Artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have become the latest way for “bad actors” to distribute malware, scams and spam — research from Meta’s security team warns. A May 1 research report from Facebook parent Meta’s security team found 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools in March, some of which were found in various browser…
Following a quarter-point increase in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, precious metals such as silver and gold experienced a surge in value against the U.S. dollar, with gains ranging from 0.87% to 1.18%. Gold, in particular, has been on an upward trajectory, having risen by 3.4% in the past month and over 25% in the…
More than a third of the top 1,000 crypto projects — a term that includes both crypto companies and individual tokens — haven’t published a single new article on their respective websites in 2023. According to a May 1 research report, from blockchain marketing agency Guerilla Buzz — whose clients include the likes of Coingecko and crypto exchange AAX —…
Jeremy Cowart Discusses ‘Auras’ Event, Live-Shooting 10,000 Photo NFTs Jeremy Cowart speaks with Decrypt’s Sander Lutz in Nashville ahead of the “Auras” event, in which the noted photographer live-shot 10,000 unique photo-based NFTs in less than 30 minutes. The NFTs will be released through OpenSea on May 9. Video credit: Brett Carlsen for Decrypt Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/E3ViHsPd/jeremy-cowart-discusses-auras-event-live-shooting-10-000-photo-nfts
Behind the Scenes of Jeremy Cowart’s ‘Auras’ NFT Event A look at the preparation behind “Auras,” an event in which photographer Jeremy Cowart produced and starred in 10,000 photo-based NFTs, captured in less than 30 minutes before a live audience. Credit: Brett Carlsen for Decrypt Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/C0ZeidQg/behind-the-scenes-of-jeremy-cowarts-auras-nft-event
A proposed 30% excise tax on cryptocurrency mining firms was the focus of a report released by the White House on Tuesday, in which the administration reiterated its stance that pinching miners’ profits is in the best interest of American communities and the environment. “Firms do not have to pay for the full cost they impose on others,” the report…
Jeremy Cowart held the phone, on speaker, out for him and the rest of his production team to hear. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a problem like that ever happening,” the voice from the phone stated flatly. Cowart pursed his lips, but only slightly. In just over six hours, on the massive Nashville studio stage where he currently…
A coalition of major media companies today filed another objection to a federal judge’s decision to keep the names of FTX creditors private. In a Wednesday filing, the New York Times, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, and the Financial Times said there was no legal basis for withholding the names of the people that are owed money by the failed exchange. FTX…
The former OpenSea manager who was accused of insider trading of NFTs has been convicted on May 3 of wire fraud and money laundering in a New York federal court, according to a report from Reuters. According to prosecutors, Nathaniel Chastain, a former Product Manager at OpenSea, was in charge of choosing which NFTs would be featured on the website’s…
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is seeking to recover around $4 billion from similarly bankrupt crypto lender Genesis and a still-solvent British Virgin Islands-based entity — part of efforts to recover value for creditors. In a May 3 court filing in a New York Bankruptcy Court, lawyers for FTX sought $1.8 billion in loans and a $273 million collateral pledge allegedly given…
