Daily Digest – April 12th

• Miners behind Bitcoin’s fall below $40,000 as Altcoins fall to bearish pressure.

• Ethereum devs record “huge success” in first mainnet shadow fork.

• Coinbase increases transparency on new listings, while Kraken shuts down global headquarters, and Uniswap launches venture unit.

• Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games and Epic Games raises $2 billion for “The Metaverse.”

Cardano’s Top Whale Holdings at 2-Year High

The supply of Cardano (ADA) held in the hands of big-capital investors has reached its highest point since 2020...

Epic Games Raises $2 Billion to Build “The Metaverse” Backed by Sony and LEGO

Epic Games, the creators of the popular video game ‘Fortnite‘, announced a $2 billion round of funding to build and support the continued growth of “The Metaverse.”

Epic Games, who are also the creators behind the Unreal Engine, revealed that the funding round was backed by legacy entertainment giants Sony Group Corp and KIRKBI, the Lego Group’s parent company...

Ethereum Devs Records Huge Success in First Mainnet Shadow Fork

As Ethereum approaches its long-awaited transition to the Proof of Stake model, developers have launched the first “shadow fork” for the Ethereum mainnet.

According to Ethereum developers, the network’s first-ever shadow fork, which was designed to stress-test developer assumptions on existing testnets and the overall mainnet, was successful...

Bored Apes to Feature in ‘The Degen Trilogy’ Movie Introduced by Coinbase

Bored Ape Yacht Club is everywhere – people are walking around in BAYC jumpers, a Bored Ape-themed restaurant recently opened in the U.S, and ApeCoin, along with its DAO, has been immensely popular. Now, the famous NFT project is coming to the big screen...

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