By CD Read more: CoinDesk Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm is releasing a free licensing system, aiming to help the NFT sector fulfill its “economic potential.”Publish at: August 31, 2022 at 02:00PM
A16z Wants to Standardize NFTs by Giving You a License for Your Token
Ether Futures See Unusually High Liquidations as Funding Rates Point to Bearish Sentiment
By CD Read more: CoinDesk Ether liquidations were more than double those of bitcoin as trading intensified ahead of Ethereum’s Merge event next month.Publish at: August 31, 2022 at 01:39PM
Ukraine-Russia: The Weight of War
“What it looks like right now is that this is a war of attrition.”Story Published at: August 31, 2022 at 02:06PM
Afghanistan’s Taliban mark anniversary of US-led force withdrawal
The Taliban swept to power last August after a 20-year conflict against US-led forces ended in a hasty withdrawal.Story Published at: August 31, 2022 at 02:02PM
Top SoftBank exec and key Son ally steps back from more roles after losses mount at the Japanese giant
SoftBank’s investment strategy has come under fire after a string of bad bets and a recent rout in technology stocks has battered the fund’s performance.Story Published at: August 31, 2022 at 01:38PM
The bloody truth behind Japan’s dolphin hunting
A new season starts on September 1. Entire families of dolphins will be devastated for aquariums to draw crowds.Story Published at: August 31, 2022 at 01:39PM
Ask HN: Why is the printer industry so scammy?
I’ve been wondering what the rationale for the (home/personal) printer industry to be this predatory and opaque is. Cartridges that go bad after a set amount of pages regardless of the ink level. Quality of printing going down over time just so that a technician can reset a counter. High prices. I thought that maybe the digitalisation of paper work […]
An NFT Marketplace Is Letting Buyers Avoid Royalty Payments. Creators Aren’t Pleased
By CD Read more: CoinDesk The popular NFT marketplace X2Y2 announced that it will no longer make buyers pay royalties on certain NFT purchases, sparking debate on the importance of such payments to the industry.Publish at: August 31, 2022 at 01:00PM
Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by ‘Shuttering’ the Beacon Chain?
By CD Read more: CoinDesk Ethereum’s developers are realizing censorship is not a problem that can just be coded away. This piece is originally from Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter, breaking down Ethereum’s evolution and its impact on crypto markets.Publish at: August 31, 2022 at 12:30PM
Morgan Stanley Says Stablecoin Market Cap Is Contracting Again
By CD Read more: CoinDesk The combined market capitalization of the two largest stablecoins, tether and USD Coin, has begun to fall again, a sign that quantitative tightening in the crypto financial system has resumed.Publish at: August 31, 2022 at 12:02PM