Gaming


Marchés

Steam Drops Bitcoin Payments Citing High Fees and Price Volatility

The popular online gaming platform Steam is dropping its bitcoin payments option more than a year after it first began accepting the cryptocurrency.

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Marchés

Isle of Man Grants License to Ethereum-Based Lottery

The Isle of Man has approved a gaming license for an ethereum-based lottery from a company called Quanta.

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Marchés

ASX Request Forces Public Gaming Firm to Spin Out New ICO Startup

Australia-based gaming company iCandy Interactive has been forced to alter plans to launch a token for a new gaming marketplace.

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Blockchain-Powered VR World Enters New Testing Phase

Decentraland, a virtual reality underpinned by a blockchain, is moving ahead with the launch of a new testnet.

VR

Marchés

Kid-Friendly Minecraft Server Launches Bitcoin Economy

Kids will have a chance to learn about bitcoin and even take their in-game currency to the real world, thanks to games from Minecraft server PlayMC.

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Marchés

ChangeTip Integrates with Game Streaming Service Twitch.tv

Bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip has integrated with video streaming platform Twitch.tv.

Game streaming

Marchés

Apple Suspends Bitcoin Game SaruTobi from iOS Store

SaruTobi creator Christian Moss has confirmed that the iOS game has been temporarily removed from Apple's App store.

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Marchés

BetVIP Switches Payment Processor Following Change to Coinbase's Terms of Use

A "sudden change" to Coinbase's terms of use has led to BetVIP changing bitcoin payments processor.

Gambling

Marchés

Bitcoin-Friendly Game Store CoinPlay Relaunches

CoinPlay, the online PC game store that lets developers and publishers get paid in bitcoin, has relaunched following a series of design improvements.

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Game Developer Prepared to Return 'Bitstamp Hack' Donation

The creator of iOS game SaruTobi says he will return a donation of 1 BTC pending confirmation that it derived from funds stolen from Bitstamp.

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