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February 17, 2024
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Tech giants pledge to curb AI election interference

Twenty leading technology companies announced their commitment on Friday, Feb. 16, to prevent their artificial intelligence (AI) software from influencing elections, including those in the United […]
February 17, 2024
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OpenAI’s valuation reportedly soars to $80 billion in latest deal

OpenAI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, has reportedly signed a deal that has skyrocketed its valuation to $80 billion or more, marking a nearly […]
February 17, 2024
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Jupiter’s compliance division revokes investment in Ripple XRP ETP

Jupiter Asset Management’s compliance team has revoked its investment in the 21Shares Ripple XRP exchange-traded product (ETP) due to regulatory issues in Ireland. The firm initially […]
February 17, 2024
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Honduras regulator bans banks from holding, transacting with crypto

The National Banking and Securities Commission of Honduras (CNBS) has issued a resolution prohibiting the country’s financial institutions from engaging with cryptocurrencies. This move is motivated […]
February 17, 2024
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Digital euro will have better privacy than private systems, ECB exec says

European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Piero Cipollone addressed the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs regarding the ECB’s preparations for the issuance […]
February 17, 2024
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Crypto Biz: Franklin Templeton doubles down on crypto

This week in the crypto industry, trillion-dollar asset manager Franklin Templeton has joined the race for a spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), signaling its intention to […]
February 17, 2024
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Coinbase donates $3.6M to Bitcoin developers through Brink

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has made a significant contribution of $3.6 million to Brink, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting developers working on the Bitcoin blockchain. The […]
February 17, 2024
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Celsius distributes $2B of crypto to 172K creditors

Celsius, the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender, has completed the distribution of liquid crypto assets to most eligible creditors through its distribution agents, PayPal and Coinbase. This follows […]
February 17, 2024

Bitcoin mining difficulty surpasses 80 trillion ahead of halving

On Friday, Feb. 16, Bitcoin mining difficulty, a measure of the complexity of solving cryptographic puzzles in the mining process, surpassed 80 trillion. Simultaneously, the network’s […]
February 17, 2024
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Arkham Intelligence identifies MicroStrategy Bitcoin holdings pooled with Fidelity

Arkham Intelligence, a blockchain analytics platform, claims to have uncovered the majority of MicroStrategy Bitcoin holdings, totaling approximately 186,000 BTC out of the firm’s total 190,000 […]
October 20, 2019

UNICEF the Latest Charity to Accept Bitcoin Payments

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has become the latest in a long list of charities to accept payments in Bitcoin. It will also […]
October 18, 2019

SEC to Review Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Proposal

Hardly 10 days after rejecting it for its failure to ‘prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices’, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to […]
October 18, 2019

UK-based FXCM Group Launches CryptoMajor: A New Bitcoin Trading Service

UK-based FXCM Group has introduced a new Bitcoin trading service named CryptoMajor. CryptoMajor is a basket that contains five popular cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, […]
October 18, 2019

Satoshi’s Disappearance Is His Greatest Gift to Bitcoin

Everybody knows Satoshi Nakamoto: the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. Nakamoto built Bitcoin on the back of research done by notable cypherpunks such as Nick Szabo, Hal […]
October 17, 2019

Add Bitcoin Instead of Creating Libra: US Congressman Tells Facebook

Even as Facebook’s proposal to launch its own cryptocurrency (Libra) is mired in controversy, United States Congressman Warren Davidson has suggested that instead of creating its […]
October 16, 2019

Bitcoin Is Hard Money, Fiat Is an IOU

When you hold any amount of bitcoin, you automatically become the owner of those coins. When Bitcoin is transferred from person to person, ownerships are transferred […]
October 16, 2019

Bitwise Faces Rejection From the SEC for Bitcoin ETF Application

According to news sources, on October 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) refused the Bitcoin ETF application submitted by Bitwise and NYSE Arca. The SEC […]
October 11, 2019

Joe Kernen Compares Bitcoin to Amazon as “People didn’t Understand Anything About It Initially”

Joe Kernen, the host of CNBC TV’s ‘Squawk Box’ program, has said that people do not understand Bitcoin now just like they did not understand Amazon […]
October 11, 2019

Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Trading Volume Soars By an Unprecedented 796%

In an unexpected and surprising turn of events, Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures trading volume has soared by an unprecedented 796% in a single day on October 9. […]

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