Today in Crypto: Epic Games Showcases First NFT Game
The Epic Games marketplace has listed its first NFT Web3 title, Mythical Games’ “Blankos Block Party,” a Coindesk report said on Thursday (September 15).
“Blankos Block Party” is a free multiplayer game that works with digital vinyl toys called Blankos, which are NFTs that can be bought, upgraded and sold in-game.
In other news, Coinbase Global is adding a scorecard for politicians to its app, after expressing frustration with lawmakers and regulators, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
US customers can check crypto sentiment scores for members of Congress, according to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, and will be able to register to vote and find out about town hall events.
Meanwhile, Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of the crypto exchange, is increasing its investment in Aptos Labs, a blockchain startup started by those who worked on Meta’s failed stablecoin, a Bloomberg report said Thursday.
The investment is a result of the programming language the company has used to build its blockchain. The language is called Move and was supposed to drive Metas now nixed Diem.
Yi He, co-founder of Binance and head of Binance Labs, says it’s an “opportunity to build the future” and cited Move’s efficiency and security as virtues.
Elsewhere, officials from the five leading EU nations believe a digital euro should keep people’s details private, be environmentally friendly and possibly be subject to caps on ownership stakes, Coindesk wrote, citing a paper leaked to the site.
The European Central Bank is considering whether or not to issue a digital currency, with a bill due next year. The paper says that a digital euro “could play an important role in strengthening the strategic autonomy of the EU and in promoting innovation in the financial sector.”
Meanwhile, Commodity Futures Trading Commission CEO Rostin Behnam says he has instructed the agency to prepare to be a regulator for large parts of the crypto market, Coindesk wrote.
He will tell members of the Senate Agriculture Committee in testimony to be delivered on Thursday that the volatility in the market “underscores the immediate need for regulatory clarity and market protection.”
Finally, ether miners are seeing more losses after the “merger” as they move to lower-value cryptos like Ethereum Classic or Ravencoin, Bloomberg wrote.
These tokens still work under proof-of-work, which the merge moved away from. Miners can still use GPUs to earn the coins, but because there are more miners, there are less rewards when solving math puzzles.
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