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Consensus Magazine

Allison Duettmann: How Blockchains Can Make AI Safer

The CEO of the Foresight Institute, a speaker at Consensus 2024, says there are three key areas where cryptographic technologies can improve artificial intelligence systems.

May 6, 2024

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk)
Finance

Jack Dorsey Leaves BlueSky Board, Touts 'Freedom Technology' of X and Nostr

The former Twitter CEO announced its backing of the social networking startup in December 2019 in an effort to decentralize social media.

May 6, 2024

(Arif Khan)
Consensus Magazine

‘AI-Agents Will Do Crypto Transactions’: Arif Khan on the Future of Crypto-AI

Alethea CEO Arif Khan, a speaker on the AI Stage at Consensus 2024, says we’ll soon be automating large parts of lives including paying bills and responding to emails.

May 6, 2024

Atmosphere
Technology

Protocol Village: Volta, Creator of Multisig Non-Custodial Platform, Raises $4.1M

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.

May 6, 2024

MetaMask began previously tested a limited version of its Smart Transactions tech with the Smart Swaps feature (MetaMask, modified by CoinDesk)
Technology

Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Rolls Out 'Smart Transactions' to Combat Ethereum Front-Running

It's the first step on a more ambitious roadmap to transform how Ethereum's biggest wallet works under the hood.

May 6, 2024

SEC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Policy

Robinhood Gains 2%, Erasing Early Losses Following SEC Wells Notice

The trading platform previously ended support for all tokens that were named in SEC lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.

May 6, 2024

Justine Bone, executive director of Crypto ISAC.
Finance

Crypto Now Has a 'Neighborhood Watch' to Guard Against Hacks

Justine Bone, a cybersecurity firebrand whose research led to recalls of half a million faulty pacemakers, leads the information-sharing and analysis center (ISAC) for crypto...

May 6, 2024

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. After several production delays, Elon Mush officially launched the much anticipated Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. The
Markets

Elon Musk Will Likely Remain Tesla CEO, and Tweet Non-Stop: Prediction Markets

Also: Trump faces likely conviction, per Polymarket punters; CFTC hearing to discuss political betting ban.

May 6, 2024

Bitcoin price on May 6 (CoinDesk)
Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Nears $65,000 Amid Strong Crypto Rebound

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 6, 2024.

May 6, 2024

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)
Policy

Australian Court Hands Win to Market Regulator in Case Against Qoin Blockchain, But There is a Catch

Part of this case was ASIC's allegation that the Qoin Blockchain and the Qoin Wallets constituted one single scheme but the court disagreed.

May 6, 2024

The supply of stablecoins USDT and USDC  grew by $10 billion in a month, 10x research noted. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)
Policy

Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report

The stablecoin market supply currently stands at about $150 billion.

May 6, 2024

May 4th

Grayscale ad (Grayscale)
Finance

Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Sees First Inflow After Billions Lost Since January

GBTC, the biggest spot bitcoin ETF, has seen its assets under management lead over BlackRock's IBIT shrink.

May 4, 2024

May 3rd

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Cred's executives with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and related charges. (Getty Images).
Policy

Former Cred Executives Indicted on Wire Fraud, Other Charges

The defunct crypto lender filed for bankruptcy in 2020.

May 3, 2024

Alexander Vinnik (Shutterstock)
Policy

BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Charge

Vinnik was first arrested in 2017, but faced a lengthy extradition process that saw him spend time in Greece and France before being sent to the U.S.

May 3, 2024

Halsey Huth. works the MoonPay booth at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Finance

Full Transcript: Why MoonPay and PayPal Partnered to Expand Crypto Adoption in the U.S.

MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie in CDTV's "First Mover" to discuss MoonPay's recent partnership with PayPal.

May 3, 2024

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Consensus Magazine

The Dollar Won, but Might the U.S. Lose Control of the Dollar?

We have a world currency already: it's the dollar. Do we want to keep it that way?

May 3, 2024

Bitcoin price on May 3 (CoinDesk)
Markets

Bitcoin Hits $62K as Cryptos Bounce; Correction Likely Over But Expect a 'Slow Grind Higher,' Arthur Hayes Says

Bitcoin will likely trade in a range between $60,000 and $70,000 through the next few months, the former BitMEX CEO said.

May 3, 2024

CoinDesk 20 leaders and laggards (CoinDesk Indices)
Markets

Polkadot and Cosmos Gain in a Rocky Week for Crypto: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

All but four cryptos in the CoinDesk 20 posted losses over the last week, led by declines in NEAR, BCH, and DOGE.

May 3, 2024

Bitcoin's recent weakness is more tied to global markets. (Coinbase)
Markets

Bitcoin’s Recent Weakness Is More Tied to Global Markets Than to Anything Crypto Specific, Coinbase Says

Both equities and gold have been trading lower since reaching highs in mid-April, the report noted.

May 3, 2024

Address poisoning scam yields $68 million (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)
Finance

Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning

The victim was duped by a mimicked 0.05 ether transfer.

May 3, 2024