
- News
Australia asks if ‘high-risk’ AI should be banned in surprise consultation The Australian government suddenly announced a new eight-week consultation to ask how heavily it should police the AI sector.
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Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange Gemini to seek UAE crypto license The United-States-based cryptocurrency exchange is now seeking a license in the United Arab Emirates as it seeks to escape “hostility and [a] lack of clarity” on regulations in the U.S.
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Japanese AI experts raise concern over bots trained on copyrighted material Takashi Kii, the Member of the House of Representatives for 10 Wards of Fukuoka indicated that he is pushing for regulation to protect copyright holders from being infringed on by AI.
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Missing ‘Bitcoin Millionaire’ and ONFO coin co-creator found dead: Report The body of Dr. John Forsyth has been found following a week-long search but police reportedly said foul play did not appear to be a factor.
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Blackrock CEO issues dire warning over ‘debt ceiling drama’ — Bullish for Bitcoin? The United States’ debt ceiling is one step closer to being raised, but Larry Fink says trust in the U.S. dollar is being eroded, which could be good news for Bitcoin.
- Stories about AI
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Satoshi Nak-AI-moto: Bitcoin's creator has become an AI chatbot The bot is a ChatGPT model that’s so far only been trained on Satoshi Nakamoto’s public writings and a handful of Bitcoin-related source materials.
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Investment bank TD Cowen shuts crypto unit a year after opening Days after Digital Currency Group's TradeBlock started winding down operations, investment bank TD Cowen has also announced its crypto unit's closure.
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Stop shoving crypto ‘down people’s throats’ — Pudgy Penguins CEO on NFTs Luca Netz suggested that Pudgy Penguins is pushing for Web3/blockchain as a “back end not front end” approach, as it makes its IP as accessible as possible.
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Gate.io denies liquidity problems after Multichain CEO goes missing Some Twitter users posted transactions showing large inflows of MULTI and FTM to Gate.io, leading them to perceive a connection between the two organizations.
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SBF wants to subpoena documents from old FTX/Alameda law firm to use in his defense The prosecution and FTX debtors already have access to the documents, which concern 11 topics and may contain material favorable to SBF.
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Microsoft’s CSO says AI will help humans flourish, cosigns doomsday letter anyway Eric Horvitz penned a blog post lauding the transformative nature of AI on the same day he cosigned a document warning it could threaten humanity’s very existence.
- Altcoin Watch
Pepecoin (PEPE) price action points to a potential 70% drop A bearish chart pattern suggests that PEPE could shave off another 70% in value, especially if the wider market continues to trend down.
- News
Sen. Elizabeth Warren points to crypto payments as facilitating fentanyl trade in China “The number of crypto transactions associated with Chinese fentanyl brokers increased by 450% just last year alone," said the Massachusetts senator, citing an Elliptic report.
- Interview
Bridging virtual and real economies with blockchain gaming — Interview with Gold Fever Exploring the integration of real-world economics within the virtual realms of blockchain gaming through commercial NFTs.
- News
Multichain team cannot locate CEO, halts service for affected chains Cross-chain services are suspended for Kekchain, Public Mint, DynoChain, Redlight Chain, Dexit, Ekta, HPB, Onus, Omax, Findora and Planq.
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Tether expands reach in Georgia through investment in CityPay.io The partnership seeks to enhance the payment industry in Georgia by introducing heightened efficiency.
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EU officials sign Markets in Crypto-Assets framework into law First introduced in 2020, MiCA aims to create a consistent regulatory framework for crypto assets among the European Union member states.
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Fantom starts paying developers to generate gas fees Developers will get a 15% cut of the fees they generate, but only if their app has done more than 125,000 transactions and has existed for three months.
- Newsletter
NFT collections take massive price hit in 2023: Nifty Newsletter, May 24–30 The value of popular NFTs has sharply declined over the past year, with drops of up to 95%.
- Announcement
Web3 gaming gets competitive: QORPO Game Studio joins Cointelegraph Accelerator Web3 game developer QORPO Game Studio aims to introduce competitive esports to the Web3 gaming ecosystem.
- Price Analysis
Price analysis 5/31: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC Bitcoin and most major altcoins are struggling to hold on to their higher levels, indicating that the bears have not given up yet.
- News
Hong Kong Virtual Assets Consortium launched with Huobi as first member The new consortium will provide ratings of digital asset trading platforms and cryptocurrency market indexes when it becomes operational.
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TRC-20 USDT circulation hits record high 5 years after Tron mainnet launch Over 60% of USDT's supply is currently issued on the Tron blockchain, according to Tether data.
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Former House Rep blames industry outsiders for associating crypto with bank’s failure According to Barney Frank, Signature Bank’s only issue prior to regulators seizing control in March was “crypto-fear-inaccurate withdrawals."
- Market Analysis
Bitcoin played second fiddle as KAVA, XRP, TRX, RPL and RNDR led the crypto market in May Bitcoin is about to close its worst-performing month since FTX collapsed, but a handful of altcoins posted noteworthy gains in May.
- Video
From cricket to crypto: AB de Villiers ventures into Web3 South African cricket icon AB de Villiers trades his bat for Web3 as he discusses his love affair with NFTs and a partnership with a novel Ethereum-based investment platform.
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Binance plans new round of layoffs amid increased regulatory scrutiny Binance's chief strategy officer Patrick Hillmann hinted on Twitter the resource reorganization is meant to address growing regulatory pressures targeting the crypto space.