Would Sam Altman’s $7 trillion ask really secure our future?OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to raise $7 trillion for chip production to help AI systems, but he has yet to show AI is moving in a direction that will help us.Feb 21, 2024Dr. Merav Ozair
ChatGPT had a public meltdown but OpenAI says it’s fine nowThe latest unexplained kerfuffle with ChatGPT’s outputs highlights the dangers of automation.Feb 21, 2024Tristan Greene
Do Kwon to be extradited to US following last-ditch effort in Montenegrin court: ReportThe High Court of Podgorica in Montenegro reportedly rejected a request to extradite Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea.Feb 21, 2024Turner Wright
Apple is future-proofing iMessage with post-quantum cryptographyQuantum computers pose an outsized threat to status quo cryptographic solutions.Feb 21, 2024Tristan Greene
BTC price drops to 1-week low as traders focus on Bitcoin whales, NvidiaBitcoin shows signs of strain amid heavy overhead BTC price resistance and overheated funding rates.Feb 21, 2024William Suberg
Wealthy, isolated, and incredible beaches: Perth Crypto City GuidePowerLedger, DigitalX and numerous Bitcoin miners are based in Perth, but it’s hard to find a Bitcoin ATM here.Feb 21, 2024Ciaran Lyons
CBDCs: User privacy problem or currency of the future? CBDCs have some benefits but also many drawbacks, which has sparked debate about whether adopting them is a good idea.Feb 21, 2024Stephen Katte
AMD hardware accelerators to support blockchain interoperability AMD partners with the Wormhole ecosystem to integrate enterprise-grade hardware accelerators into the Web3 space, facilitating blockchain interoperability.Feb 21, 2024Savannah Fortis
Andrew Yang and 300 international experts petition for government action on AI deepfakes A coalition of over 300 technology, AI and digital ethics experts worldwide advocates for government intervention to combat deepfakes, citing concerns over their societal impact.Feb 21, 2024Savannah Fortis
Ripple ‘would certainly welcome’ an XRP ETF: Brad GarlinghouseRipple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that “it only makes sense” to have different ETFs, as investors would want to diversify their risks.Feb 21, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Nigeria’s tech agency pushes for AI integration for enhanced securityAlhaji A.S. Adeleke expressed the institute’s keenness to learn from NITDA’s experiences to gain valuable insights to aid in policy development and implementation.Feb 21, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Hong Kong sees surge in crypto license applicationsOn Feb. 20, Huobi HK became the 18th crypto exchange to apply for a virtual asset trading platform license with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.Feb 21, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Japan regulator clarifies stance on P2P crypto transfersThe FSA says its recommendations don’t envisage “any transactions from one individual to another.”Feb 21, 2024David Attlee
Crystal CEO foresees boom with Bitcoin ETF adoptionCrystal Intelligence CEO Navin Gupta said ETFs could bring more institutional trust and crypto-friendly regulation.Feb 21, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Japan’s GameFi community raises liquidity concerns with lawmakerThe Liberal Democratic Party of Japan was told that strict regulations are drying up the liquidity of the Japanese crypto markets.Feb 21, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Binance adopts USDT price cap to align with local rules in NigeriaThe price cap blocked accounts of traders attempting to sell above it, leading traders to other exchanges to trade freely without restrictions.Feb 21, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Michael Saylor to forever buy Bitcoin — ‘No reason to sell the winner’The MicroStrategy executive chair claimed Bitcoin was superior to gold and real estate and predicted that capital from those assets would make its way into the cryptocurrency.Feb 21, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Winklevoss twins donate $4.9M to crypto super PAC FairshakeFairshake, a political action committee supported by Coinbase and a16z, has a $73 million war chest to oppose anti-crypto candidates and support those in favor of digital assets.Feb 21, 2024Martin Young
Hack VC raises $150M to back crypto and AI startupsHack is looking to invest in the most “capital-efficient” DeFi projects and solutions that prevent smart contract and protocol hacks.Feb 21, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Stellar launches smart contracts following bug fix delaysThe Stellar Development Foundation has finally rolled out Stellar smart contracts after 16 months on testnet.Feb 21, 2024Martin Young
Australia’s Bitcoin sentiment jumps after US spot Bitcoin ETF approvalsThe rise in positive sentiment was skewed heavily by those aged 55 and above, where Bitcoin sentiment increased by 100%.Feb 21, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Circle to cease minting USDC on Tron network effective immediatelyThe U.S.-based stablecoin issuer said it would discontinue minting USDC on the Tron network “to ensure that USDC remains trusted.”Feb 21, 2024Jesse Coghlan
VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF notches 1,400% daily trading volume increaseVanEck and WisdomTree’s Bitcoin ETFs saw significant trading volume upticks out of the blue, with analysts at a loss for why it happened.Feb 21, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin price rejects at $53K as futures open interest hits a 2-year highBitcoin price surged to $53,000 today. Cointelegraph explains why.Feb 20, 2024Nancy Lubale
Crypto advocacy group calls on Senate Banking Chair not to support Elizabeth Warren’s AML billThe Chamber of Digital Commerce claimed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown were “trying to kill the entire industry” with the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act.Feb 20, 2024Turner Wright
Data points to approaching altcoin season even as Bitcoin dominance holdsBitcoin dominance remains strong at 52%, but on-chain and technical data suggests that altcoin season is fast approaching.Feb 20, 2024Nancy Lubale
Turkey releases first-phase digital lira project evaluation reportThe digital Turkish lira is set to be an intermediated CBDC with self-sovereign identity and offline transfers.Feb 20, 2024Derek Andersen
Starknet airdrop largely successful despite controversiesThe protocol’s total diluted market capitalization has since surpassed $20 billion.Feb 20, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin futures open interest near ‘alarm raising’ $24B level — Are bulls at risk?BTC futures open interest approaches a record high and today’s sharp sell-off triggered alarm from traders.Feb 20, 2024Marcel Pechman
Oxford economist who predicted crypto going mainstream says ‘quantum economics’ is nextDavid Orrell literally wrote the book on Quantum Economics.Feb 20, 2024Tristan Greene