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09.08 / 16:35
business
defi
Hackers
hacks
Usd Coin
Aave’s Earning Farm protocol targeted by reentrancy attack — PeckShield
Blockchain security firm PeckShield revealed fresh vulnerabilities targeting decentralized finance (DeFi) projects on Aug. 9. According to the firm, Aave’s Earning Farm has been compromised by a reentrancy attack, resulting in the theft of at least $287,000 worth of Ether (ETH).
09.08 / 15:31
business
Blockchain
Art
coinbase
Gaming
week
Coinbase celebrates art, music and gaming with a three-week blockchain event
Presented by Coinbase, the Onchain Summer festival will bring the community together for three weeks in August to build, socialize, play and celebrate innovation.
09.08 / 12:57
business
Art
Google
copyrights
Deal
Universal Music and Google in talks over deal to combat AI deep fakes: Report
Universal Music Group — one of the world’s leading music companies — and Google are in negotiations to license melodies and vocal tracks of artists to be used in songs generated by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report from the Financial Times.
09.08 / 10:15
business
NVIDIA
Costs
Nvidia drops new AI chip expected to cut development costs
Nvidia, one of the world’s leading developers of semiconductor chips, revealed its latest chip on Aug. 7, designed to power high-level artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
09.08 / 08:53
business
Blockchain
regulation
Investments
Venture Capital
cryptocurrency investment
FTX
Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Softbank, leading VCs face lawsuit for “abetting” FTX fraud
Eighteen leading venture capital (VC) investment firms, including Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Sino Global and Softbank, have been named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for their links to the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.
09.08 / 05:59
business
Law
regulation
Altcoin
Fraud
FTX
FTX’s former law firm hit with lawsuit alleging it set up ‘shadowy entities’
FTX’s former primary counsel Fenwick & West LLP has been hit with a class action suit claiming it aided the crypto exchange’s alleged multi-billion dollar fraud.
09.08 / 02:19
business
Hackers
hacks
Altcoin
Scams
phishing
X account
Blockchain Capital’s X account hacked promoting token claim scam
The X (Twitter) account of crypto-focused venture capital firm Blockchain Capital has seemingly been taken over by scammers attempting to lure users with the promise of a token claim.
09.08 / 01:03
business
Stablecoin
Adoption
regulation
Banks
Federal Reserve
US Fed steps up oversight of banks' involvement with crypto firms
The United States Federal Reserve is broadening the scope of its supervision program which oversees U.S. banks that engage with the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
08.08 / 23:05
business
Mining
Marathon
Marathon Digital Q2 results miss revenue and earnings forecasts
Crypto mining firm Marathon Digital missed earnings and revenue expectations with its second-quarter 2023 results.
08.08 / 22:39
business
Mining
Bitmain
Asset management
Bankruptcy
stake
Core Scientific’s bankruptcy plan includes equity stake for Bitmain and Anchorage
Cryptocurrency custody firm Anchorage Digital and major mining manufacturer Bitmain could take equity stakes in Core Scientific as part of the firm’s restructuring plan.
08.08 / 20:17
business
Blockchain
BitStamp
Bitstamp to suspend trading of major altcoins for US users
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp will suspend trading of Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Decentraland (MANA), Polygon (MATIC), Near (NEAR), Sandbox (SAND), and Solana (SOL) for customers residing in the U.S. beginning August 29.
08.08 / 17:33
business
Mining
Television
AIM
Futurama’s latest reboot takes aim at Bitcoin miners
The animated science fiction cartoon series Futurama, which was created long before Bitcoin (BTC) was even a gleam in Satoshi Nakamoto’s eye, poked fun at cryptocurrency miners in the third episode of its most recent iteration.
08.08 / 17:11
business
Blockchain
coinbase
Buyback
Coinbase begins $150M debt buyback at 36% discount
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will begin buying back up to $150 million of its 2031 senior notes for 64.5 cents on the dollar, a discount of 35.5%.
08.08 / 14:49
business
Binance
Latin America
services
Binance receives licenses to offer crypto services in El Salvador
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has reported being granted licensing to provide services to residents of El Salvador.
08.08 / 13:23
business
Disney
Costs
Disney creates an AI task force to explore the tech and cut costs: Report
Disney is reported to have created a task force to study artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential applications throughout the company, according to a Reuters report.
08.08 / 09:41
business
Blockchain
Stablecoin
Binance
Silvergate
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price
Binance sold USDC for BTC and ETH after Silvergate Bank collapse: PoR report
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance released its latest proof-of-reserves (PoRs) on Aug. 1, offering transparency into its crypto reserves. However, the movement of its USD Coin (USDC) reserves at the time of Silvergte’s collapse caught many people’s attention and became a topic of discussion on X (formerly Twitter).
08.08 / 08:59
business
Europe
BitStamp
Pantera Capital
Bitcoin
expansion
Bitstamp crypto exchange to raise funds for global expansion: Report
Bitstamp, one of the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges, is moving forward with its global expansion ambitions, reportedly working to raise new funds to scale operations.
08.08 / 05:07
business
privacy
copyrights
data
Internet
ChatGPT
OpenAI launches web crawler 'GPTBot' amid plans for next model: GPT-5
Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has launched “GPTBot” — its new web crawling tool which it says could potentially be used to improve future ChatGPT models.
08.08 / 02:21
business
Ethereum
Stablecoin
CBDC
PayPal
us government
transactions
PayPal USD
NOT
Paypal USD: Boon for Ethereum but not decentralization, says community
Paypal’s new Ethereum-based stablecoin, PYUSD has been seen as bittersweet news for the crypto community.
08.08 / 02:21
business
data
ChatGPT
Updates
Zoom updates terms after backlash, won’t train AI without consent
Video-conferencing platform Zoom has updated its terms of service after widespread backlash over a section concerning AI data scraping, clarifying that it won’t use user content to train AI without consent.
07.08 / 23:51
business
regulation
Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com scores payment license from Singapore central bank
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com has been granted a payments license from Singapore's central bank — the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
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