X removes NFT profile pictures, GameStop to shut down NFT marketplace: Nifty NewsletterCommunity members brought up the issue of fake accounts and scams on X as the platform ends support for NFT profile pictures.Jan 17, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin and ETF traders are overstating the impact of GBTC selling Grayscale GBTC outflows find a counterpart in net inflows to the remaining spot Bitcoin ETF funds. Here’s why it’s important.Jan 17, 2024Marcel Pechman
US sanctions over China's military use of Baidu chatbot could spell bad news for the AI industryAny company with a public-facing generative AI service could theoretically find themselves in the same crosshairs.Jan 17, 2024Tristan Greene
Ethereum Dencun upgrade goes live on testnet after 4-hour delayThe Dencun upgrade was implemented on Ethereum’s Goerli testnet, but a bug in Prysm kept the network from finalizing for nearly four hours.Jan 17, 2024Tom Blackstone
Gemini approved to operate in France, will debut within weeksFrench markets regulator Autorité des marchés financiers granted Gemini registration, reportedly making it the 105th company to receive it.Jan 17, 2024Derek Andersen
Wormhole bridge reclaims $1B in total value lockedThe protocol has processed $38 billion in cross-chain transfers since inception.Jan 17, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says there’s no way to build future AI without energy breakthroughAltman’s touting fusion as the way forward after investing $375 million in a fusion energy company in 2021.Jan 17, 2024Tristan Greene
SEC v. Terraform Labs trial pushed to March to potentially accommodate Do KwonThe Terraform Labs co-founder is still in Montenegro following his prison sentence and reportedly awaits extradition to the United States.Jan 17, 2024Turner Wright
Coinbase to dispute SEC crypto authority in federal court The SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase will be heard in New York on Jan. 17. The case may determine the future of several crypto tokens in the United States.Jan 17, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
VanEck to delist Bitcoin Strategy ETF, citing performance and investor interestThe decision to remove shares of the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF came roughly a week after the firm received approval from the SEC to list shares of its spot Bitcoin ETF.Jan 17, 2024Turner Wright
Doctor Who materializes in Web3: Tony Pearce’s journey in time and spaceReality+ founder Tony Pearce discovered blockchain in 2017 and has now introduced millions of Doctor Who fans to Web3 collectibles.Jan 17, 2024Monty Munford
BTC price slips to $42.4K as JPMorgan CEO says Bitcoin ‘does nothing’JPMorgan begs CNBC to stop talking about “pet rock” BTC despite financial heavyweights seeing billions of dollars in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows.Jan 17, 2024William Suberg
OpenAI reveals lessons learned from $1M grant programOpenAI says it wants to implement ideas from the public about how to ensure its future AI models align with the values of humanity.Jan 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
ProShares files for 5 Bitcoin ETFs with indirect exposureBitcoin futures ETF issuer ProShares filed for two long and three short Bitcoin ETFs with the SEC on the third day of spot BTC ETF trading in the United States.Jan 17, 2024Helen Partz
Ripple CEO expects more crypto ETF approvals: Davos 2024 Brad Garlinghouse expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve further cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds now that Bitcoin ETFs are a reality.Jan 17, 2024Gareth Jenkinson
Spot Bitcoin ETF volumes pass ‘insane’ $10B as GBTC sales slowBitcoin ETF volumes leave no doubt about the road forward despite BTC price hurdles over the past week, analysts conclude.Jan 17, 2024William Suberg
Number of Salvadorans using Bitcoin halves in a year: SurveyThe 45-page survey doesn’t contain questions about the Salvadoran government’s Bitcoin investments.Jan 17, 2024David Attlee
Microsoft partners with Vodafone on generative AI integrationMicrosoft and the telecommunications group Vodafone will provide generative AI integrations with Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI Service and Copilot.Jan 17, 2024Savannah Fortis
US GAO recommendations to SEC before spot Bitcoin ETF approval revealedIn its assessment, the GAO found that although the SEC has a dedicated wing toward emerging technologies, it’s not well equipped to deal with the current challenges and needs specific improvements.Jan 17, 2024Prashant Jha
Multiple US Senate bills object to CBDC's definition of ‘money’The bills could create significant roadblocks to a CBDC in the United States.Jan 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
$383B worth of crypto projects based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein: ReportThe largest of them all, the Ethereum Foundation, is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.Jan 17, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
Estimated $1.1B flees GBTC in 3 days as ARK begins buying own Bitcoin ETFRoughly $1.1 billion has flowed from Grayscale’s ETF in the last three days as traders hit the exit after its discount narrowed.Jan 17, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin ETFs top 3X daily volume of all 500 ETFs launched in 2023 combinedOn Jan. 16, spot Bitcoin ETFs generated $1.8 billion in volume — more than three times the combined trading volume that same day of all 500 ETFs launched in 2023.Jan 17, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Vitalik Buterin says L2s using Celestia are validiums, not genuine rollupsThe Ethereum co-founder has sparked a debate on whether validiums are in the same category as layer-2 rollups.Jan 17, 2024Martin Young
EU banking authority extends Anti-Money Laundering guidance to cryptoEU-based crypto firms are now subject to guidance from the banking watchdog in its “fight against financial crime.”Jan 17, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents seek dismissal of FTX clawback lawsuitJoseph Bankman and Barbara Fried said the lawsuit seeks to “capitalize on the sheer fact” they were the parents of the former FTX CEO.Jan 17, 2024Felix Ng
IRS steps back crypto tax rules, exempting TXs over $10K from obligationsThe U.S. Internal Revenue Service didn’t state when it intends to issue new regulations detailing how U.S. businesses must report cryptocurrency transactions.Jan 17, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to exit bankruptcy, relist shares in ‘coming days’ Crypto mining firm Core Scientific is putting an end to its 13-month restructuring journey, with an emergence targeted for Jan. 23.Jan 16, 2024Felix Ng
Being a developer for the decentralized web sucksWeb3 developers are suffering from a lack of common standards for integrating the tech, apps, and APIs that they need in order to build.Jan 16, 2024Aly Madhavji & Kevin Callahan
Socket protocol loses $3.3M in confirmed approval exploitAn attacker drained funds from users who had previously made infinite approvals to a Socket contract.Jan 16, 2024Tom Blackstone