Real AI & crypto use cases, No. 4: Fight AI fakes with blockchainEveryone from Reuters to Fact Protocol and Near thinks that blockchain is one of the most promising ways to fight AI fakes.Nov 30, 2023Andrew Fenton
Bitcoin for Christmas: MicroStrategy buys another $600MThe firm reported it held 174,530 Bitcoin as of Nov. 29 — worth roughly $6.6 billion at a price of $37,726.Nov 30, 2023Turner Wright
Binance launches pilot program for bank custody of collateralBinance unveiled a new program that lets institutions trade without depositing to the exchange.Nov 30, 2023Tom Blackstone
Bitcoin eyes best November since 2020 as PCE fails to move BTC priceBitcoin remains on track to seal its highest monthly close since May 2022, but BTC’s price is stubbornly rangebound.Nov 30, 2023William Suberg
Pudgy Penguins GIFs top 10B views, CEO sets sights on Disney, Hello Kitty: NFT Creator“You can’t really be an angry, miserable person and then go click buy on a Pudgy Penguin.”Nov 30, 2023Greg Oakford
Rarible’s RARI Foundation taps Arbitrum for royalty-embedded EVM chainRarible has cemented its commitment to NFT royalty enforcement by launching a testnet for an EVM-compatible chain with embedded royalties at the node level.Nov 30, 2023Ezra Reguerra
ChatGPT’s first year marked by existential fear, lawsuits and boardroom dramaCointelegraph reflects on the artificial intelligence pause that never happened, a lawsuit that could change the entire AI industry, and the Sam Altman firing and rehiring drama.Nov 30, 2023Tristan Greene
US regulators doing ‘good job of alienating’ crypto sector — Cardano founderCharles Hoskinson took a jab at the perceived inconsistency in applying decentralization standards by the U.S. SEC.Nov 30, 2023Hermi De Ramos
Celsius grants access to withdrawals for eligible crypto holdersEligible participants can withdraw 72.5% of their cryptocurrency holdings minus transaction fees.Nov 30, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
KyberSwap hacker demands complete control over Kyber company The hacker demanded the surrender of all Kyber company assets, both on-chain and off-chain, including shares, equity and tokens.Nov 30, 2023Ezra Reguerra
AntPool offers to refund 83-BTC transaction fee to affected userThe crypto mining platform AntPool says it will refund the unprecedented transaction fee of 83 BTC to the affected user, provided they produce the necessary identification information.Nov 30, 2023Savannah Fortis
Google DeepMind AI predicts 2 million novel chemical materials for real-world techA paper published in the science journal Nature says the AI developed by DeepMind underwent training using data sourced from the Materials Project, an international research consortium established at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2011.Nov 30, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Hong Kong securities association suggests ICO to boost economyThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professional Association also suggested that the region’s authorities could implement Islamic Banking.Nov 30, 2023David Attlee
Cathie Wood's ARK capitalizes on SoFi's crypto exit, investing $1.5M in SOFI sharesCathie Wood’s ARK has been actively accumulating shares of SoFi, which announced plans to terminate crypto services by the end of 2023.Nov 30, 2023Helen Partz
Bitcoin ETF will drive 165% BTC price gain in 2024 — Standard CharteredBitcoin supply shock tactics give way to ETF hype in Standard Chartered’s new $100,000 BTC price prediction.Nov 30, 2023William Suberg
Crypto ownership in Canada slips in 2023, but average value of holdings risesOnly 34% of Canadians still believe that crypto “will play a key role in the future,” but the number of those able to give a basic definition of digital currencies has risen slightly.Nov 30, 2023David Attlee
Binance settlement ‘net positive’ for cryptocurrency industry — Mike NovogratzGalaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz believes Binance has satisfied regulators and users after its $4.3 billion settlement with United States authorities.Nov 30, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Crypto investment platform Fasset granted operational license in DubaiFasset has been granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from regulators in Dubai, allowing it to perform broker-dealer services legally in the emirate.Nov 30, 2023Savannah Fortis
Robinhood to roll out US stock trading in British marketRobinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev said in an interview with Bloomberg that the company is still focused on its global aspirations, and its U.K. expansion is one step toward that.Nov 30, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Digital Canadian dollar fails to impress despite high awarenessPeople who were aware of CBDCs were more reluctant to adopt the technology when compared with those who didn’t know about it.Nov 30, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Australia tries again to combat ‘future sectors’ crypto scamsThe “Proposed Scams Code Framework” consultation paper aims to delegate clear roles and responsibilities to government and private entities when combatting scams.Nov 30, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Elon Musk to advertisers trying to ‘blackmail’ X — ‘Go fuck yourself’The billionaire X owner lashed out at advertisers ditching the platform due to his controversial posts.Nov 30, 2023Martin Young
12 days of unemployment later, Sam Altman is officially back at OpenAISam Altman addressed employees in a company memo on Nov. 29, marking his official return to the top leadership position at OpenAI.Nov 30, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Crypto exchange FTX gets nod to sell $873M of assets to repay creditorsNearly $700 million of the $873 million trust assets allowed to be sold by FTX comes from Grayscale’s flagship product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.Nov 30, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin ETF race gets 13th entrant, BlackRock revises ETF modelPando’s ETF bid comes as several spot Bitcoin ETF applications draw closer to a final decision deadline.Nov 30, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Brazilians may soon need to stump up taxes on crypto held abroadThe new rules would make crypto income from exchanges outside Brazil taxable at the same rate as local income.Nov 30, 2023Derek Andersen
Research the dynamics of market manipulation before you jump in Bitcoin ETFsBitcoin ETFs could be subject to manipulation in the spot Bitcoin market. The SEC’s chief concern is figuring out how to prevent manipulation induced by ETFs.Nov 30, 2023João Marco Braga da Cunha
Over 75% of Web3 games ‘failed’ in last five years: CoinGeckoThe “failed” blockchain games are those that have seen their 14-day moving average number of active users down more than 99% from its peak.Nov 30, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Can Sony and Microsoft bring blockchain to gaming consoles?Sony and Microsoft are angling to get into crypto gaming. Will they be able to succeed where others in the industry have failed?Nov 29, 2023Olga Vorobyeva
Outrage that ChatGPT won’t say slurs, Q* ‘breaks encryption’, 99% fake web: AI EyeA blizzard of AI bullsh*t is taking over the web from the torrent of human outrage that currently lives there.Nov 29, 2023Andrew Fenton