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The most anticipated NFT gaming project SIDUS HEROES has opened its doors to its first users. In the middle of January, the company released a closed beta version of the game that holders of SIDUS GENESIS NFTs were given access to.

It seems that cryptocurrency users and investors are more interested in Cardano (ADA) than Bitcoin (BTC). Cardano is now a potential Ethereum killer compared to other altcoins.

On August 19, LUNA recorded its all-time high of about $33.4 with a 7-day gain of 72%. But why did the price of this 14th cryptocurrency by market cap skyrocket?

The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies is up over 15% in the last 7 days. At the beginning of the week, the market was worth $1.7 trillion. On August 15, it was around $2.0 trillion.

Miners forked Ethereum (ETH) and also integrated EIP-1559 (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) on August 5, but there was neither a price crash nor a chain split. Rather, the EIP-1559 upgrade caused Ethereum's price to skyrocket by about 5% and trading volume by nearly 12%.

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk is apparently showing support for Dogecoin (DOGE), the 6th cryptocurrency by market cap. He has also revealed surprising support for a radical upgrade proposal for DOGE. However, this has not caused the altcoin to recover.

The recent Bitcoin price surges were doubtlessly attention-grabbing.  After hitting above $40,000 in the first half of January 2021, it has soared past the $57,000 mark in the third week of February, resulting in a market valuation of over $1 trillion.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States (US) principal federal law enforcement agency, has started investigations into the alleged hack attempt on a blockchain-powered voting app in the 2018 midterm polls in West Virginia. The event has put the future of Voatz at stake notwithstanding securing funds of around $7 mln to upgrade its distributed ledger technology (DLT) voting app.

EXMO, recognised as Eastern Europe's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has just announced the second round of IEO, as well as the launch of stop orders. EXM internal token is scheduled to go on sale on October 3, 2019, at 17:00 (UTC +3) with a 5% discount applicable during the first three days.