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Cyberattackers Demand $11M in Bitcoin From Japanese Gaming Giant Capcom

Japanese gaming giant Capcom’s networks have reportedly come under attack, with criminals demanding a bitcoin ransom in exchange for not leaking confidential company information to the public.

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Finance

Dapper’s NBA Top Shot Launches Out of Beta With Samsung Galaxy Store Deal

After selling more than $2 million in digital basketball cards during its private beta, NBA Top Shot is launching to the public.

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Markets

Doctor Who to Enter the Cryptoverse as BBC Plans Trading Card Game on Ethereum Blockchain

BBC Studios has licenced its iconic show Dr. Who to U.K.-based Reality Gaming Group to build a digital trading card game on the ethereum blockchain.

It's bigger on the inside. (ToeneX/Flickr)

Tech

NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala and More Join Dapper Labs $12M Funding Round

Dapper Labs raised $12 million in its newest funding round led by NBA stars Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Aaron Gordon and Garrett Temple.

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Finance

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet

A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

Infinite Fleet artwork

Markets

Blockchain Enabled Fantasy Soccer Firm Sorare Raises $4M in Seed Fund Round

Using the Ethereum blockchain Sorare generates unique digital cards representing soccer players, that can be traded by users and used in weekly league competitions.

(Vasyl Shulga/Shutterstock)

Tech

Enjin’s New Minecraft Plug-in Lets Players Spawn Blockchain Assets

Players can now drop blockchain assets into their Minecraft servers, enabling ownership over in-game items and currencies.

Minecraft Lego toys (Credit: Shutterstock/Ekaterina_Minaeva)

Markets

Kathleen Breitman's 'Blaze of Glory'

The CEO of Tezos reveals her biggest fear, and what inspires her most, in an all new CoinDesk Confessional.

Kathleen Breitman (Credit: Katheen Breitman)

Tech

Trust No Dapp: Chainlink Launches Oracle for Provable Randomness

Chainlink may be solving part of the problem that first drove Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s interest in decentralized applications.

Providing a provably random string of numbers is not as easy as you may think. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

CryptoWars Leaves Loom Sidechain in Pivot to 'Play-to-Earn,' Aka Betting

CryptoWars founder Matias Nisenson is changing things up: "No decent game can run nowadays fully on-chain, even though that was our gaming utopia."

After signs of success on its first iteration, the team behind CryptoWars is changing things up. (Credit: Experimental)