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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.
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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.
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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.
Ethereum Developers Target Ease of Crypto Wallets With 'EIP-3074'
EIP-3074 has drawn both support and concern from the Ethereum community, a code change that is supposed to improve the user experience with wallets on the blockchain.
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...
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.
Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report
The stablecoin market supply currently stands at about $150 billion.
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Consensus 2024
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‘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.
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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.
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‘It's Modding, But on Steroids’: Mark Long on the Future of Web3 Gaming
Shrapnel, a blockchain-infused first-person shooter game, is expected to be released in 2025. Its creator gives a preview to Jeff Wilser ahead of his appearance at Consensus 2...
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Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus
The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also on the fight card.
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We Must Protect Crypto-AI From Financial Nihilism
Financial nihilism is a common philosophy in Web3 but, ultimately, there’s no way to build long-lasting value without finding real customers for real products and services tha...
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Web3 Artist Shavonne Wong on the Future of NFTs
“Having an eye on the horizon makes things less crazy,” says the Consensus 2024 speaker.
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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.
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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.
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Ethereum Developers Target Ease of Crypto Wallets With 'EIP-3074'
EIP-3074 has drawn both support and concern from the Ethereum community, a code change that is supposed to improve the user experience with wallets on the blockchain.
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Policy
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The SEC Can’t Stop Suing Crypto Companies
Robinhood apparently made strenuous efforts to comply with the agency, even applying to become a special purpose crypto broker-dealer. The SEC is likely to sue for alleged sec...
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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.
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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.
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Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report
The stablecoin market supply currently stands at about $150 billion.
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Former Cred Executives Indicted on Wire Fraud, Other Charges
The defunct crypto lender filed for bankruptcy in 2020.
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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.