Bitcoin Arcade Machine is 'On Like Donkey Kong'
The games room specialist that developed a bitcoin-operated pool table has released its arcade machine equivalent. Liberty Games, based in the UK, has developed a method of retrofitting arcade machines so that gamers can play with bitcoin rather than a bag full of metal coins. The company's technical director Stuart Kerr said an arcade machine can be fitted with a Raspberry Pi, a simple credit-card sized computer, and other components so that gamers can send bitcoin to the machine owner's wallet. The method is similar to the one used by Liberty Games to outfit pool tables to accept....
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Hong Kong's first bitcoin ATM opened earlier today at a cafe in one of the city's busiest pedestrian districts. The ATM, a Lamassu one-way bitcoin dispensing machine, will be sited at Mr Bing - a cafe franchise that specialises in Beijing crepes or jianbing. The launch took place at 7:30am, within the franchise premises at 83 Wellington Street, just off Hong Kong's Central-Mid Levels escalator. With such a public location, it will likely serve as an indicator of the Hong Kong general public's interest in bitcoin. Competition. Just hours after the Mr Bing machine went live, local Hong Kong....
The decentralized finance (defi) marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform, and lending application Arcade has announced the company has closed a Series A investment round for $15 million. Just recently, Arcade facilitated an onchain loan of $800,000 against an NFT portfolio from a lender with over $10 billion. Arcade Raises $15 Million in Series A Co-Led by Pantera Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Franklin Templeton Blockchain Fund The defi marketplace Arcade has raised $15 million in capital during a Series A financing round, according to the company. The investment....
Being a child of the early 80's, I was there for the advent of the video game arcade era. Long before there was Metal Gear Solid and Halo, there was Pacman, Dig Dug and Donkey Kong. That was how a multi-billion dollar international business began. Think of the current console-based/online/mobile games as Video Gaming 2.0. Now, Video Gaming 3.0 may have just begun, in Bakersfield, California. This newest version is being driven by the world of digital currency arcades. Is this Digital Currency Gaming or Gambling? You may have seen these machines before in your local gas station. They look....
As a part of its crowdfunding campaign which went live on November 1, 2016, the Arcade City platform will be creating 100 million ARC tokens. Arcade City, the blockchain based peer to peer marketplace for various service providers is on its way to realizing its future. The platform has recently launched the ICO of its Arcade City Tokens (ARC) to raise funds for future development. The Arcade City platform has its origin in the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire after a group of former Uber and Lyft drivers decided to help the city’s commuters when the taxi services went on strike. The....
Arcade City’s leadership has rebranded into a separate entity, something its founder is not happy with. In an effort to bypass a controversial past, Arcade City, the Ethereum-based ride sharing project that generated great buzz in the Blockchain world before hitting delays late last year, has split. The council and several key community members have rebranded and formed a new entity named Swarm City, which will have the use of the funds raised in the ARC token sale. However, Christopher David, Arcade City’s founder and sole owner of Arcade City, Inc., is not happy with the rebranding and....