BitTorrent unveils cryptocurrency so users can pay for faster download times
BitTorrent, the file-sharing network for downloading all sorts of entertainment, was acquired by cryptocurrency firm Tron last August for $140 million in cash. Today,...
The DeanBeat: 12 predictable predictions on gaming in 2019
I’m making my annual predictions for the game industry again, not because I’m good at it, but because it has become one of the...
BitTorrent owner Tron will invest $100 million in blockchain games
BitTorrent owner Tron announced it will invest $100 million in blockchain games over the next three years. The San Francisco and Malta-based Tron wants...
How crypto mining collapse caused Nvidia to lose $23 billion in market value
Nvidia didn’t have a great week. It reported earnings that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations on Thursday, and by Friday the company’s stock...
Unikrn gets gambling license for crypto-based betting on esports and games
Unikrn is out to fuse real-money betting on esports and games with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. And it is taking a big step today...
Otoy’s RNDR harnesses 14,000 GPUs to render cloud-based graphics
Blockchain-based rendering platform RNDR has harnessed the graphics processing power of more than 14,000 graphics processing units (GPU) provided by individuals who contribute the...
The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming
Blockchain this and that. You hear it all the time now. I get pitched a few times per week, or sometimes per day, on...
Animoca Brands acquires Sandbox game developer Pixowl for $4.875 million
Animoca Brands acquired Pixowl, the developer of The Sandbox user-created world mobile game, for $4.875 million in cash and stock. The deal represents a nice...
Clash & Go is a blockchain game that blends strategy and AR
The world of augmented reality (AR) got a real shot in the arm in July 2016 with the launch of Pokémon Go. Until then,...
Kin nabs 40 consumer apps for crypto developer program
Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, today announced it has approved 40 developers as participants in its first Kin...