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Openai Announces Chatgpt App for Android Devices

Artificial intelligence (AI) research lab Openai announced it’s launching an Android version of its Chatgpt chatbot. The application, which will be available for download next week, comes after recent updates of Google’s Bard and a report revealing…

China’s Central Bank: Digital Yuan Transactions Reach $250 Billion

China’s central bank governor has revealed that transactions using the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) reached 1.8 trillion yuan ($250 billion) at the end of June. In addition, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) official…

BRICS Currency Not on Agenda for Leaders’ Summit — Nations to Focus on De-Dollarization

The heavily anticipated BRICS currency is not on the agenda to be discussed at the economic bloc’s upcoming leaders’ summit, according to South Africa’s diplomat in charge of BRICS relations. He clarified that the BRICS members will focus on…

SEC Says XRP Ruling in Ripple Case ‘Wrongly Decided’ — Signals Appeal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told a federal court that some portions of the Ripple ruling regarding XRP “were wrongly decided.” The regulator has asked the court to ignore parts of the ruling, noting that…

Charting Bitcoin’s Predictable Course: A Comprehensive Review of the Next 29 Reward Halvings

In under 280 days, Bitcoin’s blockchain will undergo its fourth reward halving event, slicing the block subsidy from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. The crypto community is abuzz with chatter, contemplating how these substantial decreases in block…

Canadian Police Warn of Surge in Home Invasion-Style Robberies Targeting Affluent Crypto Investors

Canadian law enforcement reports that affluent cryptocurrency investors have become targets of home invasion-style robberies. Both Delta Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Richmond have issued warnings after having dealt with multiple…

Ethereum Targets $2,000 Bounce: Santiment Predicts August Rally Amid ‘Eerily Quiet’ Market

Nestled in the second position of the cryptocurrency market cap hierarchy, ethereum (ETH) currently trades below the $1,900 per unit mark. However, the industry experts at Santiment predict a bullish upturn, indicating that the digital asset might…

Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty States SEC Chair Gary Gensler ‘Misstates the Law’ on Tokens

Stuart Alderoty, CLO of Ripple, a cryptocurrency and payments services company, railed against the statements of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler given in a recent congressional hearing. Alderoty criticized the…

Bitcoin ETFs Can ‘Act as a Gateway to Crypto for Many’ — Mintlayer CEO Enrico Rubboli

According to Enrico Rubboli, the CEO of Mintlayer, Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can potentially act as “a gateway to crypto” for users who are likely to eventually show greater interest in the underlying asset. Rubboli argued…