asset transactions on Telegram. The smart wallet solution enables swift cryptocurrency transfers on Telegram by leveraging account abstraction and bootstrapping millions in liquidity for TON-based tokens and dApps on the private messaging platform. Account abstraction is a crypto technology that allows users to store assets exclusively in a blockchain smart contract rather than an Externally Owned Account (EOA). Moving away from EOA unlocks a basket of programmable features for on-chain participants and provides better security. Per a statement shared with crypto.news, Grindery boasts over 700,000 sign-ups for its beta phase, which…

673 BTC Bought by Bitcoin Whale as BTC Price Eyes Rebound

Based on on-chain data, a Bitcoin whale that has been accumulating on Bitcoin's dip has made a significant purchase, acquiring 673 BTC. According to Lookonchain, a Bitcoin whale withdrew 673 BTC worth $45.2 million from Binance in recent hours. Withdrawals from exchanges might indicate a desire to buy, while deposits indicate an intent to sell. The said BTC whale, according to Lookonchain, has consistently bought Bitcoin on the dip. On March 21, Lookonchain reported that the whale had accumulated 4,451 BTC worth $294.6 million from Binance at an average price of $66,195. Bitcoin has been extremely volatile since reaching an…

Arbitrum's ARB, Polygon's MATIC Lead Gains as Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Goes Live

Layer 2 cryptocurrencies provided a mixed performance as the Ethereum blockchain's Decncun upgrade went live. Polygon, Arbitrum and Metis led gains while Immutable X and Celo declined. Cryptocurrencies adjacent to the Ethereum network offered a mixed performance on Wednesday as the blockchain's much-anticipated Dencun upgrade went live, enabling cheaper transactions on layer-2 (L2) protocols. Read more: Ethereum Finalizes 'Dencun' Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees Native tokens of Polygon (MATIC), Arbitrum (ARB) and Metis (METIS) added 8%-10% before the upgrade, retracing some of the advance by the time the upgrade kicked in at 13:55 UTC. MATIC, ARB and…

Viction and Cyborg Forge Game-Changing Partnership in Blockchain Gaming

Viction is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Cyborg, a pioneering gaming platform in the Ninety-Eight ecosystem. The deal will be transforming the GameFi landscape on Viction and creating new opportunities for game publishers and guilds. Unlike any other game launcher, Cyborg is the first gaming platform on Viction that brings game publishers and guilds together. 🎮 Welcome @GameOnCyborg to our ecosystem! Among GameFi projects on Viction, Cyborg emerges as the first gaming platform that unites game publishers & guilds, offering high-quality games games spanning Web2 to Web3 genres. Read more: https://t.co/h6D4qvEjSo#Cyborg #Viction pic.twitter.com/OI5C7wib7T — Viction (@BuildOnViction) April 5,…