B.AI, a digital financial infrastructure built for the AI agent era, has announced a partnership with $CROSS, a full-stack Web3 gaming infrastructure. The goal is to explore how AI agents handle management and transactions inside Web3 gaming economies. The news was shared on B.AI’s official X account. Both platforms are built on blockchain technology, ensuring…
A new report from market-making and trading firm Caladan reveals that more than 90% of Web3 games have failed after burning through up to $15 billion in investment. The data shows that roughly 93% of so-called GameFi projects are now effectively dead, with token values down about 95% from their 2022 peaks and funding to…
Winter Storm Triggers Mining Shutdowns Bitcoin mining activity has taken its biggest hit since late 2021. A severe winter storm in the United States forced several large mining firms to curtail operations, and this triggered a sharp drop in network hashrate, production, and revenue. I think what’s interesting here is the scale of the disruption….
Gaming Protocol Teams with Space Exploration Game W3GG, a decentralized gaming protocol that operates as a regional sub-DAO focused on building Web3 gaming communities, has entered a strategic partnership with Lussaio. Lussaio is a Web3-enabled space exploration and strategy game where players discover new worlds and manage resources. The collaboration aims to create new earning…
Bitcoin miners face profitability crisis as winter storm compounds market pressures Bitcoin miners are having a rough time lately. I mean, really rough. The combination of falling Bitcoin prices and some serious external complications has created what might be one of the toughest periods for mining operations in recent memory. According to data from CryptoQuant,…
Bitcoin Mining Companies See Continued Gains from AI Infrastructure Shift Bitcoin mining firms that have shifted their focus toward artificial intelligence infrastructure are continuing their strong performance into 2026. The trend appears sustainable, especially when you look at recent earnings reports from major tech companies. Meta and Microsoft both released fourth-quarter results and 2026 outlooks…
Power-intensive projects meet community pushback It’s interesting to see history repeating itself, I think. For years, Bitcoin miners learned that cheap power and available land didn’t automatically mean communities would welcome them. Now AI data center developers are hitting the same walls. They’re facing local resistance over electricity demands, infrastructure costs, and environmental concerns. The…
Game servers going offline after less than a year Forgotten Runiverse, the fantasy MMORPG built on the Ronin blockchain, is shutting down its live servers. The team announced the suspension on social media, explaining that maintaining the game in its current state no longer makes financial sense. I think this is becoming a familiar pattern…
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Adjustment Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just dropped by 3.28%, settling at 141.67 trillion. That’s a level we haven’t seen since September 2025, which is interesting when you think about it. The adjustment happened at block height 933408, and it’ll stay at this setting for the next 2,016 blocks—roughly two weeks. This feels like…
Major Bitcoin Sale by Mining Company Riot Platforms, the Bitcoin mining and data center operation, made a significant move in December 2025. They sold off 1,818 Bitcoin for about $161 million. That sale brought their total Bitcoin holdings down to 18,005 BTC. At current market prices, that’s still worth around $1.7 billion, which is nothing…
