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‘Crypto is dead in America’: Tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya
[Apr 24, 2023 8:11 PM] Palihapitiya did concede the crypto sector has “pushed more boundaries” than other startup sectors which may have attracted the SEC’s attention.
Bitcoin Stamps Surpass 18,000 Collectibles, Creativity Takes Center Stage
[Apr 22, 2023 11:30 AM] With the latest non-fungible token (NFT) trend on the Bitcoin blockchain, known as Bitcoin Stamps, users have issued more than 18,000 digital collectibles on the network. While this figure falls short of the number of Ordinal inscriptions, stamp…
ECB President Lagarde Warns of ‘Major Disaster’ If US Defaults on Debt Obligations
[Apr 18, 2023 1:30 PM] There is a lot of discussion lately about the U.S. government’s debt ceiling and whether Congress will act before defaulting. In a recent interview, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said she is confident…
Environmental Impact of AI Models Takes Center Stage Amid Criticism Against Bitcoin Mining
[Apr 18, 2023 4:00 AM] While bitcoin’s effect on the environment has been discussed at length over the last two years, the latest trend of artificial intelligence (AI) software is now being criticized for its carbon footprint. According to several headlines and…
Who watches the watchers? CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell explains why surveillance is the enemy
[Apr 12, 2023 8:40 AM] CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell says government and corporate surveillance and citizens’ inability to protect against it are great threats to personal security.
Google Trends Data Shows Bitcoin Search Interest Surged This Week Amid 10-Month Price High
AI-Focused Cryptogpt Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Into Asian Markets
[Apr 11, 2023 5:30 AM] A Layer two (L2) project, called Cryptogpt, which leverages ZK-rollup technology and artificial intelligence (AI), has announced that its team has raised $10 million in capital from a Series A funding round. The crypto and AI firm disclosed that…
Report: Binance US Struggles to Secure Banking Partner Amid Regulatory Crackdown on Crypto Industry
[Apr 8, 2023 3:30 PM] Following the collapse of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank, cryptocurrency companies have been seeking new banking partners in the United States. According to a recent report citing “sources familiar with the…
Hidden Treasure: Every Modern Copy of macOS Contains a Copy of Bitcoin’s White Paper
[Apr 5, 2023 11:30 PM] On April 5, 2023, the independent blogger Andy Baio published a post on his Waxy Blog that explained every version of macOS from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current version hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin white paper. Mac users…
Bitcoin Stamps Emerge as New Image-Storage Trend on the Bitcoin Blockchain, Over 8,000 Stamps Minted So Far
[Apr 5, 2023 1:30 PM] After the Ordinal inscription process gained significant traction on the Bitcoin blockchain with more than 800,000 inscriptions to date, a new trend of non-fungible token (NFT) technology has emerged called Bitcoin Stamps. The image-storing…
The Edge and Beyond
[Apr 3, 2023 5:51 AM] Salim Ismail is the author of Exponential Organizations. He’s an XPRIZE Foundation Board member, Founding Executive Director of Singularity University; Chairman of OpenExO & ExO Works, etc He is prolific speaker that has spoken in front…
Noble Partners With Circle Financial to Integrate USDC on Cosmos Blockchain
[Mar 28, 2023 11:30 PM] According to the token protocol startup Noble, the second-largest stablecoin, USDC, will be integrated into the Cosmos blockchain, as the company has partnered with Circle Financial for the rollout. Noble details that the integration will give…
SEC in a Pickle: Crypto’s Tricky Trio Stirs Up Trouble in 2023
[Mar 23, 2023 2:30 PM] 2023 is shaping up to be a painful year for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it finds itself entangled in battles with the ever-evolving and innovative cryptocurrency industry. From Ripple to Coinbase and Tron, the SEC faces…
Bitcoin's banking crisis surge will 'attract more institutions': ARK's Cathie Wood
[Mar 21, 2023 8:24 PM] Cathie Wood was impressed that Bitcoin “moved in a very different way” compared to the equity market in response to the recent banking crisis.
Nigerian Fintech Flutterwave Obtains Two Licenses From Rwandan Central Bank
[Mar 19, 2023 7:00 AM] Flutterwave, the Nigerian fintech giant, recently said it had obtained two licenses from the National Bank of Rwanda, which allow it to offer its services to more than 13 million people living and working in Rwanda. According to Flutterwave’s…
Openai’s GPT-4 Launch Sparks Surge in AI-Centric Crypto Assets
[Mar 15, 2023 10:04 AM] Following Openai’s release of GPT-4, a deep learning and artificial intelligence product, crypto assets focused on AI have spiked in value. The AGIX token of the Singularitynet project has risen 25.63% in the last 24 hours. Over the last…
ESG Analyst Daniel Batten Reveals Dynamic Charts Showing Bitcoin’s 52.6% Sustainable Energy Use
[Mar 9, 2023 9:30 AM] Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analyst Daniel Batten said Tuesday that the computational backbone of the Bitcoin network now uses 52.6% sustainable energy. Batten and onchain analyst Willy Woo created Dynamic Bitcoin ESG Charts to…
BIS Releases Report On ‘Project Icebreaker’ — Develops Cross-Border Retail CBDC Payment Model
Apple’s Approval Process Delays Uniswap’s Mobile App Launch; Firm Launches Limited Trial Release
[Mar 4, 2023 3:00 PM] On March 3, 2023, Uniswap Labs, the firm behind the decentralized exchange Uniswap, announced the launch of a limited early-release application through Apple’s Testflight program. The company stated that the limited release was due to Apple…
Crypto Economy Swelled 80,466% Since 2013, Despite $1.5 Trillion Loss in 2022 Downturn
[Mar 1, 2023 9:00 AM] Nine years and nine months ago, on May 9, 2013, coinmarketcap.com recorded 14 cryptocurrency assets, and bitcoin’s overall valuation was $1.24 billion, with 11.13 million bitcoins in circulation at the time. Today, the same website indicates…
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches All-Time High as Miners Face Second-Largest Increase This Year
BIS General Manager Casts Doubt on Stablecoins, Claiming Tokens Do Not Benefit From Regulations or Central Planning
Bitcoin Continues to Record Blocks Above the 3.75 MB Range as Ordinal Inscriptions Near 150,000
[Feb 19, 2023 11:30 AM] As Ordinal inscriptions approach the 150,000 mark, blocks larger than 3 MB have become commonplace, with many blocks near the 4 MB range. Meanwhile, after the average transaction fee on-chain rose 122% higher at the beginning of February 2023, the…
Sony and Astar Network Launch Web3 Incubation Program for NFT and DAO-Focused Projects
[Feb 18, 2023 11:30 PM] On Feb. 17, 2023, Tokyo-based Sony Network Communications announced that it is co-hosting a Web3 incubation program with the multichain smart contract platform Astar Network. The program has started accepting applications, and Sony and Astar will…
Napster Expands Into Web3 Music Space With Acquisition of Mint Songs
Stiffing the Staker: The SEC’s Latest Crackdown on Crypto Innovation
[Feb 11, 2023 3:30 PM] The crypto world was jolted last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shut down Kraken’s staking program, much to the satisfaction of Chairman Gary Gensler and his team. But what does this mean for the future of…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Expresses Concern Over Rumors of SEC Ban on Crypto Staking for Retail Customers
[Feb 9, 2023 11:30 AM] Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, expressed concern about rumors that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may eliminate cryptocurrency staking for retail customers in the United States. Armstrong insisted that “staking is not a…
Binance to Support Georgia’s Crypto Industry Through Blockchain Education
[Feb 4, 2023 11:00 PM] Digital asset exchange Binance has agreed to help Georgia to develop its cryptocurrency sector by launching educational and other blockchain initiatives. The leading coin trading platform has been expanding its presence in the region with similar…
Bitcoin Records Largest Mined Block to Date, 4 MB Block Containing NFT Causes Unease Among Small-Block Supporters
[Feb 2, 2023 9:30 AM] Amid the controversy surrounding the Ordinals project and the debate over what types of data should be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain, the network mined its largest block, nearly 4 MB in size, containing just 63 transactions. One of the…