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The Tightrope of Regulation

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Time Stamp: September 26, 2023 7:06 AM - Modified On: September 26, 2023 - Published By:
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In a significant move at the recent G20 meeting in India, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) released a joint paper outlining a framework for the global regulation of cryptocurrencies. While the proposals mostly tread familiar territory, what’s new is their conviction in crypto’s unstoppable growth and success. A flurry of optimism greeted the G20’s endorsement of the report because it advocates that countries don’t ban crypto. Hidden in its text, however, are some worrying signs. For example, on the first page, they state, “Widespread

alex: “This feels real now, we’re playing a Major, so there’s more pressure”

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Time Stamp: October 28, 2021 2:48 PM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Movistar Riders have had a roller coaster of emotions at the PGL Stockholm Major, where they became the first Spanish team to compete at an event of this caliber. They started off with a win against Renegades, but then fell to Virtus.pro and Entropiq before coming out on top in a barn burner against TYLOO to make it to the final day of play. Movistar Riders have started to feel the heat in Sweden alex sat down to talk after Movistar Riders' close series with TYLOO, opening up about the

karrigan: “We could be a dark horse to go deep in this tournament”

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Time Stamp: October 27, 2021 11:14 AM - Modified On: October 27, 2021 - Published By:
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FaZe became the first team to punch their ticket from the Challengers Stage to the Legends Stage at the Major with a clean record, taking down Spirit and ENCE in best-of-ones before making it out of the group stage unscathed with a 2-0 victory over Virtus.pro. The international squad also did so displaying a wide variety of play, winning their matches on four different maps: Overpass, Dust2, Mirage and Ancient. karrigan talked about topics ranging from the Major to team culture and having Olof back FaZe, the lowest seeded team,

Biggest takeaways from lineups submitted for PGL Major

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Time Stamp: October 22, 2021 7:23 AM - Modified On: October 22, 2021 - Published By:
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Earlier on Friday, PGL has unveiled the official lineups teams have submitted for the upcoming Major in Stockholm. Overall, there are no big surprises on the list after Virtus.pro announced the switch of Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev for Evgeny "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev for the tournament, but a few curious names still appear in some of the big teams. Everyone has been given the chance to submit a substitute player at no cost of their RMR points, whom they can swap in and out once during the tournament at their leisure. While it's

ESIC apply minor sanction to niko in complicity of HUNDEN coaching bug abuse; clear Heroic quartet

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 4:32 AM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has released their findings regarding former Heroic coach HUNDEN's claims that players on the team were aware of his abuse of the coaching bug. The result of the month-long investigation issues only minor sanctions to niko, who received a lenient sentence as a result of an admission of guilt in combination with exceptional and special circumstances, which involved HUNDEN manipulating the player's trust with the knowledge that certain medical conditions affect his judgement, making him heavily dependent on those he trusts around him. The quartet

Gen.G and LNG fight for first seed in Group D on final day of Worlds 2021 group stage

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Time Stamp: October 17, 2021 1:41 PM - Modified On: October 17, 2021 - Published By:
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This article is written in partnership with DJ Esports. All odds presented are at the time of publication and are subject to change. Oct. 18, the last day of the Worlds 2021 group stage, features a Group D round-robin that will decide which teams take the final two spots in the knockout stage. Since Group D was the only group that featured no 3-0 or 0-3 teams through the first round of games, it contains the most questions that need to be answered. Any of the four teams present could

Steam bans cryptocurrencies and NFTs

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2021 7:55 PM - Modified On: October 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Steam, the popular application for purchasing and downloading games, has officially prohibited any blockchain games that contain cryptocurrencies or NFTs from being added to its more than 50,000 listings on the platform. Under Steam’s Rules and Guidelines for publishers, any “applications built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs” are no longer allowed to be distributed via Steam. This means that many blockchain games will be effectively barred from the platform until further notice. The developers behind Age of Rust, a blockchain-based game where players

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl character Michelangelo banned from Super Smash Con

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This weekend is set to have one of the first major Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl tournaments since the game’s release, but one character won’t be joining in on the action. At Super Smash Con this weekend, All-Star Brawl will have an event with a $10,000 prize pool up for grabs. The events director Michael Brancato shared the rules for this tournament on social media today, and one of the most notable points was the banning of Michelangelo. Really excited to be helping with the $10k Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl tournament at @SuperSmashCon