The US Federal Reserve is currently looking into the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with the report about the pros and cons [...]

This year's Dota Pro Circuit Winter Tour comes to an unfortunate close with a canceled first Major. Valve claimed that the "discovery and spread of new strains of COVID-19" and the "resulting increase of travel restrictions" made it difficult to gather all the qualified teams from across the globe for a proper LAN tournament.

The Dota Pro Circuit consists of three Tours, all of which pit teams against each other in Regional Leagues before advancing the top performers to Majors. However, the canceled Major means the Winter Tour will end without any advancement to an international stage. As a result, points from the first Major have been redistributed between the other two Majors scheduled later in the year.

In its blog post about the cancelation, Valve promised to monitor the global health situation and travel restrictions to gauge whether or not future Majors can take place as planned. Unexpected variants such as Omicron and spikes in COVID cases, like that over the holidays, might further interrupt the DPC schedule.

Dota 2 has managed to stay one of the most popular esports since its release in July 2013. The Dota Pro Circuit is the most recent iteration of its esports league, which evolved from the Dota Major Championship series. The Winter Tour is currently ongoing, and the latest Spring Tour passed earlier last year. Competing teams hope to earn enough points to enter The International for a chance at becoming the Dota 2 World Champion.

Microsoft discontinued manufacturing on all Xbox One consoles at the end of 2020, the company has revealed.

Crown Resorts informed shareholders yesterday that it will consider — and likely recommend accepting — a new offer from private equity giant Blackstone Group. The bid to acquire the casino company’s assets is for A$8.87 billion (US$6.48 billion). Blackstone’s nearly $6.5 billion pitch for Crown is the investment firm’s fourth play for the Australian casino […]

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Ether (ETH) is the main token of the Ethereum blockchain and the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Just like the largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, ether can be used to send payments directly to another person without the need for an intermediary such as a bank. The long-term vision for Ethereum is to power more than…

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Renowned Sony engineer Mark Cerny has reportedly filed a patent […]

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A record high consumption of electricity blamed on illegal crypto farms in northwestern Georgia has caught the attention of authorities in the capital Tbilisi. The central government and the local utility are taking on the issue of dealing with power shortages in the mountainous region of Svaneti. With Tourism Hit by Pandemic, People in Georgia […]

Hong Kong’s central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), is seriously mulling over how to properly regulate stablecoins. The HKMA thinks that while stablecoins still pose a risk to financial stability, they have potential to be incorporated into the market. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority thinks stablecoins have potential In a discussion paper that

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. OneRoyal announced that it has expanded its C-Suite with four new senior executives, namely Michael Karakatsianis as Group Chief Operating Officer, Stelios Christodoulou as Chief Financial Office...

The transition over to the DraftKings Sportsbook from Scoreboard in Oregon is set to begin on January 18.

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In India, 2021 came and went without the cryptocurrency regulation bill that many crypto investors were hoping to see. However, that doesn’t mean the government has shelved its plans to regulate the industry. In fact, Indian media publications are abuzz with whispers of new crypto policies and institutional developments. A most taxing question According to […]