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Bitcoin Magazine Owner Backs First Ordinals Fund, Which Bought $85K Rock

[Oct 17, 2023 9:30 AM] The "Unbroken Chain" fund, as it is known, plans to raise $5 million from its limited partners and will trade in various Ordinals types, including BRC-20 tokens – sometimes positioned as NFTs on Bitcoin.

Lido Finance Sunsets Solana Staking Product After DAO Vote

[Oct 17, 2023 1:59 AM] The staking service for SOL tokens will be discontinued over the coming months, developers said.

Protocol Village: ARPA Network's Random Number Generator 'Randcast' Live on Optimism

[Oct 16, 2023 1:46 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.

Manta's Layer-2 Blockchain Already Plans to Ditch OP Stack for Polygon

[Oct 16, 2023 10:30 AM] The network, which just went live a couple weeks ago as a so-called optimistic rollup – the core underpinning of OP Stack – will now become a “ZK-rollup,” which is what Polygon’s software kit provides.

FTX Bankruptcy Estate Stakes $150M SOL and ETH as Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial Continues

[Oct 16, 2023 1:19 AM] Addresses tied to the bankrupt crypto exchange controlled by a creditors’ group have apparently staked the tokens to earn yield, blockchain data suggests.

Nigerian gov supports AI initiatives with $290K in grants

[Oct 15, 2023 12:55 AM] The recently introduced Nigeria Artificial Intelligence Research Scheme is designed to facilitate the widespread utilization of AI to drive economic advancement.

Stablecoin Lender Liquity’s Token Gains 80% in Month as Activity Increases

[Oct 13, 2023 1:22 PM]

THORSwap, Used by FTX Exploiter, Resumes Trading After Updating Terms to Exclude U.S.-Sanctioned Countries

[Oct 13, 2023 9:11 AM] THORSwap, the exchange that paused its platform last Friday following a series of trades related to the FTX hack, resumed its services on Friday with updated terms and conditions relating to users in sanctioned countries.

CertiK, Blockchain Code Auditor, Makes 'Strategic Workforce Adjustment' of 15%

[Oct 13, 2023 8:17 AM] Just last year, the company raised nearly $150 million of fresh capital. Now, as crypto winter drags on, it is cutting jobs, citing "evolving market dynamics."

China sets stricter rules for training generative AI models

[Oct 13, 2023 4:12 AM] The draft regulations emphasize that data subject to censorship on the Chinese internet should not serve as training material for these models.

Biden considers tightening AI chip controls to China via third parties

[Oct 13, 2023 3:39 AM] The additional restrictions being considered by the Biden administration would try to target ways Chinese developers could access U.S.-made AI semiconductor chips.

Flare Network Will Burn 2.1B FLR to Support Ecosystem Health

[Oct 13, 2023 3:00 AM] Some 198 million FLR will be burned immediately with a further 66 million set to be burned monthly until January 2026.

Perpetual Trading Protocol GMX Bags Biggest Chunk of $40M Arbitrum Grant

[Oct 13, 2023 2:43 AM] Arbitrum projects will receive token grants that may help attract new money to the popular blockchain.

Google to protect users in AI copyright accusations

[Oct 13, 2023 1:28 AM] Google explicitly stated that only seven products fall under this legal protection, excluding Google’s Bard search tool.

Scroll zkEVM Launches, Blockchain Data Shows, Competing With Polygon, Matter Labs

[Oct 12, 2023 12:52 PM] The new Ethereum layer-2 network's debut adds to the competition among rival providers of so-called "zkEVMs," including Polygon and Matter Labs.

Russian Attackers May Have Been Behind Hack of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, Elliptic Says

[Oct 12, 2023 6:00 AM] Research firm Elliptic said some of the stolen funds appear to be linked to Russian cybercriminal groups, citing on-chain analysis.

Computable Functions Verified on Bitcoin — How BitVM Seeks to Elevate BTC’s Smart Contract Game

[Oct 11, 2023 5:30 PM] A new computing model, BitVM, aims to enhance Bitcoin’s smart contract capabilities without requiring changes to the blockchain’s consensus rules. The white paper, published on October 9, 2023, has drawn significant attention and its…

The Protocol: Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan

[Oct 11, 2023 2:51 PM] ZeroSync's Robin Linus has ignited excitement in the Bitcoin community by introducing the "BitVM" paper, proposing a straightforward method for incorporating smart contracts into the original blockchain, a feature predominantly associated with…

The Tech Guru Behind Worldcoin: a Q&A With Tiago Sada

[Oct 11, 2023 10:05 AM] The head of product for Tools for Humanity grew up in Mexico, became an expert in robotics and won a scholarship to study in the U.S. Now he's overseeing one of the most interesting (and controversial) blockchain projects.

Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan

[Oct 11, 2023 9:08 AM] The goal of BitVM is to enable Turing-complete Bitcoin contracts without making the network more complicated for other users.

Israeli Crypto Firms Scramble to Deal With War, in Between the Sirens

[Oct 10, 2023 10:50 AM] Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and encountering supermarket…

Bankman-Fried's FTX Could Have Lost Over $1B Due to Lax Security Practices: Report

[Oct 10, 2023 1:26 AM] Attackers were able to steal nearly $400 million worth of various tokens after FTX was hacked in November 2022. But it could have been worse.

Blocknative Reduces Headcount by Third, After Suspending Work on Relay Project

[Oct 9, 2023 3:06 PM] The company completed a restructuring in the wake of its decision to exit services related to its MEV-Boost Relay, a type of software used by Ethereum network validators.

Israel War Prompts Crypto Firms Including Fireblocks, MarketAcross to Start Aid Fund

[Oct 9, 2023 11:30 AM] The organization will host a multi-signature wallet to collect donations in multiple cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) as well as the dollar-linked stablecoins USDT and USDC.

Protocol Village: VitaDAO, a ‘DeSci DAO,’ Launches Matrix Biosciences

[Oct 9, 2023 5:00 AM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 9-15, with live updates throughout.

Chatgpt Maker Openai Mulling Own AI Chips, Report Unveils

[Oct 8, 2023 8:30 PM] Openai, the developer of Chatgpt, is considering ways to overcome the shortage of chips needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) product. One of the options that’s being discussed in the company, according to a recent media report, is to…

Ripple CTO seeks community consensus for XRPL AMM feature adoption

[Oct 8, 2023 4:39 AM] David Schwartz stated that the changes could be implemented in as little as two weeks if a majority supports the amendment.

Avalanche Social App Stars Arena Drained of $3M in AVAX After Hack

[Oct 7, 2023 4:37 AM] The newest viral application launched nearly a week ago and quickly gained a cult following.

House Republicans urge tighter export controls on advanced chips

[Oct 7, 2023 3:31 AM] The letter follows the unveiling of Huawei Technologies’ Mate 60 Pro smartphone, which incorporated advanced chips manufactured by China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation.

Activist Crypto Investors Score $2.5M Bounty After Campaign on FloorDAO

[Oct 6, 2023 3:36 PM] The so-called decentralized autonomous organization initially formed to focus on building products, but activist investors who showed up were more interested in the project's treasury.