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Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that is not part of  Cryptonews.com  editorial content.

In a world where electric vehicles (EV) are becoming the new normal, the demand for state-of-the-art charging infrastructure is soaring. 

American crypto exchange Coinbase recently tested ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that has grown popular due to its AI powered solutions. Coinbase was testing the AI chatbot to determine the accuracy of its token security review. The firm did this by comparing its results with that of a blockchain security engineer.

According to a Mar. 21 report published by decentralized finance analytics firm OpenCover, DeFi insurance companies paid out $34.4 million in claims in 2022. In context, only $36.9 million of such claims have been paid out since OpenCover began tracking the data. Notable payouts include $22.5 million during the collapse of the Terra Luna ecosystem in May 2022 and $4.7 million from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in November 2022. 

Cloud computing has become an important part of our lives, whether we realize it or not. Many of the services and applications we use on a daily basis, such as messaging and streaming music and video, are powered by cloud computing. 

According to a blog post published by developers of crypto wallet ZenGo, the firm said it had uncovered security vulnerabilities in transaction simulation solutions used by popular decentralized applications, or dApps. Dubbed the "red pill attack," this vulnerability allowed malicious dApps to steal user assets based on opaque transaction approvals offered to and approved by users. The vulnerability derives its name from the iconic "red pill" scene from The Matrix movie series. 

Meme coins have surged to become one of the most popular genres of cryptocurrency in the market in recent years after its huge profit percentage in early 2021. 

Bestselling author Neal Stephenson spoke with Cointelegraph at the Paris Blockchain Week 2023, discussing various topics, including problems within the current Web3 ecosystem and the metaverse — a term Stephenson coined in his 1992 book titled Snow Crash. 

SpankPay, an Ethereum [ETH]-based adult entertainment platform, is closing its crypto payment processor SpankPay after it lost its payment service provider Wyre last month and failed to find another.

Bitcoin’s [BTC] Year-To-Date (YTD) performance of over 70% has been one of the best in its history, considering the number of months it took to reach the landmark . But unbeknownst to many, the price rise also impacted the mining industry, which faced a lot of challenges in the past year.

Giant rabbits wearing trendy outfits situated alongside cartoon characters with rainbows flowing out of their mouths lined the streets of South by Southwest (SXSW) last year. This is because two nonfungible token (NFT) projects — Doodles and Fluf World — dominated SXSW 2022. 

A Spanish lawmaker has turned his back on parliament and his political career – and plans to become a Bitcoin (BTC), altcoins, and blockchain guru instead.

Tuesday March 21st 2023 – The play-to-earn gaming platform Tamadoge is garnering attention, following the release of its fourth arcade game and the recent announcement of a listing event on Bybit.

The global cryptocurrency exchange OKX released its fifth proof-of-reserves (PoR) report, a practice it began in November 2022 to boost transparency in the industry. 

Over the last few months, layer two (L2) protocols on the Ethereum [ETH] blockchain have gained noteworthy recognition. Needless to say, a project like Optimism [OP] sustained being the star among many. It dominated the last quarter of 2022 and also in early 2023.

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There are two reasons for this. First, private crypto assets or currencies are not issued and governed by financial institutions but are typically issued via a decentralized blockchain, which makes them extremely difficult to regulate. A blockchain cannot be subjected to KYC norms or requirements linked to reporting of suspicious transactions. Second, the crypto ecosystem is not confined to geographical boundaries. A person in India could transfer a crypto asset for value to a person in any part of the world, without using any formal banking channel or fiat currency and without having to complete any identity verification. Given that transactions on a blockchain are anonymous, transaction tracing and implementing foreign exchange controls become extremely difficult. There are two regulatory touch points within a crypto ecosystem that can be leveraged to enforce and implement regulation — at the time a crypto asset is converted to fiat currency and the functioning of intermediaries.

The Arbitrum community is speculating and selling off their unreleased ARB tokens in over-the-counter (OTC) markets following the Arbitrum airdrop announcement. 

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Ethereum-based adult entertainment platform SpankChain is shuttering its crypto payment processor, SpankPay, after losing its payment service provider Wyre in February and failing to find a new one.