Category: Commentary

Tax Implications for Virtual Currency Transactions

The View of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) In October 2019, the IRS released their latest updates in frequently asked questions on virtual currency transactions ...
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Ten Years In, Riot Games Finally Earns Its “s”

Ten Octobers ago, Riot Games, a small independent developer at the time, released a beta of a new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) called League ...
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Biotech and Life Sciences: Q2 2019 Summary

The 2019 Q2 biotech and pharmaceutical transactions were defined by an active IPO summer market as deal value increased across all categories when compared to ...
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The Resurgence of Cryptocurrencies in 2019

The price of Bitcoin in 2019 has soared from around $3,800 at the beginning of January to a high of over $13,800 in June. While ...
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Convergence of Video Games and Traditional Media Forms

In June 2019, CD Projekt Red, a Warsaw-based game developer, held a briefing for its highly anticipated title, Cyberpunk 2077, at E3 2019. The long-awaited, ...
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League of Twitch: Legends Never Die

League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title from Riot Games, which has been a fixture of Amazon’s streaming platform Twitch for ...
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Blockchain in Gaming: Game Changing, or Just Another Fad?

Digital games have experienced a meteoric rise in the last decade to become the dominant form of entertainment, with a 2017 Newzoo industry report showing ...
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Sony, Microsoft, Stadia, and Streaming

In May 2019, Sony and Microsoft announced the establishment of a partnership focused around streaming technology.  Under the terms of the partnership, the two companies ...
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Gaming AI

The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown by leaps and bounds since the English mathematician Alan Turing first asked the question: “Can machines think?”. ...
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