Lionel Messi, one of the biggest Argentine soccer superstars, has announced his participation as an investor and brand ambassador in Sorare, an NFT (non-fungible token) game. Sorare hopes that Messi’s presence will improve the way in which the company relates to users, setting new standards in this regard. The economic details of the deal were not disclosed. ( By Sergio Goschenko)

The long-term macro picture is still very bad. As a matter of fact, I think 2023 will be even worse than 2022.

Notable cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com revealed today that it holds 20% of its reserves in the Shiba Inu (SHIB) token—a highly speculative “meme coin.”

It’s highly unlikely anyone predicted the collapse of FTX in 2022.

<b>FTX</b> crashed. Cryptocurrency prices tumbled on Friday as fretful investors returned to their defensive postures of earlier in the week.

The crypto exchange had re-enabled withdrawals on Thursday, but only in the Bahamas, the location of its headquarters and many employees.&nbsp; Some users without a Bahamian account themselves found a way to circumvent the system by using FTX’s NFT marketplace.

Crypto lender Voyager has reopened the bidding process for its assets following the bankruptcy of crypto exchange FTX, which had been expected to buy them.

Following an announcement made 24 hours ago that FTX US may halt trading on its platform, <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0x2faf487a4414fe77e2327f0bf4ae2a264a776ad2" target="_blank">on-chain data </a>reveals that the platform paused withdrawals from the United States-based platform on Nov. 11.

FTX Ventures and Alameda Research have invested in more than 250 crypto industry startups, according to data collected by The Block Research.

FTX’s disaster has caused the market to be filled with fear of uncertainty and doubt (FUD), and major cryptocurrencies related to Sam Bankman-Fried have suffered as a result, but Polygon (MATIC) and tokens backed by gold, have outperformed.