Binance France director resigns, adding to list of exits from crypto exchange
Stéphanie Cabossioras is at least the tenth senior executive to depart the crypto exchange this year. Stéphanie Cabossioras has stepped...
Month: October 2023
Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%
Monthly active developers across the crypto ecosystem fell 28% year-on-year in October, though some have managed to buck the trend....
Aptos resumes operation after 5-hour outage that ‘impacted’ transactions
Aptos suffered a five-hour outage, coincidentally in the same week that the network launched this time last year. Layer-1 blockchain...
Sui token struggles to regain despite denial of ‘unfounded’ allegations
The price of the SUI token plummeted after allegations of supply manipulation from regulatory officials in South Korea. Sui's native...
Tesla earnings: Bitcoin bags untouched as firm splashes out on AI
Tesla held onto its sizeable Bitcoin bags in the third quarter and upped its spending on artificial intelligence and research...
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development...
OpenAI partners with G42 in Dubai eyeing Middle East expansion
The two companies said they plan to use OpenAI’s models in industries in which G42 has connections and experience, such...
Just how bullish is the Bitcoin halving for BTC price? Experts debate
Analysts recently debated whether or not the Bitcoin halving is still a meaningful catalyst for BTC’s price discovery. A recent...
Inspector General wants FDIC to refine crypto risk assessment process, guidance
The bank deposit insurer should assess the sufficiency of its risk mitigation measures and then provide them in a more...
Universal Music Group enters partnership to protect artists’ rights against AI violations
The new partnership between Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies focuses on ethical AI usage to protect artist and songwriter...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is telling a story of classic financial deceit
Disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't the first financial kingpin to get creative with balance sheets, and he won't be...
ECB officials move to ‘preparation phase’ for digital euro
Though the issuance of a digital euro is not a certainty, officials with the European Central Bank are moving to...
Meta makes progress towards AI system that decodes images from brain activity
The system is entirely non-invasive and could have near-term applications for some. The new system combines a non-invasive brain scanning...
Ethereum DeFi protocol Hope Lend drained after exploit
The protocol, which had 526 Ether in total value locked, was emptied in an attack on Oct. 18. Ethereum decentralized...
MetaMask briefly pulled from App Store, British MPs argue for caution with NFT copyright infringement: Nifty Newsletter, Oct. 11–Oct. 17
Decentraland Foundation executive director Yemel Jardis believes the NFT market slump is not a sign of regression but maturity. Welcome...
