CryptoKitties News

Gemini, a regulated bitcoin (BTC) trading venue and cryptocurrency exchange run by the Winklevoss twins, has announced the acquisition of Nifty Gateway, a platform that makes it possible for anyone to buy and manage non-fungible tokens also known as crypto-collectibles,…

With more CryptoKitties being converted into WrappedKitties (WCK), the base price of those digital kitties is reportedly up by more than 50 percent. Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange currently allows trading of WCK tokens which unlike CryptoKitties, are fungible ERC-20 tokens. Wrapped…

Maker, the firm behind the Dai stablecoin, has partnered with the crypto-collectible online battle game, Axie Infinity. The move brings Dai to a vastly expanding videogame in which players “breed, raise, battle, and collect” digital pets called “Axies.” This according…

Dapper Labs, the U.S.-based blockchain firm that created the popular CryptoKitties video game, has announced the launch of a new version of the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) License which will allow more use cases for digital arts and define what owners…

Dapper Labs, the company behind the world’s first and most successful consumer blockchain product, CryptoKitties, has raised $15 million in financing led by Venrock, in an aim to bring more users to the blockchain, the company announced in a press…

dApps are becoming increasingly popular regarding usage and sheer volume. In the second of this series, BTCManager will highlight some of the more prominent ones of the bunch, with the first installation discussing the ten dApps users can’t live without.…

Decentralized apps (Dapps) are seen as the next constellation of utility on the blockchain, but currently, many of them are having problems keeping a user base. The lion share of decentralized apps is focused on platforms for cryptocurrency speculators. It…

At a time when blockchain technology is getting an unprecedented amount of attention because of cryptocurrencies and their potential to disrupt the global financial system, a different kind of blockchain token is quietly gaining ground. Unlike their flashy exchange-traded cousins,…

Sports collectibles have always had a large market, even outside of cryptocurrency. Now, Major League Baseball (MLB) is preparing for an overhaul of the traditional market. The sports league announced that it has tied up with blockchain gaming company Lucid…

HTC, a Taiwan-based smartphone company, announced that it’s all set to launch its blockchain-enabled smartphones, HTC Exodus. According to the official website, the early access will hit the stores sometime around Q3 of 2018. HTC Hops on the Crypto Bandwagon…

On July 9, 2018, the Cryptockitties team announced it was signing a partnership with ACTAI Global and Ocean Elders to create a new CryptoKitty called Honu which will be auctioned and the amount gathered from the sale will be used…

Many were taken aback by surprise when corporate giants Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures invested $12 million in CryptoKitties. As per research by blockchain-analytics websites  Bloxy and Diar, the total number of CryptoKitties transactions had dropped to low figures,…

Does the name CryptoKitties ring a bell? It is a blockchain-based virtual game that enables players to buy, collect, breed, and sell different types of virtual cats built on ERC-721 tokens; the venture raised $12 million to go solo on…