Sen. Warren, 100+ legislators write White House, Treasury about crypto and terrorismThe letter was signed by crypto opponents and many lawmakers who had been neutral on crypto until now.Oct 18, 2023Derek Andersen
Elon Musk trials $1 subscription signup fee for new X users in New Zealand, PhilippinesThe social media platform’s owner seems on the cusp of turning X into a fully subscription-based app.Oct 18, 2023Tristan Greene
Anthropic built a democratic AI chatbot by letting users vote for its valuesThe value responses from 1,000 test subjects were used to tune a more democratic large language model.Oct 18, 2023Tristan Greene
US Treasury sanctions Gaza-based crypto operator allegedly tied to HamasAccording to the U.S. Treasury, federally designated terrorist groups including Hamas, ISIS and an al-Qaeda affiliate used the Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company to transfer funds.Oct 18, 2023Turner Wright
How high can Bitcoin price go by 2024?Historic price fractal, strong technicals and Bitcoin ETF approval euphoria could keep BTC prices elevated for the rest of 2023.Oct 18, 2023Yashu Gola
Central banks want to look under crypto’s hood — Is this a positive sign? The mere fact that the Deutsche Bundesbank, BIS and other financial incumbents want such information now suggests a tacit acceptance of crypto.Oct 18, 2023Andrew Singer
UK tops crypto activity in Central, Northern and Western Europe: ChainalysisCrypto adoption in the United Kingdom has been growing as the country adopts more regulations targeting crypto and stablecoins, the study shows.Oct 18, 2023Helen Partz
Ethereum restaking: Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards?“Restaking” involves reusing staked Ether to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols. But many fear restaking could disrupt Ethereum’s chain itself.Oct 18, 2023Max Parasol
Bitcoin metrics ‘improve bullish odds’ as BTC price holds 200-week trendlineBTC price gains are not guaranteed as a result, but promising on-chain signals show “good things are happening” for Bitcoin bulls, analysis says.Oct 18, 2023William Suberg
Middle East regulatory clarity drives crypto industry growth — Binance FZE headThe UAE, Dubai and Bahrain continue to attract major cryptocurrency exchanges and businesses due to their progressive regulatory approaches.Oct 18, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
IMF director urges ‘financial inclusion’ via digitalizationIMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says digitalization is “the most important way” to scale up financial inclusion.Oct 18, 2023David Attlee
Future of DAOs limited by lack of regulatory framework: ECB Occasional PaperUncertain regulatory conditions continue to have a negative impact on the sustainable growth of the DAO ecosystem, revealed a new European Central Bank Occasional Paper.Oct 18, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Ethereum LSDFi sector grew nearly 60x since January in post-Shapella surge: CoinGeckoThe LSDFi sector’s total value locked has grown 5,870% since January as ETH holders seek better yields.Oct 18, 2023Martin Young
Hong Kong’s attitude toward crypto sours after JPEX saga: Survey41% of respondents said they prefer not to hold virtual assets or cryptocurrencies — up 12 percentage points from an earlier study.Oct 18, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Coinbase lobbying efforts face setback from Hamas’ crypto use: Berenberg analystsReports of Hamas using crypto to fund recent attacks in Israel could make Coinbase’s lobbying efforts more difficult, says Berenberg lead analyst Mark Palmer.Oct 18, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Reddit to wind down blockchain-based rewards service ‘Community Points’Reddit will shutter its Community Points feature on Nov. 8, citing scalability issues.Oct 18, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Ethereum layer 2 zkEVM ‘Scroll’ confirms mainnet launchBlockchain data from Etherscan suggest Scroll’s mainnet went live over a week ago.Oct 18, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Google requests dismissal of AI data scraping class-action suitGoogle argued in its motion to dismiss the claims that using publicly available information shared on the internet is not “stealing,” as claimed.Oct 17, 2023Savannah Fortis
Pro-crypto lawmaker stays interim US House Speaker as front-runner loses first round of votingOhio Representative Jim Jordan, the Republican Party’s nominee for Speaker, won the support of 200 of his colleagues in an Oct. 17 vote — below the 217 needed to hold the position.Oct 17, 2023Turner Wright
South Korean regulator outlines steps to enhance digital asset legislationThe Virtual Asset Users Protection Act was passed in June without a sufficient regulatory framework, the head of South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service said.Oct 17, 2023Derek Andersen
US expands export controls for AI semiconductor chips to ChinaThe expanded export controls of AI semiconductor chips include a new performance threshold, licensing requirements expansions and a notification requirement, among others.Oct 17, 2023Savannah Fortis
Europe’s AML regulations come at a high cost — for your privacy and otherwiseThe European Union’s anti-money laundering laws infringe upon personal privacy, and they come with costs that are simply too high.Oct 17, 2023George Basiladze
Fantom Foundation hot wallet hacked for $550KThe Fantom Foundation lost $550,000 worth of cryptocurrency through a vulnerability in the official Fantom wallet.Oct 17, 2023Tom Blackstone
Fed Governor Bowman doubles down on CBDC skepticism, likes stablecoin no betterMichelle Bowman told a university audience that financial innovation should be justified by need and be properly regulated.Oct 17, 2023Derek Andersen
Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI system, says overall performance ‘on par with ChatGPT’The Chinese megacorporation claims its newest model rivals OpenAI’s popular model in generating text, images and video.Oct 17, 2023Tristan Greene
Nishad Singh says there is ’a lot’ he doesn’t remember about FTX in 2022 — SBF trialSam Bankman-Fried’s defense team cross-examined former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh following questions from the prosecution on Oct. 16.Oct 17, 2023Turner Wright
Platypus Finance recovers 90% of assets lost in exploitThe project has agreed to not pursue legal action against the hacker.Oct 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Immutable delays $67M token vesting by another year125 million IMX tokens allocated for developer rewards will be vested monthly starting July 2024.Oct 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
BTC price models hint at $130K target after 2024 Bitcoin halvingBitcoin is due to double its current all-time high price within two years of the April 2024 halving, the models suggest.Oct 17, 2023William Suberg
Binance.US asks users to convert USD into stablecoins for withdrawalsBinance.US users “may convert” their U.S. dollar holdings to stablecoins or other digital assets to withdraw the funds from their accounts, the firm said.Oct 17, 2023Helen Partz