SEC Launches Game-Show Campaign to Educate Investors in ‘a Playful Way’ – Cry...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a game-show campaign to help investors make informed decisions “in a playful way.” One of the contestants in the game show chose to listen to a celebrity and invest in crypto. SEC Debuts ‘Game Show-Themed Public Service Campaign’ The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy unveiled “a game show-themed public service campaign” last week. Titled “Investomania,” the campaign aims “to help investors make informed investment decisions and avoid....
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Last week, the SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy presented a campaign for “investor education” that includes a series of game-show scenarios. The campaign is titled “Investomania” and includes a half-minute television spot, a 15-second instructional video on crypto assets, FOMO, interactive questions, margin calls, and guaranteed returns. The purpose is: “to assist investors […]
Back in March, live streaming company Streamin' Garage announced the world's first bitcoin-only game show, "Take My Bitcoins." Since then, the series has gone on to produce four episodes with between 18 and 19 BTC given away to participants to date. "Take My Bitcoins" is sponsored by ButterflyLabs, and uses bitcoins generated by the show's in-house mining rig for prizes. ButterflyLabs also contributes to each show's prize purse, which averages 4 BTC per show. Creator, host and executive producer Mike Rotman told CoinDesk that one of the major successes of the show has been the opportunity....
Spells of Genesis, one of the most highly anticipated arcade games of 2015, developed by well-known game developer EverdreamSoft, is introducing and implementing bitcoin and its blockchain technology in the game's storyline and as an in-game currency. Before the game's launch on both iOS and Android Play Store, EverdreamSoft plans to host a crowdfunding campaign for its game and storyline development. Spells of Genesis will be using BitCrystal tokens as its in-game currency which can be used to purchase game items and to trade with other users within the game. The concept behind Spells of....
“This campaign aims to educate and inspire the investment community to take action and make their voices heard on this historic decision,” said Michael Sonnenshein. As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to approve or deny asset manager Grayscale’s application for a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF), the firm has called on American investors to submit comments to the regulator.In a Tuesday Twitter thread, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein announced the launch of an advocacy campaign for U.S.-based investors to speak their minds to the SEC before any....
Epic Games has been one of the few major traditional game developers and publishers in the market to show a clear interest in NFTs. While the tier 1 gaming company hasn’t been especially aggressive in the space quite yet, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has a notorious pro-developer stance, and has expressed that NFTs can show […]