[2026-04-11] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

A new free-to-play Bitcoin game will pay someone a BTC bounty if they’re skilled at old-school arcade games, lucky enough to play while lots of Bitcoin is being transacted on the blockchain, or willing to move a ton of BTC to help grease the wheels. In the web game Mempool Space Invaders, first spotted by Protos, players are challenged to shoot down Bitcoin “whales” that fall through the screen towards their ship. Each whale represents a real transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain, and upon bein...